HCRG Care Group

Band 5 Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a thoughtful and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team within our Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service in Luton. Whether you are looking to take your first step into your Occupational Therapy career or are seeking an opportunity to build upon your existing Band 5 working experience, you will be highly supported as you learn and build your skillset and develop in your career.

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will be working closely with a wider multi-disciplinary team, l delivering supportive and therapeutic sessions to adults and their families to reduce hospital admission, enabling adults to stay living at home independently. You will be responsible for carrying out holistic assessments and treatment of service users through the development of personalised care plans and goals and will work flexibly to ensure the service user's wide range of needs are met.

About the area:

Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service is based in a suburb in the northern region of Luton. In just a short distance from here, you will find picturesque countryside walks, nature reserves, and scenic views.

Working days are Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

Main duties of the job

Your days will be varied and fulfilling and include:

  • Carrying out holistic assessment, diagnosis and treatment with patients with diverse presentations and a range of physical and psychological conditions within the context of a community-based, multi-disciplinary team.
  • Supporting daily triage and caseload management for the team
  • Holding responsibility for own case load working with rehabilitation therapy workers to deliver therapeutic programmes as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Providing effective supervision to junior colleague, students, therapy workers and administrators within the team

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/1580/15985

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Luton

Bedfordshire

LU4 0QQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, youll be part of our valued team at Luton Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service in Luton, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Band 5 salary withNHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
  • Plentiful on site-parking
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, youll be part of our valued team at Luton Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service in Luton, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Band 5 salary withNHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
  • Plentiful on site-parking
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Luton

Bedfordshire

LU4 0QQ


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Luton

Bedfordshire

LU4 0QQ


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Recruitment Team

careers@hcrgcaregroup.com

03002471122

Details

Date posted

25 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/1580/15985

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Luton

Bedfordshire

LU4 0QQ


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