Senior Occupational Therapist - Discharge To Assess Hospital Team

We represent a Local Authority dedicated to enhancing the well-being of our community and residents. We are currently seeking a dynamic and skilled Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Discharge to Assess Hospital Team.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist at Reading Borough Council, you will become an integral part of a welcoming and collaborative team. We are in search of an individual with excellent communication skills, capable of establishing and nurturing relationships with colleagues, service users, and healthcare providers.
The Hospital Discharge to Assess Team advocates a "home first" philosophy, employing a strength-based approach with a focus on reablement. In this role, you will be involved in identifying reablement goals, evaluating manual handling, and tailoring care packages for individuals as they transition from the hospital setting.
This position provides chances for enhancing your expertise in Adult Social Care through engaging in high-quality, client-centred occupational therapy assessments and interventions. These activities occur in the homes of service users, aiming to assist them in cultivating, regaining, or sustaining meaningful occupations. All of this takes place within collaborative and supportive teams.
About the Role:
You will hold a varied caseload and contribute to the team performance and positive outcomes for our residents.
You will assist individuals in staying in their homes and optimizing their independence. Utilizing a strengths-based methodology and your distinct OT skillset, you will help individuals discover solutions, enhance well-being, and engage in meaningful activities through various interventions.
This includes recommending equipment, suggesting adaptations, addressing mobility and handling issues, facilitating goal planning, and collaborating closely with care providers, Housing Services, and healthcare colleagues.
You will work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies, and procedures.
Within your duties of Senior Occupational Therapist you will be required for provided supervision to the Occupational Therapists and Social Care Coordinators within the team.
You will need to have:

• A degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Community experience is helpful but not essential

We offer excellent support, supervision, and induction. You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills, helping you to build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, extending your skills and supporting you to grow as an Occupational Therapist.

We work closely with our colleagues in Reading Borough Council, Health Professionals, Voluntary and Charity colleagues to facilitate the best possible outcomes for those people we support.

 
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

Our offer
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
• Maternity, adoption, parental and sick pay
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities 
• Access to a range of training and learning opportunities to help you develop
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years.  The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing, and road tax
• Salary sacrifice scheme for Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to help you save for your retirement

Closing date: Applications considered on submission
Interview date: To be confirmed
 

If you would like to find out more about this role and the team, please contact Shaun Rogers – Team Manager
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.