Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Occupational Therapist - Home Pathway

Band 6 - £45,953 - £54,254 inc HCAS per annum

Permanent - Full time 37.5 hrs

The post holders will promote independence utilising rehabilitation and enablement interventions, working collaboratively with a vast range of key health and social care teams and services within the community, as well as voluntary and public sector providers, to ensure the successful delivery of the Home Pathway Service in Bromley.

Your role will encompass completing complex assessment and treatment plans, developing and leading education and treatment, and occupational therapy service development. The post will primarily involve working with elderly patients and their families with a focus on goal-orientated treatment planning within their home.

Band 5 Occupational Therapist with previous rehab and rotational experience are welcome to apply as this will be a supported position.

This is a static community rehab post however; there is a possibility this will become a rotational post in the future. It is expected that the job holder will work across and support all community based and in-patient therapy services, as operationally required.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be supported and upskilled to gain experience in a leadership role to include the following responsibilities;

• Supervision of junior staff
• Individual caseload management and supervision of team caseload management.
• Completing return to works and managing sickness as per the trust’s policy
• Carrying out detailed and timely appraisals in keeping with KPI’s
• Co-lead on the coordination of all discharges from the Home Pathway Team.
• Lead on therapy input in the weekly consultant led MDT.
• The post holder will be expected to streamline processes to support efficiency within the Home Pathway.
• Service development; a review of current Occupational Therapy services and an innovative approach to developing new aspects of the service.

This is an excellent opportunity for a creative Occupational Therapist to develop cutting edge professional services that really make a difference to individual patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder has a responsibility to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk and will be trained to the appropriate level as determined by the post.

The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including;

• Belonging
• Health and well-being
• Continuous learning and innovation
• Compassion
• The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare’s relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code (s) of conduct associated with this post.

The job description reflects the immediate requirements and objectives of the post. This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, as directed by the line manager. This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.