Social & Healthcare Occupational Therapist

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

Location: Bury

Contract Type: Ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £34.50 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:

• Help people of all ages who have physical, mental health or social problems adapt to any aspect of their life with more independence, confidence and control
• Assess the patient’s ability to perform activities and design treatment programmes to increase their capability to tackle difficulties

Requirements of the Social & Healthcare Occupational Therapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC
• Experience of working with older people and people with mental health or physical disabilities
• The ability to build strong working partnerships
• Good interpersonal skills
• Decision making and organisational skills
• The ability to explain, and encourage and build confidence
• The ability to create a rapport with a range of people, especially people with disabilities
• Awareness of health & safety issues
• Car driver

Contact:

This Social & Healthcare Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Glen Curtis; 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.