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Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist


Company : NHS


Location : Salisbury, England


Created : 2025-06-02


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job summary Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist looking for a rewarding role in patient-centred rehabilitation? Join our Intensive Rehabilitation Service in South Wiltshire, where you'll make a real difference in the lives of patients recovering from hospital admissions. This inpatient rehabilitation setting provides individuals with focused support to achieve their recovery goals, enabling them to regain independence and transition either back home or to a more suitable care setting. As a Senior Occupational Therapist (Band 6), you will: Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, rehabilitation support workers, care staff, and social workers. Support the Clinical Lead in guiding and developing the team, including Band 5 therapists, Assistant Practitioners, and Rehabilitation Support Workers Main duties of the job To provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service for inpatients To work within a multi-professional team. Assess, interpret, plan and implement treatment and care to patients on the stroke pathway. Wherever possible to reduce in-patient length of stay by promoting and supporting early discharge. Apply a patient centred approach.To provide advice and support to Teams. About usAbout the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit Details Date posted 30 May 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number HCRGCG/TP/111228/15582 Job locations HCRG Care Group Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2RSJob description Job responsibilities As a Senior Occupational Therapist youll be part of our valued team in the Intensive Rehab Service, Little Manor Care Home. You will feel valued as a Senior Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Salary of £37,338 with Agenda for change terms and conditions and NHS pension. Free tea and coffee at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission BSc/BSc (Hons) and or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy Registered with HCPC Post registration qualification in relevant area of clinical practice. Delivering patient focused care Case management Excellent inter-professional communication Teaching (both professionals, students and patient/carers) and holds recognised Teaching and Assessing in Clinical practice qualification. Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and its organisation Demonstrate professional development and experience. Multi-disciplinary working across a range of agencies/professional groups Providing evidence-based practice through clinical audit Assessment and care planning with a particular focus on complex discharge planning Working in partnership with other agencies Evidence of on-going personal development Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups. Experience of gathering and interpreting information to shape service development Undertake specific therapy skills. Typing/data inputting skills to use computerised system for accessing patient information. Physical skills to manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids. Dealing with bad news ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional issues. Able to support and facilitate staff in dealing with these situations. Required to challenge and lead practice. Ability to manually handle patients and equipment. Job description Job responsibilities As a Senior Occupational Therapist youll be part of our valued team in the Intensive Rehab Service, Little Manor Care Home. You will feel valued as a Senior Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Salary of £37,338 with Agenda for change terms and conditions and NHS pension. Free tea and coffee at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission BSc/BSc (Hons) and or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy Registered with HCPC Post registration qualification in relevant area of clinical practice. Delivering patient focused care Case management Excellent inter-professional communication Teaching (both professionals, students and patient/carers) and holds recognised Teaching and Assessing in Clinical practice qualification. Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and its organisation Demonstrate professional development and experience. Multi-disciplinary working across a range of agencies/professional groups Providing evidence-based practice through clinical audit Assessment and care planning with a particular focus on complex discharge planning Working in partnership with other agencies Evidence of on-going personal development Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups. Experience of gathering and interpreting information to shape service development Undertake specific therapy skills. Typing/data inputting skills to use computerised system for accessing patient information. Physical skills to manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids. Dealing with bad news ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional issues. Able to support and facilitate staff in dealing with these situations. Required to challenge and lead practice. Ability to manually handle patients and equipment. Person Specification General Requirements EssentialClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site DesirableClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site Person Specification General Requirements EssentialClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site DesirableClick Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site 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. 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