Occupational Therapist - Case Management

Location: Sunderland
Contract Type: Permanent/ Part time
Salary: Hourly Rate
Hours: Part time
Benefits: Competitive

Are you:

Clinically qualified and experienced Occupational Therapist?
Keen to take your clinical skills in a new direction?
Thinking about life outside of the NHS?
Or perhaps you have retired but considering utilising your skills in a slower paced, flexible role?

Then consider becoming a Clinical Case Manager at Bush & Co.
Changing direction in your clinical career or joining a new organisation can be an anxious time. We’ll support you in your new role and settling into the medico-legal sector by enrolling you into our Case Management and clinical mentorship programme, and being on hand to answer any questions you may have.

About us:

Bush & Co is one of the UK’s leading expert witness, immediate needs assessment and Case Management and rehabilitation services. Our Associate Clinical Case Managers support some of the most vulnerable children, young people and adults following life changing injuries such as acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, complex orthopaedic injuries and more.

Our Associate Case Managers operate UK wide, and due to growth; we are seeking clinically qualified professionals to join our network on a self-employed basis:

What you’ll be doing as Associate Clinical Case Manager:

• managing a case load of clients through their rehabilitation.
• leading on assessment in the home and their rehabilitation and goal setting.
• signposting and advocating for what they need, and assessing what needs to be in place for the people you support to live a fulfilled life, whether that be accessing services, reintroduction into their communities and social lives, accessing work or meaningful activity and so on.
• Managing all administration in relation to cases, including sending instructions to third parties and writing and reviewing reports.
• To be successful in this role, you’ll have proven clinical experience and a valid clinical registration. You’ll have previous experience putting together and implementing
• rehabilitation packages and strong relationship building skills. As this role is field based, you will be a driver with access to your own vehicle and able to travel across the UK. We’re happy to support you as a new case manager, but if you have previous similar experience in the community then we’d love to hear from you, too.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive hourly rate
• We understand that flexibility and achieving a work/life balance is important. Our Associate opportunities start from a min. 15 hours per week.
• Work that is Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
• Home working with travel.
• Travel Allowance

Our associate case managers are some of the best clinicians and case managers across the UK. We believe this is because of their extensive knowledge of catastrophic injury, rehabilitation and wider support services but also because they care about rebuilding lives and creating a fulfilling future for those we support.

Working with Bush & Co you can expect to work with like minded people who challenge the status quo, care about what they do, learn from each other and never take their eyes off the end goal; we think that’s pretty special.

As an associate case manager you will work with people who have suffered catastrophic injury to:

• Assess their needs, understand them pre-injury and identify their needs post-injury
• Put plans in place based on these needs for a successful rehabilitation with clear, manageable goals
• Implement the plans alongside the client (including the parent or carer of children and young people)
• Coordinate the relevant care and support whether that be accessing statutory services, therapy and rehabilitation, financial support as well as educational needs, vocational support, hobbies and lifestyle choices
• Monitor progress and respond to changing needs.

You may also have experience in the following: Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Occupational Therapist, Home Modification Specialist, Assistive Technology Specialist, Sensory Integration Therapist, Work Capacity Evaluator, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), Industrial Rehabilitation Specialist, Rehabilitation Services Director, Community Integration Specialist.

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