Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Great Bowden; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Great Bowden is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to deliver effective therapy services, support patient independence, and work within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have Band 6 level experience and excellent communication skills. The role promotes patient care at home during health crises, offering rehabilitation and support for independence.

Qualifications

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with Band 6 level experience.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out comprehensive functional assessments and interventions.
• Support people to remain at home during health or social care crisis.
• Deliver high quality core therapy reablement.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified Occupational Therapist

Job description

Overview

We are looking for Band 6 Occupational Therapists to provide an effective and efficient therapy service. This post requires a level of personal responsibility for someone highly motivated, resilient, and proactive with the ability to prioritise and manage their own allocated caseload, use their initiative and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. Demonstrate excellent communication, organisational skills and be able to adapt to changing and pressurised environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with Physiotherapists and Technical Instructors to carry out comprehensive functional assessments and interventions to help patients live as independently as possible. The therapy teams operate in an integrated way whereby Therapists are encouraged to work synergistically to provide the best possible outcomes for patients.
• You will be encouraged and supported to grow your skillset, and to challenge the way we do things.
• We are looking for determined and self-motivated individuals who can make a difference to the care of patients and to promote therapy services within the trust.
• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust are working together with Adult Social Care across Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) to deliver our Home First service offer alongside core Community Therapy.
• This is an exciting time to be joining the service which brings together an integrated health and social care offer delivered by community-based nursing, therapy and adult social care teams and will allow you to use your therapy skills to:
• Support people to remain in their homes when they are having a health or social care crisis, rather than needing to go into hospital or a care home, help people get home from hospital quickly and provide them with rehabilitation and reablement to help restore their health, wellbeing, and independence.
• Deliver high quality core therapy reablement, rehabilitation and recovery to people within their own homes.

Requirements  /  What you’ll bring

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with Band 6 level experience.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload, work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills; ability to adapt to changing and pressurised environments.
• Interest in developing clinical and leadership skills with access to training and supervision.

About Us & Equal Opportunities

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.