Specialist Occupational Therapist inDaventry inDaventry PUBLISHED 28 SEP 2024

This is a part-time position for 18.75 hours per week as a Specialist Occupational Therapist at Badby Park, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain and spinal cord injuries. The role involves leading in the advanced assessment and treatment of residents, promoting health and independence, and providing clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to the wider multidisciplinary team.

As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for accepting clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of residents, formulating and delivering individual occupational therapy management and treatment programmes, and taking responsibility for the clinical supervision, education, and performance of more junior members of the therapy staff, students, and therapy assistants. You will need to demonstrate extensive and relevant post-qualification clinical experience, highly effective clinical reasoning skills, and highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models.

About us

Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to step into a lead role? If so, join Badby Park as a Specialist Occupational Therapist where you will lead in the advanced assessment and treatment of residents who may have diverse, and highly complex physical and Neurological conditions. This is a part time position for 18.75 hours per week.

You will be instrumental in promoting health and independence by delivering high quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions, along with providing clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to the wider multidisciplinary team.

You will be key in demonstrating highly specialist expertise and specialist occupational therapy skills in areas such as occupational engagement, environmental adaption, development and maintenance of skills needed for meaningful participation.

You will be managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.

To start your career at Badby Park and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like, apply today!

Your responsibilities as a Specialist Occupational Therapist will include:

• Accepting clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of residents, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time and supporting junior therapists in this process.
• Formulating and delivering an individual Occupational Therapy management and treatment programme based on specialist knowledge of clinically reasoned and evidence-based practice and treatment options. Employ advanced clinical assessment, knowledge and reasoning skills to provide treatment using a broad range of techniques and other alternative options.
• Taking responsibility and overseeing the clinical OT supervision, education and performance of more junior members of therapy staff, students (when present), and therapy assistants. Undertake the supervision/appraisal of these staff groups, ensuring that all policies and procedures are strictly adhered to.

To be a successful Specialist Occupational Therapist you will need:

• Occupational Therapy profession qualification
• Extensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with children and young people who have complex needs
• Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
• Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills
• Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £40,500 pro rota
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

Where you will be working:

Location:
Badby Road West, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4NH

You will be working at Badby Park, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain and spinal cord injuries.

You will work alongside side the multidisciplinary and clinical teams to deliver truly person-centred services where each individual is at the heart of everything. The service has extensive facilities to cater for specific needs for people over 18 years old, who have complex neurological care and rehabilitation requirements

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.