We have an exciting opportunity for a thoughtful, proactive, and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our West Lancashire Therapy Team.
The post holder will play an integral role within our Therapy Services which includes Adult Community Rehabilitation encompassing GP referrals and hospital discharges, Falls Prevention, Intermediate Care, Neurological Rehab and Urgent Rapid Response.
As a Rotational Occupational Therapist, you will deliver high-quality Occupational Therapy to adults with a variety of conditions working across a range of community care settings. You will undertake assessments of adults who are referred to the Teams and services requiring Occupational Therapy input and be able to adapt to ever-changing patient and service needs.
This is a permanent, full-time role to provide Occupational Therapy coverage in the West Lancashire community area. The role will involve community-based working so it is essential to have a UK driving licence and be registered with the UK HCPC.
Main duties of the job
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, seeking support and guidance from senior staff when necessary. To undertake comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments including accurate diagnosis of patients, using investigative, analytical, and clinical reasoning skills. To formulate patient-led goals, develop, and deliver rehabilitation programmes. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines, and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of Occupational Therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient treatment. To assess for and organise the provision of necessary and appropriate minor adaptations and major adaptations and conduct reviews of provision and safety checks as appropriate. To demonstrate equipment and ensure patients/clients families, carers and support workers are confident in the safe and correct use of equipment and adaptations at the time of issue. To be able to continually evaluate patient progress, reassess and adjust treatment as appropriate as part of the integrated multidisciplinary team care delivery model. To be responsible for managing and prioritising own caseload, which will involve the assessment, treatment and discharge planning for those patients referred to the Community Rehab teams, under the supervision of a more senior clinician. About us
About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit
our website . Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of
My Reward Hub , giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your
wages as you earn them
to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing
from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling Access to
eLearning , bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care
backed up by at least £100,000 of ring-fenced innovation funding each year Free tea, coffee and milk
at your base location Minimum Requirements
Hold a recognised professional qualification in Occupational Therapy. Registered with HCPC. Experience of Clinical Professional Development. Experience of working in an Occupational Therapy Team. Varied clinical experience during training as a student or within existing role. Good understanding of National standards and guidance related to role. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Excellent interpersonal skills. Good levels of IT literacy including good knowledge of service-related systems. Flexible and adaptable. Experience of working in the NHS. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. Experience of working in a community or social services setting. Experience in promoting health and wellbeing. Experience of delivering training. Other requirements: This role requires the successful applicant to be mobile, visiting several locations across a wide geographical area so the post holder must hold a valid UK driving license and have access to an appropriate means of transport to undertake the job effectively. Person Specification
General Requirements
Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, seeking support and guidance from senior staff when necessary. To undertake comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments including accurate diagnosis of patients, using investigative, analytical, and clinical reasoning skills. To formulate patient-led goals, develop, and deliver rehabilitation programmes. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines, and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of Occupational Therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient treatment. To assess for and organise the provision of necessary and appropriate minor adaptations and major adaptations and conduct reviews of provision and safety checks as appropriate. To demonstrate equipment and ensure patients/clients families, carers and support workers are confident in the safe and correct use of equipment and adaptations at the time of issue. To be able to continually evaluate patient progress, reassess and adjust treatment as appropriate as part of the integrated multidisciplinary team care delivery model. To be responsible for managing and prioritising own caseload, which will involve the assessment, treatment and discharge planning for those patients referred to the Community Rehab teams, under the supervision of a more senior clinician. About us
About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit
our website . Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of
My Reward Hub , giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your
wages as you earn them
to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing
from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling Access to
eLearning , bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care
backed up by at least £100,000 of ring-fenced innovation funding each year Free tea, coffee and milk
at your base location Minimum Requirements
Hold a recognised professional qualification in Occupational Therapy. Registered with HCPC. Experience of Clinical Professional Development. Experience of working in an Occupational Therapy Team. Varied clinical experience during training as a student or within existing role. Good understanding of National standards and guidance related to role. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Excellent interpersonal skills. Good levels of IT literacy including good knowledge of service-related systems. Flexible and adaptable. Experience of working in the NHS. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. Experience of working in a community or social services setting. Experience in promoting health and wellbeing. Experience of delivering training. Other requirements: This role requires the successful applicant to be mobile, visiting several locations across a wide geographical area so the post holder must hold a valid UK driving license and have access to an appropriate means of transport to undertake the job effectively. Person Specification
General Requirements
Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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