Occupational Therapist – Paignton & Brixham Health and Well-Being Team

Are you interested in becoming a Band 6 Occupational Therapist? An exciting opportunity has arisen, allowing you to undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients, and carers. You will manage a personal caseload of complex and highly complex statutory work, acting as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high levels of problem solving, decision making, and independent judgement in a variety of community settings. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality. Your role will involve community therapy and intermediate care work, with a division between these areas. To effectively undertake the role, you will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service, which covers seven-day working, including weekends and bank holidays, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service. Key Responsibilities: Explore innovative ways of collaborative working between general practice, health and social services, and the private and voluntary sector in line with the Care Trust’s integration agenda. Manage an intensive acute caseload. Triage and prioritise work according to urgency and establish presenting risks. Assess and treat patients in various community settings, mainly in the patient’s own home, but could include nursing homes and residential homes. Work with a patient-centered approach, taking responsibility for planning, implementing, and reviewing OT interventions for patients, making autonomous decisions regarding packages of care, equipment provision, and ongoing treatment to maintain patients at home, thereby preventing hospital admission. Carry out home assessment visits with patients from temporary places of safety, contributing to the planning and facilitation of discharge to their own homes as appropriate. Supervise a Band 5 post or Assistant Practitioner as required. The Paignton & Brixham Health and Well-Being Team is a large but supportive team that enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, making a difference and helping patients through their recovery and return to health and independence. Your package includes more than just your pay. Additional benefits available to you as an employee include: NHS Pension Scheme Childcare at our day nursery Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full-time workers) plus bank/public holidays Staff Discounts Career development and training opportunities Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline Our people are caring, committed, inclusive, and focused on quality. We encourage outside-the-box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon. #CareToJoinUsTSD Minimum Requirements: Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy Valid state registration with Health Professions Council CPD portfolio and evidence of recent post-graduate learning relevant to area of clinical practice Proven post-graduate experience Wheelchair Accreditation Pressure care knowledge and prescription of suitable equipment Knowledge of vulnerable adults’ protocols and procedures Moving and handling protocols and procedures to include provision of hoists and specialist slings Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability for the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

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