Occupational TherapistinSalisburyinSalisburyPUBLISHED THU 20 MAR 2025

We are looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist to join our Intensive Rehabilitation Service supporting Pathway 2 discharges in the South of Wiltshire based in Salisbury area. This service is based within inpatient bed based rehabilitation setting to provide patients an opportunity for focused rehabilitation after a hospital admission to enable patients to work towards their goals.

You will work with a multidisciplinary approach, alongside physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, rehabilitation support workers, care staff and social workers to ensure the patients are supported to work towards their goals, in aim of returning home or into another setting.

As a band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will be supported by a Therapy Clinical Lead and senior therapists within the team along with community therapists within the organisation to develop in your role to increase your knowledge and experience working with a diverse case load. There is the opportunity for career development, pay progression (Agenda for Change) .

This is an exciting time for the team, working in partnership with other local services to provide rehabilitation in an integrated and truly patient centred way.

If you are interested at the prospect of working in this highly rewarding area of healthcare, then we look forward to hearing from you.

To discuss the vacancy further or to arrange an informal visit please call Clinical Lead Peter Busby on or Team Lead Sarah Furia on .

• Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.
• To work within the integrated multi-professional team.
• To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing occupational therapy treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of specialist team members and the Team Leader.
• To undertake assessments, care planning and evaluation.
• Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

About us

As an Occupational Therapist you'll be part of our valued team in the Intensive Rehab Service, Little Manor Care Home.

You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £29,970 with group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

• Dip COT/BSc/BSc(Hons)/MSc OT
• Registered as an OT with the Health professional Council
• To possess a current, valid full driving licence
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
• Experience of applying research based information to practice
• Assessment and care planning
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience within a range of patient/client care groups
• To be able to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds
• To be able to work flexibly and sensitively
• Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills
• Competence in a wide range of occupational therapy skills
• I.T. literate
• Typing / data inputting skills for accessing patient information
• Manual handling skills and experience
• Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional issues
• To be flexible and adaptable
• Organisational skills
• Report writing
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations
• Driven to achieve
• Self-motivated
• Good time management