Specialist Occupational Therapist

Active Care Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Active Care Group seeks a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our expert therapy team at Blackheath. The role focuses on empowering patients recovering from brain injuries, providing innovative, evidence-based treatments, and engaging within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. We offer autonomy in decision-making and opportunities for professional growth within a supportive environment.

Benefits

25 days plus bank holidays

Free lunch when on duty

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a Medicash Health Plan

Active Reward App for discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a neurorehabilitation setting.
• Ability to motivate patients over long periods.
• Successful candidates will undergo an Enhanced DBS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement evidence-based treatments using neuroplasticity principles.
• Assist in diagnosis, problem formulation, and rehabilitation planning.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to in-service education programs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Judgment skills

Motivational skills

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

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At Active Care Group, we know that recovery is more than just physical—it’s about rebuilding confidence, independence, and the life that makes each person who they are. Just ask Rob. After a traumatic brain injury, simple tasks like dressing and preparing a meal became overwhelming challenges. But with the dedicated support of our therapy team at Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, he regained the ability to do the things that mattered most to him—taking back control of his daily life, reconnecting with his passions, and ultimately, rediscovering himself.

Stories like Rob’s, and those of many others, remind us why we do what we do. Whether it’s helping someone walk again, regain their independence at home, or even return to work, our Occupational Therapists play a crucial role in transforming lives.

Join Us in Making a Difference

If you’re passionate about helping individuals like Rob reclaim their independence, we invite you to be part of our expert therapy team at Blackheath. Here, your ideas, expertise, and dedication will help patients reach their full potential.

Why Work With Us?

Make a Meaningful Impact – Help our patients overcome complex challenges and achieve real, life-changing milestones.

Autonomy & Innovation – We empower our therapists to make swift, patient-centred decisions, free from unnecessary bureaucracy.

Specialist Neurorehabilitation Experience – At Blackheath you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse patient group with a range of neurological conditions.

Collaborative MDT Approach – Be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team that prioritises holistic, high-quality care.

Professional Growth & Development – Access specialised neurorehabilitation training and postgraduate opportunities to advance your career.

If you’re ready to make a lasting difference in the lives of individuals recovering from brain injury, apply today. Let’s help more people like Rob rediscover their independence and their future.

Please note - this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

What You'll Be Working

Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop, carry out, and generalise safe, innovative, evidence-based treatments, underpinned by the principles of neuroplasticity and motor re-learning.
• Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
• Assist the MDT in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes.
• Function as a Key Worker to ensure active coordination and management of the therapeutic programme to achieve the agreed rehabilitation goals.
• Play a key role in planning safe discharges.
• Prescribe and provide equipment for our patients during their rehabilitation journey.
• Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and be involved in MDT service developments.
• Maintain records and clinical notes in line with company policy and RCOT guidelines.
• Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
• Contribute to the in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
• Supervise junior staff including assistants and students.
• The post holder may be required to provide cover at our nearby Chislehurst site.
• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights
  
  

What You'll Have

• HCPC registration
• Previous experience of working in a neurorehabilitation setting
• Analytical and judgement skills
• Ability to motivate patients over long periods
• 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

• Free lunch when on duty
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App 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

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