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 Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist to work in Milton Keynes on a full-time basis.
The salary for this permanent Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist job is £46,418 - £52,809 per annum.
Why You'll Love Working For Our Client:
Here’s what you can expect:
- Competitive salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (DOE)
- Generous annual leave: 38 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health and wellbeing support
- Outstanding training and career development to ensure your continuous professional growth
- Company pension, group life assurance, and eye voucher scheme
- Exclusive discounts on nationwide brands, restaurants, shopping, and services
- Free parking and access to the Blue Light Card for further discounts
- Recognition of your hard work through long service awards and staff rewards
- A workplace where your well-being matters – we want you to feel your best every day.
About the Role
As a Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will lead the way in providing expert occupational therapy as part of a multidisciplinary team within the BIRT Neurobehavioral Model. You’ll work closely with service users who have sustained acquired brain injuries (ABI), empowering them to regain independence and rebuild their lives. You’ll be at the heart of delivering high-quality, evidence-based interventions, managing a varied caseload, and ensuring the best outcomes for service users.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Expertise
- Take charge in your specialist field, working autonomously with advanced skills in neurological rehabilitation, and lead OT provision.
- Handle a caseload of individuals with complex health needs or challenging behaviours, prioritising care and delivering bespoke treatment plans.
- Implement evidence-based assessments and interventions to enhance occupational performance in self-care, productivity, and leisure.
- Design, delegate, and monitor rehabilitation programmes, collaborating with support workers and therapy assistants for smooth handovers.
- Engage empathetically with service users and families who may face challenges in the rehabilitation process, ensuring they remain motivated and supported.
- Perform thorough risk assessments and ensure regular updates, communicating effectively with the team.
- Maintain meticulous documentation and provide professional reports demonstrating your highly specialised knowledge.
- Collaborate with families, external agencies, and other professionals to ensure person-centred care, respecting cultural and individual needs.
Requirements of the Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist:
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent).
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Occupational Therapist.
- Significant experience in neurological rehabilitation or working with individuals with acquired brain injuries (ABI).
- Proven track record in managing complex cases, including mental health, physical health, and challenging behaviour.
- Leadership or supervisory experience within an occupational therapy team.
- Experience in interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary teamwork, collaborating with professionals across different specialities.
Contact:
This Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
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 your work placement.
