Occupational Therapist

Salary: £33,600 – £42,000 per year

As an Occupational Therapist, you change lives for the better. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic HCPC registered Occupational Therapist to join the therapy team at Badby Park in Daventry.

Badby Park in a neurological care home providing specialist care and rehabilitation to those with a wide range of neurological conditions. You will be joining an innovative and dedicated team comprising OT PT, SLT, Music Therapy Dietetics, Psychology and therapy assistants. There is further support from nursing, neuropsychiatry, GP service and a consultant in rehab medicine.

With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you’ll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of online and CPD training courses to support you reach your career goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To undertake assessments, and using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence-based practice and neurological experience, determine appropriate treatment/support plans.
• To be accountable and responsible for devising, developing, delivering and updating individualised rehabilitation and/or therapy/support plans with peer support and supervision.
• To communicate effectively in a professional, concise and accurate manner to ensure that information is disseminated throughout the whole team and to promote good working relationships at all times.
• To work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team, family and carers, attending goal planning and MDT meetings.
• To produce high quality, accurate and concise written reports and documentation
• To use reflective practice and established outcome measures to evaluate treatment in order to achieve optimal outcomes.
• To provide support, guidance and training to therapy and care assistants.
• To be responsible for own time management in planning caseload to meet priorities.

To be successful in this role:

• Relevant Occupational Therapy degree
• Registered member of the HCPC
• Previous experience of providing OT in a similar environment is desirable but not essential
• Up to date knowledge of evidence-based practice in the field of OT
• Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks and regulatory body inspection processes and documentation
• Demonstrate an ability to ensure confidentiality
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Badby Park provides a comprehensive induction programme and there is regular supervision and access to internal and external training. CPD is actively encouraged and supported.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £33,600 – £42,000(DOE) + Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

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.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.