Specialist Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Gesundheitsunternehmen sucht einen erfahrenen Ergotherapeuten für die Gemeinschaftsrehabilitation. In dieser Rolle unterstützen Sie Patienten dabei, Experten in ihrer eigenen Pflege zu werden und in ihren eigenen Häusern zu bleiben. Sie werden die Möglichkeit haben, eine Führungsrolle zu übernehmen und die Rehabilitation zu planen, zu koordinieren und zu evaluieren. Mit einem Fokus auf Innovation und integrierte Zusammenarbeit werden Sie Teil eines engagierten Teams, das sich der Bereitstellung von exzellenter Pflege verschrieben hat. Wenn Sie leidenschaftlich daran interessiert sind, das Leben der Menschen zu verbessern, ist diese Position ideal für Sie.

Benefits

Generöses Rentensystem

Zahlungen für unsoziale Arbeitszeiten

27 Tage Jahresurlaub

Zugang zu NHS-Rabatten

Gesundheits- und Wellnessprogramm

Qualifications

• Erforderliche Qualifikation als registrierter Ergotherapeut mit HCPC.
• Nachweis über fortlaufende berufliche Entwicklung (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Bereitstellung von zielgerichteter Rehabilitation für Patienten.
• Führung und Koordination des Rehabilitationsprozesses.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Selbstmanagement

Fallmanagement

Beziehungsaufbau

Education

Registrierter Ergotherapeut mit HCPC

Abschluss oder gleichwertige Qualifikation

Job description

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team. You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes.

It is expected that you will have excellent communication skills, enjoy working with a variety of service users of different age groups, have good self-management skills and an ability to prioritise your case load. You should ideally have experience of working in a variety of clinical settings with knowledge of the challenges of community working.

It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.

This post is until 31st March 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes by providing holistic assessments and interventions for this care group.

As a Specialist Occupational Therapist you will have the opportunity to undertake a leadership role in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the rehabilitation provided and be responsible for the supervision of junior staff and students.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to build networks and relationships over a number of sites and different clinical teams. You will embrace innovation and integrated working and will be committed to delivering excellence in care alongside other OTs, Physiotherapists, Associate Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC
• Professional knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
• Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience.
• Evidence of on-going CPD.
• Registered member of British Association of Occupational Therapists.
• Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role.

Experience

• Proven experience relevant to the care group.
• Competencies relevant to specialism.
• Experience of managing the work of others.

Knowledge

• Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including those relevant to the specialist care group.
• Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group.

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.

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata.