We’re looking for a passionate and motivated Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing rapid assessment and intervention to patients in their own homes, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from acute settings.
As part of the UCR team, you’ll assess patients experiencing a sudden deterioration in health, functional ability or mobility and provide timely occupational therapy interventions to maximise independence, reduce risk and support recovery within the community. You’ll work closely with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Paramedics, Support Workers and other healthcare professionals to deliver person‑centred care within a two‑hour response model.
If you are a final year student due to qualify, or if you are newly qualified, we can support you with our forward‑thinking Preceptorship scheme, which has been awarded a Quality Mark. It combines face‑to‑face learning, eLearning and workshops to support your development and build your confidence within your chosen career pathway.
Main duties of the job
- 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 24 hour care.
- Understand and maintain the required standards of clinical record keeping in line with organisational and professional guidelines.
- Work in partnership with other professionals, supporting staff, patients and carers within the team and organisation.
Salary and benefits
£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 gives you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping, cashback and voucher offers for you and those special to you.
Access to your wages as you earn them helps cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high‑interest rate fees.
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 encourages you to have and implement ideas which help deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year.
Our services hold ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ ratings from the Care Quality Commission, underlining commitment to clinical and quality standards.
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.
Job qualifications and requirements
To be eligible for this role you should hold HCPC (Occupational Therapist) registration, a full driving licence with access to a car and be motivating, innovative and adaptable. You should be able to work flexibly across specialties as required, possess strong communication and organisational skills, and have a flexible approach to delivering positive patient experiences at every stage of their healthcare journey.
Confidence using IT systems and working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) are required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such will require a disclosure submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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, offering facilities, work‑environment adjustments and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.
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