Job summary
Occupational Therapist
Are you interested in working for a small, welcoming, supportive team?
Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist who enjoys variation in your workload?
We'd like to hear from you!
Mon-Fri role with occasional weekend work! 30 - 37.5 hours PW. (To be discussed)
We're recruiting for our West Somerset Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) based at Minehead Community Hospital providing physical rehabilitation to the ward and the community of West Somerset. We are currently looking to expand our community links working in a more collaborative way with patients, other agencies and the voluntary sector within our local 'neighbourhood'.
This post is a variation of both community and hospital work.
So if you are passionate about person centred rehabilitation, want to experience community and ward working and continue to develop your skills come and join our team in West Somerset. We care about and will actively support your wellbeing as part of our team.
Main duties of the job
About our service...
We provide the rehab to a 20 bedded rehab ward in Minehead with a view to getting someone home. As we also provide the rehab out in the community of West Somerset, you could follow the same person through once home to ensure they progress to achieve their potential in their home environment. This shows the role is more satisfying and rewarding for the staff as they see the patient through their rehab journey from start to finish. For the patient it can be better not to chop and change therapists also.
The Post Holder will:-
- Provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy within the Rehabilitation services.
- Participate in the development of the Rehabilitation Service in the community and within the Community hospital bedded environments.
- To provide advice regarding the rehabilitation management of patients to families, carers and other members of the MDT.
- Provide support, guidance and training to Senior Rehabilitation assistants, Rehabilitation Assistants and students.
- Responsibility for a caseload of complex patients within both the community and the community hospital bedded environments.
- Act as Clinical Supervisor and undertake Managerial Supervision, including Appraisal, for Band 5 Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Job Description attached.
This position will provide the opportunity for you to develop holistic cognitive, environmental & functional assessment skills in the community hospital and surrounding community, across a variety of conditions. You will also develop your clinical supervision and delegation skills, rehabilitation and clinical skills, deepen your knowledge base and strengthen your clinical reasoning in a structured, supportive environment.
The OTs provide person centred rehabilitation and discharge planning to the ward, and continue the goal focused approach into the community. The team consists of OTs, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Assistants with access to Pharmacy Technicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full Job Description attached.
This position will provide the opportunity for you to develop holistic cognitive, environmental & functional assessment skills in the community hospital and surrounding community, across a variety of conditions. You will also develop your clinical supervision and delegation skills, rehabilitation and clinical skills, deepen your knowledge base and strengthen your clinical reasoning in a structured, supportive environment.
The OTs provide person centred rehabilitation and discharge planning to the ward, and continue the goal focused approach into the community. The team consists of OTs, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Assistants with access to Pharmacy Technicians.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven post graduate experience with extensive clinical experience relevant to the post
- Experience of a wide range of clinical rehabilitation areas of practice to include elderly patients with complex multi-pathology, neurological, orthopaedics etc
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in a Community Hospital setting
- Desire to work with older people within a rehabilitation setting in Somerset
- Experience of supervising others
Desirable
- Greater than 3 years post grad clinical experience
- Experience of supporting the implementation of change
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven post graduate experience with extensive clinical experience relevant to the post
- Experience of a wide range of clinical rehabilitation areas of practice to include elderly patients with complex multi-pathology, neurological, orthopaedics etc
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in a Community Hospital setting
- Desire to work with older people within a rehabilitation setting in Somerset
- Experience of supervising others
Desirable
- Greater than 3 years post grad clinical experience
- Experience of supporting the implementation of change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
