HCRG Care Group
Specialist Community Occupational Therapist - LD & Autism Escalation Pathway
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Help People with Learning Disabilities Live Healthier, More Independent Lives
Every day, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities, helping them overcome barriers, maximise independence, and achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our county-wide Learning Disability Service, supporting individuals with complex health needs, challenging behaviours and mental health needs. This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills within a highly supportive multidisciplinary team while working closely with experienced clinical leaders. You'll benefit from regular supervision, ongoing professional development and the chance to make a real impact across Wiltshire.
Base
Flexible across Marlborough, Chippenham, Warminster or Salisbury
Hours
37.5 hours per week
Working Pattern
Hybrid working model (approximately 60/40), dependent on individual and service needs.
Package Description
As a Specialist Community Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities & Autism Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- 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 the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Be professionally accountable for a designated caseload of adults with learning disabilities who present with profound and multiple disabilities, complex health needs, challenging behaviour and/or mental health needs.
- Undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments, interventions and reviews.
- Function as a key member of the integrated county-wide multidisciplinary Learning Disability Service.
- Contribute to the delivery and development of services in line with national learning disability strategies and best practice guidance.
- Delegate, supervise and support junior staff members within the service.
- Support the Clinical Lead with service prioritisation, planning and operational delivery.
- Contribute to clinical governance, service improvement and quality assurance activities.
- Deputise for the Clinical Lead as required, including responding to referrals, attending meetings and ensuring appropriate service cover.
Skills, Experience and Attributes
We are seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist who can combine specialist clinical expertise with a collaborative and proactive approach to supporting people with learning disabilities and complex needs.
Essential Criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration.
- Proven post-registration experience within learning disability, mental health, community or related services.
- Experience supporting adults with profound, complex or challenging needs.
- Demonstrable experience of complex problem-solving and clinical decision-making.
- Experience conducting comprehensive clinical risk assessments.
- Strong occupational therapy assessment and intervention skills.
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
- Experience supervising, delegating and supporting junior staff.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Strong communication, presentation and teaching skills.
- Ability to contribute to audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
- Ability to work autonomously while managing competing priorities.
Desirable Criteria
- BAOT/COT membership.
- Relevant postgraduate qualifications or specialist training.
- Leadership and management development.
- Experience teaching and assessing in practice.
- Experience prescribing specialist equipment and adaptations.
- Membership of a relevant professional special interest group.
For full details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Questions About the Role?
If you would like an informal discussion about the role or would like to find out more before applying, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please contact:
Tula Daley, Team Manager, Learning Disability Service 📞 07881 514711 ✉️ tula.daley@hcrgcaregroup.com
Claire Puntis, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist 📞 07909 533170 ✉️ claire.puntis@hcrgcaregroup.com
We're happy to answer any questions and discuss how this opportunity could fit with your experience and career aspirations.
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