Occupational Therapist, rotational and static posts - Leicester inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED WED 18 DEC 2024

We have opportunities for HCPC registered Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join us working for Leicestershire Partnership Trust in Leicester City.

We have vacancies on our rotation programme which currently includes 9 months on sub-acute physical health rehabilitation wards at the Evington Centre and 9 months with our Home First and Community Therapy Service. There are plans to extend the rotation in 2025 to include other areas.

We also have a newly created static post available in the city based Home First and Community Therapy Service.

We are looking for people who possess a professional approach, good communication and problem-solving skills, and have a positive attitude to multidisciplinary team working and person-centred care. Skills developed will support your growth as a clinician and enable you to widen your scope of practice. In both posts you would be working as part of a large MDT with support, training and regular supervision provided. Within LPT we have a Preceptorship Programme for your first year of qualifying. This gives you support in your new post, but also the opportunity to network once a month, face to face with other AHP preceptees. We also have lots of opportunities to support research and quality improvement projects.

It is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence with access to an appropriate vehicle.

Interviews will be held on 16th January 2025.

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These posts would give you the opportunity to gain a variety of clinical skills in physical and community settings.

In the inpatient setting you will be supporting the discharge of patients and flow within the system and using your occupational therapy skills and knowledge to improve the outcomes for our patients. The successful post holder will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be joining established, supportive and welcoming teams of Occupational Therapists.

In the community setting you would be responsible for providing a professional OT service and carrying an agreed caseload under the supervision of senior staff. You will apply the OT process within an MDT format and deliver an OT service to patients within a variety of settings, requiring flexibility and adaptability in recognising the complexity of those environments.

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