Occupational Therapist

Active Care Group; Aylesford; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days + bank holidays

Birthday off

Active Learning Hub

Benefits Hub discounts

EAP Helpline & App

Pension (Aegon) 5% matched

Medicash Health Plan

Active Awards

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay

Refer a Friend £1500

Résumé du poste

Active Neuro, part of Active Care Group, is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to help deliver neurorehabilitation across a seven-day service model. Occasional pre-arranged weekend work and Bank Holidays with enhanced pay are required.

You will contribute to goal setting, discharge planning and evidence-based practice within a multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for assessments, planning and delivering person-centred rehabilitation, mentoring junior staff, and educating

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Experience in neurorehabilitation or neurological settings.
• Experience mentoring, supervising, or supporting junior staff or students.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team-oriented mindset and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Passion for person-centred rehabilitation and meaningful outcomes.
• Enhanced DBS required.

Responsabilités

• Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions for individuals with neurological conditions and acquired brain injuries.
• Develop and implement person-centred therapy plans that support recovery of functional independence and daily living skills.
• Use creativity to deliver engaging therapy programmes tailored to patients’ interests and goals.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic rehabilitation.
• Supervise, mentor and support junior staff and students.

Connaissances

HCPC registered

Neurorehabilitation experience

Mentoring

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Person-centred rehabilitation

DBS enhanced

Description du poste

Why join Active Neuro? At Hothfield, therapy is creative, collaborative, and impactful. Our therapists have the opportunity to work with a varied and complex caseload including neurological conditions, polytrauma, amputations and catastrophic injuries.

You'll also benefit from:

• The opportunity to deliver meaningful, long-term rehabilitation, not limited to short discharge timelines
• Access to innovative rehabilitation technology such as Luna, Exo Motus and Arm Motus
• Working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team including physiotherapists, psychologists and speech and language therapists
• Opportunities to contribute to service development and innovation
• Access to cross-service collaboration within the Active Neuro network
• A strong professional community and peer support across our therapy teams
• Personalised CPD investment, including functional upper and lower limb rehabilitation, cognitive and perceptual retraining, ADL recovery, splinting, adaptive equipment, environmental modifications and neuropsychologically-informed interventions
• Opportunities to attend professional conferences and external networking events with organisations such as Headway and the Spinal Injuries Association

If you're a therapist who values autonomy, creativity and the chance to truly change lives, we would love to hear from you.

The Role: As part of our transition to Active Neuro, the therapy service is evolving into a seven-day model of care to better support the rehabilitation needs of our clients. As a result, occasional pre-arranged weekend working will be required. You will also be expected to work Bank Holidays as required by the service, with enhanced pay provided in line with company policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions for individuals with neurological conditions and acquired brain injuries, demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning
• Develop and implement person-centred therapy plans that support recovery of functional independence, daily living skills, and meaningful activities
• Use creativity and innovation to deliver engaging therapy programmes tailored to each patient's interests, goals, and needs
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic rehabilitation and contribute to team decision-making
• Supervise, mentor, and support junior staff and students, sharing expertise and promoting best practice across the team
• Support and educate patients and their families throughout the rehabilitation journey, fostering engagement and confidence in the therapy process
• Contribute to goal setting, discharge planning, and outcome measurement, ensuring therapy is evidence-based and outcome-focused
• Ensure the safety, wellbeing, and human rights of all service users are upheld, maintaining professional standards and compliance with regulatory requirements

About you: For this role, we're looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist who can bring the following:

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Previous experience working within a neurorehabilitation or neurological setting
• Experience working in private healthcare, independent rehabilitation services, or with medico-legal clients would be advantageous
• Strong clinical reasoning and assessment skills, with the ability to plan and adapt complex therapy programmes
• Experience in mentoring, supervising, or supporting junior staff or students
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with clients and their families
• A team-oriented mindset and ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• A passion for delivering person-centred rehabilitation and meaningful outcomes
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials, like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Take a look around the company https://activecaregroup.co.uk/