Senior Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Community Occupational Therapist for their team in Bristol. This rewarding role involves managing patient caseloads, leading a dedicated team, and developing community rehabilitation strategies. Join a supportive environment dedicated to ongoing professional development and delivering high-quality healthcare services.

Benefits

Agenda for Change Salary

Full NHS Benefits

27+ Days Annual Leave

Participation in NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy required.
• HCPC registration is mandatory.
• Commitment to lifelong learning expected.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload and service efficiency.
• Lead team and support junior staff.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Team Leadership

Clinical Reasoning

Autonomy

Effective Time Management

Patient Rehabilitation

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity? Come and join Sirona as a Senior Community Occupational Therapist within the South Gloucestershire Integrated Neighbourhood Team. This is a role where you will really make a real difference to patients living at home.

We are friendly team who have a strong culture of supporting each other so that we can all learn and grow whilst providing the best service we can for the people we work with.

In this role you will have opportunity to develop specialist community skills as well as your ability to support/supervise other team members and develop key leadership skills.

Our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) are an innovative and dynamic service. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise their functional potential and support them to remain independent within their homes. Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live better lives in their home environment. It is a busy and challenging role but one which therapists find rewarding.

You will be working alongside other Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Nurses and Nurse Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers, Pharmacy technicians and Administrators.

Please do get in touch if you would like any further information or to arrange an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management
• Responsible for capacity management, allocation of work and efficient service / team coordination
• Lead by example and be a role model for the team
• Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships with hospital staff, primary care, service providers and multi-disciplinary teams within health and social care to:-
• To use occupational therapy skills and techniques in functional and standardised assessment & interventions as an autonomous practitioner
• To develop additional competencies within the requirements of the multi-disciplinary approach to the INT
• Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff, and students whilst assisting other junior staff to organise, prioritise and manage their caseload.
• Work collaboratively with the INT Manager to:-
• Support team performance in key identified areas including frailty and the assessment and management of high risk patients
• Maintain a culture of learning (from incidents, including root cause analysis, patient feedback, complaints and clinical audit)
• Work within your scope of practice
• Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, service users and colleagues in line with Organisational policy and procedures
• With the support of senior colleagues, identify and work towards specific objectives and to actively participate in service development projects and audit as required.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

See attached full job description and person specification for a full range of duties and responsibilities associated with this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
• Willingness to undertake additional study and qualifications relevant to the role. Tell us how you would be motivated to do so.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Explain how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required.
• Explain how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
• Explain how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff.
• Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession.
• Effective time management and caseload management.
• Recent relevant experience within the community setting.
• Working with a range of professionals in health or social care.
• Experience of supervising staff and students from other professions.

Application Reason

• Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata