Specialist Community Occupational Therapist inSalisbury inSalisbury PUBLISHED WED 23 OCT 2024

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Salisbury City Community Team: Five Rivers Leisure Centre

Full or Part time Hours - Permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking and committed Occupational Therapist. Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service? Are you passionate about meeting people and want to make a difference every day? We want to meet you!

We are based in the community and provide patient centred care to patients in their own homes. Your job would be to assess patients at home for Occupational Therapy Interventions and consider ongoing needs of each patient and identify opportunities for longer term support where required.

We work a 7-day shift pattern from 08.30 16.30.

We cover a large geographical area so access to a vehicle to travel to visit patients is essential.

We are an evolving service with structured leadership and support, we are looking for a dynamic occupational therapist to join us to support patient discharges home from hospital and to create a fantastic community rehabilitation service. Patient care is the heart of what we do within our 3 community teams in south Wiltshire and our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. You will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team with a supportive management structure which welcomes innovations and quality improvement whilst prioritising staff well-being. Leadership is given in the form of therapy and nursing clinical leads, the team manager, advance clinical practitioners, and consultants as part of our virtual ward approach prioritising keeping patients well at home. You will work alongside community-based physiotherapist and together support the rehabilitation support workers who support the patients at home.

Here in Salisbury, we are based at the 5 rivers leisure and well-being centre, just off the ring road into Salisbury. There is free car parking, and a permit to support your community visits. Travel costs are reimbursed for travel within your working day. The swim, fitness and gym leisure facilities are onsite and can be accessed with a corporate discount and there is also a cafe onsite too. We support flexible working and will consider requests, considering the needs of the service.

About us

Please see the attached Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the role and to access the full person specification.