Occupational Therapist

Bupa Care Homes (HH Bradford) Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on shift

28 days holiday

Flexible working

Pension/benefits

Job summary

Bupa Beacher Hall in Reading is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist to join our person-centred care team. This 20-hour-per-week role focuses on delivering bespoke clinical management for residents with complex needs and neurological rehab requirements, supporting independence and meaningful activities in daily living.

You will assess progress, adjust treatment plans, maintain comprehensive records, and collaborate with carers and staff to ensure coordinated therapy services.

Qualifications

• A naturally caring individual with an OT degree and HCPC registration.
• RCOT membership desirable.
• Significant experience with clients with complex needs.
• Effective communicator able to lead and supervise a therapy team.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic care management for residents with bespoke programmes.
• Evaluate progress and adjust treatments as required.
• Communicate clearly with residents, carers and staff.

Skills

Communication

Team leadership

Clinical reasoning

Therapy management

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

RCOT membership desirable

Job description

Job Description:

Occupational Therapist

Beacher Hall Care Home, 42 Bath Rd, Reading RG1 6PG

CQC rating:Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.8 / 10

Salary: Competitive

Perm contract - 20 hours per week

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Occupational therapy is key in enabling our residents to day-to-day activities that are important to them. Ourcare home provides specialist neurological rehabilitation care for 18 to 65-year-olds.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Provide therapeutic care management for residents by delivering bespoke clinical management programmes
• Evaluate progress, reassessing and altering treatments as required
• Providing support and communication in an understandable way to residents, carers and other staff members
• Completing any admin duties such as maintaining clinical records and dealing with enquiries in a timely manner
• Delivering a reliable, co-ordinated Therapy service

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• A naturally caring individual, who holds a degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC Registration, membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy desirable
• Significant experience of working with clients with complex needs
• Experienced in assessment and equipment provision, thermoplastic splinting, cognitive retraining, RPAB, COTNAB and SMART assessment methods, community reintegration
• An effective communicator, with theability to lead, mentor and supervise a team in a complex therapy setting, always looking tomake a difference to people’s lives

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Accessto discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’rea health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus.Our people are alldriven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave,caringand responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to 'Be you at Bupa', we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]

Time Type:
Part time
Job Area:

Locations:
Beacher Hall