Occupational Therapist

HCRG Care Group; Marlborough; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

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Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team at Savernake Hospital. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based rehabilitation for older adults, manage your caseload, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to maximise patient independence.

The role supports therapy assistants and students, with a focus on patient-centred care and ongoing professional development. You will be HCPC registered and hold a professional OT qualification, bringing a broad range

Qualifications

• HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist.
• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy with registration.
• Competence across a broad OT skill set from post-registration experience.
• Strong communication, initiative and time-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred OT services in a community hospital setting.
• Assess, plan and deliver evidence-based interventions; manage own caseload.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to maximise independence.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues; maintain records.
• Recommend equipment when appropriate; ensure care aligns with standards.
• Support service improvement and CPD for staff and students.

Skills

Excellent communication

Clinical reasoning

Time management

Ability to use initiative

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

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• Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas for service improvements, and stay informed through regular leadership updates.

Job Introduction

Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist looking to make a difference in community rehabilitation? We are seeking a motivated Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team at Savernake Hospital, supporting older people through rehabilitation and complex discharge planning within a community hospital setting. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, manage your own caseload, and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to help patients achieve their goals and maximise independence. You will also support therapy assistants and students, contributing to a positive learning environment. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and clinical reasoning skills who is enthusiastic, flexible, and committed to patient-centred care. In return, you'll gain valuable experience in a supportive team while helping to drive innovation and service improvement. If you're committed to delivering outstanding rehabilitation services and improving patient outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Main Responsilbities

You will provide a high-quality Occupational Therapy service within a community hospital setting, delivering patient-centred rehabilitation and supporting safe, timely discharges. You will assess, plan and deliver evidence-based interventions, manage your own caseload and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to maximise patient independence. You will communicate effectively with patients, carers and colleagues, maintain accurate clinical records, recommend equipment where appropriate and ensure care is delivered in line with professional standards and best practice. You will also support service improvement, contribute to the development of therapy support staff and students, and maintain your own continuing professional development.

Essential

• HCPC Registered
• Professional Qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Broad range of occupational therapy skills gained through post-registration experience
• Ability to use initiative
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent time management

Desirable

• MSK / Community / Acute work-based training
• Participating in clinical and/or operational audits /evaluations
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in hospital and community settings
• Ability to delegate clinical work
• Use of electronic records

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 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, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.