Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work within our community beds team.

The team provide a community bed-based rehabilitation service across three community care home settings in the Nottingham City locality, often patients are admitted to the community beds directly from hospital but some are admitted directly from their own homes after experiencing a crisis that does not require acute secondary care.

The team are based within the care homes and complete assessments, rehabilitation and discharge planning in a timely manner to support patients back into the community.

The applicant will have a good knowledge of community services and an understanding of health conditions, especially those associated with ageing.

You will work closely with Nurses, other Occupational Therapists, Community Care Officers, Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Support Workers and Physiotherapists as part of a Multidisciplinary team and have developed strong leadership skills in supporting a team.

This post may require shift working between 8am-4pm, 12-8pm Monday to Friday and 10am-6pm at a weekend and bank holidays., The candidate will be responsible for Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for a defined clinical caseload appropriate to the service area. You will work as a senior Occupational Therapist, supporting junior members of staff along with facilitating student placements.

It will be your responsibility to support clients to improve or maintain their level of function and quality of life and plan future care in an appropriate setting in partnership with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues, including liaising, supporting and referring on to health services, voluntary services and public sector agencies.

The successful candidate will have the requirement to work as a key worker and be responsible, along with the wider MDT in planning a safe discharge from the service, including liaising with the client, families and other agencies to make decision on the future needs of the client.

As a senior Occupational therapist, you will carry out training to other members of the teams and support junior occupational therapist and other members of the MDT such as assistant practitioners.

There will be a responsibility for you to carry out training to other members of staff and participate actively in the services training strategy, including in service training organisational specific and multi-agency training, you will also be able to lead group sessions as we needed.

Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations, so access to own vehicle is essential on a daily basis for work purposes

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.