Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Main duties of the job

Role: Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 hours

Within Locala's Health and Wellbeing Integrated Communities we deliver a range of multidisciplinary community services, including integrated health and social care with our colleagues in Kirklees Council. Locala has been successful in our service improvement work and planning with enhanced service offers providing support to patients, improving their experience, and ensuring excellent continuity of care.

As a result of this success, we have some exciting roles and vacancies across our teams / services who are working together to provide the best patient care in Kirklees. Locala support full and part time working and provide opportunities for flexibility to meet a healthy work life balance too.

The service is based within a 40 bedded rehabilitation unit at Ings Grove House in Mirfield, covering patients who reside in Kirklees. We offer a 7 day service, working 8am until 7pm in a rota pattern providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients needs using a holistic and patient centred approach. The ultimate aim being to prevent unnecessary future admission to hospital and to ensure the swift appropriate discharge from hospital to offer rehabilitation and enable our clients to return home. Working with initiative is essential, and there will be opportunities to support and skill share with colleagues within the team as well as across the different sectors.

About us

For more information about this role please refer to the Job description and Person specification

Applications for this vacancy will close on 18th March at Midnight.

For more information please contact Megan McDermott megan.mcdermott@locala.org.ukor Kathryn Ewart Kathryn.ewart@locala.org.uk Team Leaders for the Bed Based Service

Welcome to Locala Health and Wellbeing proud to provide NHS community healthcare services. We help people have better lives and you can too.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.