Occupational Therapy Apprentice

Job overview

WVT Occupational Therapy are looking to recruit an Apprentice Occupational Therapist, with our Inpatient Therapy department. As a development role, you will attend University to complete the Occupational Therapy degree, whilst working as a Therapy Support Worker. This allows you to gain your clinical skills and knowledge whilst training to become an Occupational Therapist. You will initially start as a Therapy Support Worker (band 3).  On completion of the degree, you will become a registered Occupational Therapist. The University that you attend will be the University of Worcester.

The Apprentice Occupational Therapist is a developmental role. The Occupational Therapy training programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. An Apprentice Occupational Therapist will be based, as an employee in the organisation, in a specific setting, but may also experience working in alternative settings in order that they gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts and are able to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.

Main duties of the job

This is a development role via the Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship standard. You will work towards successful completion of a BSc (Hons) degree in Occupational Therapy (University of Worcester) and recognition by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional (AHP) Occupational Therapist.

You will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of an Occupational Therapist through your apprenticeship within the service as well as through completion of the Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship training programme. This includes working in hospital, clinic and community settings, and delivery of direct person-centred care. Whilst undertaking this training you will work within the service as an Occupational Therapy Apprentice, where your role will reflect your learning.  Gaining knowledge of providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions for service users commensurate with the level/stage of apprenticeship.  Gaining knowledge of the application of the Occupational Therapy process (assessment, intervention, evaluation) across clinical settings commensurate with the level/stage of apprenticeship.

The apprentice will complete band 3 Therapy competencies within a specified timeframe.  On completion of these, they will work towards your band 4 therapy competencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see separate job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of this role.