Band 5 Occupational Therapist

We're looking for a passionate and dynamic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our exciting Intermediate Care and Rapid Response Team working with community patients and community hospital patients.

You'll be working closely with a team of Occupational Therapists as well as working collaboratively with our Physiotherapists, Nursing and Support Worker colleagues.  

If you are a final year student due to qualify, or if you are newly qualified, why not let us support you with our forward-thinking Preceptorship scheme that we have just been awarded a Quality Mark for? This is a mixture of face to face, e-Learning and workshop based learning to support your development in your chosen career pathway. 

Travel across Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley and Swale Localities is required and therefor a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential. 
Package DescriptionAs a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within our Rapid Response Team, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Livingstone Community Hospital in Dartford, North Kent.

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

£28,407 - £34,581 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions plus a 5% high cost of living area allowance
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 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Main ResponsibilitiesWithin this role, you will:  

Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team and/or those in other professions, from initial assessment to discharge.
Use communication skills to convey complex information in an easy to understand format where there may be significant barriers to understanding.
Work closely with patients/ clients and their carers in goal setting and decision making.
Use empathy, tact, sensitivity and discretion when communicating life changing events e.g. patient remaining at high risk of Rapid Response and potentially requiring 24hr care.
Understand and maintain the required standards of clinical record keeping in line with Organisational and professional guidelines.
To work in partnership with other professionals. Supporting staff, patients and carers within the Team and organisation.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description. 
The Ideal CandidateThis is an opportunity to put your Degree in Occupational Therapy to great use. You will have a full driving license with access to a car, you will be motivating, innovative and adaptable, with the ability to work flexibly across specialities as need arises, holding the HCPC (Occupational Therapist) registration. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach you will ensure delivery of positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. 

If you are a final year student due to qualify, we can also look to support you with our preceptorship scheme that we offer where we support you into the team within the first year of your qualification.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

 
About The CompanyWe 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. 

From around 500 locations 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.