NHS Community Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Community Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Hadleigh

Contract Type: 6-month contract

Shift Pattern: Full-time, looking for someone who can offer full time hours, working long days over 7 day period, 08:00 am – 20:00 pm

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

Pay Rates:

• Days – £25 p/h
• Saturdays – £35 p/h
• Sundays – £40 p/h

Duties:

• Undertake comprehensive, holistic assessments of individuals, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical & clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a treatment plan
• Undertake functional assessments for patients, by using investigative and analytical skills for those with acute/complex/rehabilitation or palliative care needs
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector, to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately
• Communicate effectively with individuals and their carers to maximise potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process
• Empower/enable patients and carers to maximise potential for self-care
• Use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the individual’s cooperation in their treatment plan
• Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis
• Where safe care is not able to be sustained to liaise with the wider community services and care coordination centre to plan and implement appropriate actions

Requirements of the Community Occupational Therapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC
• Car driver

Contact:

This Community Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Alex Blackwell; 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.