Occupational Therapist – Paediatrics

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £33.62 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

• To make individual home visits to assess needs.
• To discuss with clients and carers to support and advise on appropriate action.
• To liaise with appropriate professionals and agencies to gather specialist information.
• To have up to date knowledge of daily living equipment and be proficient in the instruction and demonstration of this equipment.
• To teach and develop daily living skills to enable Service Users to attain maximum functional independence.
• To recommend, design and monitor the process for provision of adaptations in consultation with the service user.
• To attend and participate in case discussions, case conferences and meetings.
• To maintain accurate professional records, access information systems, write letters and report.
• To maintain and improve links with teams in Social Care.
• To assist in professional projects to improve the profile of Occupational Therapists to other professionals, Departments, agencies and general public.
• To understand and implement Departmental procedures and policy.
• To be able to collate information and relay to appropriate person/team/agency.
• To keep up to date with legislative change and professional Occupational Therapy practice.
• To take an active part in team development.
• To assist in giving and attend lectures, demonstrations and talks as appropriate to the profession.
• To be involved in the guidance and support of other members of staff and to attend regular supervisory sessions with the Supervising Officer.
• With support from the Supervising Officer, be involved in the training of students from all disciplines.
• To be aware of Health and Safety Regulations.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Recent experience working as an Occupational Therapist
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Ruben Mota; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists aswell as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.