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Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust provides care for approximately 600,000 adults, children, and young people across Gloucestershire, including community inpatient and outpatient services, public health nursing, community nursing and therapy staff.
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, skilled Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Community Team (ICT) in the Stroud District. The ICT consists of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and the Home First/Reablement Team. We work collaboratively with the wider MDT within our service and our Integrated Care System (ICS) partners to enable individuals to remain as well and independent as possible within their own homes.
In this role you will have opportunities to gain experience working in urgent community response work, falls response as well as the management of long-term conditions and housing adaptations. This team is ideal for exploring a broad spectrum of service areas in the community, allowing you build a diverse skill set and widen your practice experience.
As this is a community role a valid driving licence and a vehicle insured for business use is essential.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be participating in the leadership of the team and supporting junior members of staff to provide a high standard of care to patients in their own individualised environment through your example and guidance. In addition, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust Occupational Therapists are provided with opportunities, including: -
- Individualised development planning
- A supportive, diverse management structure
- Specialised training opportunities:
- Health Coaching
- Development of leadership skills through our THRIVE programme.
- Regular supervision and development of your own learning needs.
- Funded university accredited courses (relevant to post in line with individual Occupational Therapist's career progression wishes and agreed upon with line management)
To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential and those in your team. You will require current HCPC registration and post-registration experience, preferably in a community setting though this is not essential.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust provides care for approximately 600,000 adults, children, and young people across Gloucestershire, including community inpatient and outpatient services, public health nursing, community nursing and therapy staff.
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, skilled Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Community Team (ICT) in the Stroud District. The ICT consists of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and the Home First/Reablement Team. We work collaboratively with the wider MDT within our service and our Integrated Care System (ICS) partners to enable individuals to remain as well and independent as possible within their own homes.
In this role you will have opportunities to gain experience working in urgent community response work, falls response as well as the management of long-term conditions and housing adaptations. This team is ideal for exploring a broad spectrum of service areas in the community, allowing you build a diverse skill set and widen your practice experience.
As this is a community role a valid driving licence and a vehicle insured for business use is essential.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be participating in the leadership of the team and supporting junior members of staff to provide a high standard of care to patients in their own individualised environment through your example and guidance. In addition, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust Occupational Therapists are provided with opportunities, including: -
- Individualised development planning
- A supportive, diverse management structure
- Specialised training opportunities:
- Health Coaching
- Development of leadership skills through our THRIVE programme.
- Regular supervision and development of your own learning needs.
- Funded university accredited courses (relevant to post in line with individual Occupational Therapist's career progression wishes and agreed upon with line management)
To excel in this role, you will require excellent communication skills, the courage to make clinical decisions and a willingness to develop your potential and those in your team. You will require current HCPC registration and post-registration experience, preferably in a community setting though this is not essential.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
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