Occupational Therapist – Community

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

Location: Doncaster

Contract Type: Locum Ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25 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:

• Develop and deliver specialist Occupational Therapy for people with long term conditions and palliative care needs within the community and hospice.
• Work within the Doncaster Community Therapy Service to deliver the Home First model to people in the Doncaster area, to prevent hospital admissions and accelerate hospital discharges.
• Assess individual patient’s needs, set and implement treatment plans and long term condition management for patients linking with primary, secondary and tertiary care, using a coordinated approach.
• Contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy role within the Occupational Therapy Service by working across boundaries and interagency working.
• As part of a team, initiate research based practice and monitor the quality of the service being provided.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

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

Contact:

This 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.