Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor

Medequip co; Rochester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

HCPC Registration Costs

RCOT Membership Costs

33 days annual leave

CPD and training support

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Free counselling program

Job summary

Medequip co is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor to join our clinical team in Rochester. The role involves providing expert advice to prescribers and ensuring best practices in community equipment services. Candidates should have a degree in Occupational Therapy and significant experience in community services.

We offer various benefits including HCPC registration costs, CPD support, and a cycle to work scheme. This is a part-time position, accommodating flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience at a senior level.
• Experience of community equipment services, particularly with 'specials'.
• Solid IT skills to use Microsoft Office packages and multiple in-house systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support to prescribers and managers.
• Advise on the supply and suitability of equipment.
• Develop best practice for community equipment services.
• Support training and demonstration sessions.
• Ensure catalogue systems are accurate and maximized.

Skills

Community equipment services

Clinical reasoning

Collaboration with health professionals

Microsoft Office

Education

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy

Registered with the Health Care Professions Council

Job description

Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor

Occupational Therapist - Clinical Advisor
Rochester

Salary: Comparable to NHS Band 6 / Band 7, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hrs available (Part time and job share may be considered)

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing clinical team in Medequip and be part of our Community Equipment Services (CES) for Medway. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapist to provide expert advice and support to prescribers, commissioners, operational staff, and the community. You will use your expert knowledge to ensure best practice within the service and help develop and deliver innovative solutions, providing a high-quality, cost effective, and efficient equipment loan service. Medequip, as a values-driven organisation, places an emphasis not only on results but also on how those results are achieved. There is particular focus on safety, empathy, respect, teamwork, and excellence in all we do.

The Role

As the Clinical Advisor / Occupational Therapist, you will work with prescribers, commissioners, suppliers, and internal clinical and operational teams to successfully deliver a person‑centred Community Equipment Service that supports individuals accessing the right equipment to support their needs at the right time. You will have extensive experience and have undertaken either management or specialist roles in your field of work. The role includes:

• Providing comprehensive, specialist support and advice to prescribers, managers and colleagues within the service to maximise the recycling of special equipment, including review and oversight of special orders.
• Providing expert advice and clinical reasoning on the supply, suitability, and procurement of equipment into and from the service.
• Working collaboratively with health & social care professionals and CES commissioners in the development of best practice for the future provision of equipment, ensuring good clinical governance and safe working practices.
• Supporting and delivering training and demonstration sessions according to the needs of the contract.
• Joint working with CES managers to ensure catalogue systems and accurate information are in place to maximise utilisation and ensure best value for money.
• The Medway Community Equipment Service is based at our depot in Rochester and you will be working alongside depot managers and staff to support the contract.
• Our national clinical team has strong peer support, CPD, induction and supervision structures in place under the management of the Head of Clinical Services.

Qualifications and experience required:

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• To be registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Significant post‑qualification experience at a senior level
• Significant experience of community equipment services, particularly with "specials".
• Solid IT skills to use Microsoft Office packages and multiple in‑house systems.

What we offer:

• HCPC Registration Costs
• RCOT Membership Costs
• Membership of NAEP
• 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• CPD, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.