Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Intermediate Care Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.
Location: Cambridge
Contract Type: Locum - Ongoing - Full Time or Part Time
Pay Rate: £25 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Occupational Therapist roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer an Occupational Therapist and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Occupational Therapists you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Occupational Therapist provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties of the Occupational Therapist:
- Work across Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (Health Interim beds and Inpatient Rehabilitation units) for the Intermediate Care service.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
- Be responsible for patients on the shared caseloads of community and/or inpatient settings.
- Undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
- Identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
- Take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times.
- Keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
- Provide support and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students.
- Supervise and support education of junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensure that Band 5 Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Care Workers deliver high quality patient care.
- Be accountable for a delegated task and activities undertaken by Band 5 Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Support Workers.
- Prioritise all patients’ according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost tasks appropriately.
- Always provide a high standard of care.
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.
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