Assistant Practitioner in Occupational Therapy

Job summary

At Yeovil our Occupational Therapy department understands the value of professional identity and enabling you to practice your core Occupational Therapy skills no matter the setting. We focus on the person and what that person needs from us as Occupational Therapists. We are committed as a department to the protection of professional identity.

As part of this commitment we are looking to expand out workforce and have an exciting opportunity for Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioners to join our Therapy team. We are looking for enthusiastic and creative individuals to join our team to work closely with our Occupational Therapists to support patients with their Occupational needs.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have a clear passion and understand of Occupational Therapy and its impact on our patients, to independently manage a Occupational Therapy caseload of non-complex service users who have a reduced level of mobility and/or function with support from registered Occupational Therapy colleagues, to optimise the occupational recovery for non-complex patients who present following admission, to independently assess and provide Occupational Therapy rehabilitation or compensatory techniques for patients with a non-complex change to their normal occupational ability. This could be due to a Cognitive, Physical or Medical reason. This may include working with the patient and MDT to support then to leave hospital which could be to their home with support services or to an alternative rehabilitation setting, to complete work delegated by the Occupational Therapist to assist in the rehabilitation of more complex cases, to support as required with triaging Occupational Therapy referrals to explore if there is a clear Occupational Therapy need. Pulling in Occupational Therapy profession as needed and supporting the MDT with where to go if no Occupational Therapy needs identified, have a NVQ level 4 in Health or Social Care or the ability to undertake a QCF level 5 upon starting the role if an NVQ level 4 is not already held

About us

Yeovil District Hospital is now part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. 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!