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Position: Senior Occupational Therapist
Location: Multisite covering services across the North West
Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week - Monday - Friday
Rate: £41,030 per annum
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a positive and can-do attitude? Are you a positive and encouraging people person who loves to see people making progress?…
Join us as your new Senior Occupational Therapist working across four complex care services in the North West
As a Senior Occupational Therapist with us, you’ll support our residents with a high-quality occupational therapy service throughout their journey with us. You’ll play a key role in empowering them and maximising their independence.
You’ll lead and supervise Junior Therapists or Therapy Assistants across the homes you support to ensure delivery of evidence-based, high quality therapy and rehabilitation.
You’ll build relationships with the people you support, and see the progress they make through ongoing care, which is extremely rewarding.
About Exemplar Health Care
Exemplar Health Care is a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with a range of complex needs.
Our homes support adults living with complex needs, including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.
Across all of our homes, one thing remains the same - our Occupational Therapists play a vital role in empowering people to live their best lives!
As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the role
Our Occupational Therapists provide specialist assessments, clinical diagnoses and interventions to help people overcome the challenges they face with completing everyday tasks and activities.
You’ll work as part of a wider Clinical Team to create person-centred care and rehabilitation plans that maintain and build people’s abilities, support them to achieve their goals and evaluate their outcomes.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
* being responsible for a clinical caseload
* working alongside the people we support, their loved ones and professionals to develop and deliver person-centred occupational therapy interventions
* collaborating closely with the Therapy Team (Physiotherapist, Therapy Assistant and Activities Coordinators)
* being responsible for a clinical caseload
* carrying out assessments
* maintaining accurate records for people receiving occupational therapies
* promoting choice, dignity and independence.
About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
You’re also someone who has:
* a thorough understanding of occupational therapy best practice
* the ability to demonstrate an excellent range of occupational therapy interventions and treatments
* a kind and caring approach
* a sense of humour and fun
* a positive, can-do attitude
* lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others
* creative thinking and sound organisational skills
* great listening and communication skills.
You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.
To apply for this role, you must have a BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.
What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:
* regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
* retail and lifestyle discounts
* free DBS check
* 24/7 counselling and support
* Blue Light Card eligibility.
How to apply
Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.
Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post
Salary description
£41030.00 - £41030.00 per year