Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
RRIC Community Practitioner - Occupational Therapist
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RRIC Community Practitioner - Occupational Therapist
Join Our Team – Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC)
Your mission is passionate: Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) service in Buckinghamshire operates across the county – and now we’re building our Aylesbury Team. Whether you’re a therapist, paramedic, pharmacist, or healthcare practitioner eager to make a difference, this role lets you channel your expertise within a fast-moving, supportive environment.
About the Role
Join a diverse, multi-disciplinary community team where collaboration and clinical leadership mean preventing hospitalisations, empowering recovery, and enabling patients to stay independent in their homes. Your contributions will range from:
- Early discharge interventions
- End-of-life support
- Coordinating interprofessional care pathways
Key Responsibilities
- Triage, assessment, evaluation: Apply your Occupational Therapy (OT) expertise to patients and carers, ensuring their needs are understood and addressed holistically.
- Clinical leadership: Plan tailored care, case manage patients through recovery stages, and delegate workloads to the RRIC Team effectively.
- Leadership across sectors: Work with Physiotherapists, Nurses (all levels), Specialist Paramedics, Pharmacists, and Community Healthcare Assistants to deliver timely, expert-approved care.
- Pathway development: Research, design, and refine clinical pathways to optimise patient outcomes.
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About Us
As part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, we’re shaping modern healthcare through seven locations and two Urgent Community Response squads. Our values – collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable – drive us to provide personal, compassionate care while fostering a workplace where:
- Innovation sits at the core: We’re at the forefront of proactive, crisis-led healthcare.
- Teamwork is thriving: viz. development opportunities and team-based problem-solving.
- Inclusion & diversity matters; we celebrate uniqueness and actively create a belonging culture.
What We’re Looking For
If you’re ambitious, technically curious, and passionate about clinical development, then this is your chance to amplify your impact on patient health—especially if you:
- Commit to continuous professional growth
- Flourish in dynamic interprofessional environments
⚠️ Vacancy may close early—apply early to avoid disappointment.
Requirements (Mooted by Role)
Previous applicants are welcome to reapply, but no applications need be resubmitted.
What We Offer
Beyond cutting-edge Rapid Response care (and ½ unit/swings shifts for maximum flexibility), you’ll benefit from being part of the NHS BHT destiny:
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- Development opportunities: Invest in your future in fast-evolving healthcare.
- Agile & flexible working: Align your schedule with today’s dynamic clinical (and personal) needs.
- NHS benefits: Generous annual leave, pension scheme alignment, and access to NHS discount schemes (e.g., discounts on appliances & services).
- Wellbeing services: Holistic care to support your health—mind, body, and spirit.
Why We Are Worth Joining
🌟 Personal & organisational mission alignment: Our vision is outstanding care + healthy communities, achieved through collaboration, respect, and compassionate excellence. 🌟 Visibility & recognition: Unlike conventional roles, here you’ll have hands-on leadership from day one, steering high-impact recovery initiatives.
Want to explore the opportunity further or meet the team? Reach out to: 📌 Sumit Khanna – RRIC Clinical Lead 📧 sumit.khanna1@nhs.net ☎ 07929 852728 (PLEASE NOTE: this is a personal line)
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