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Advanced Occupational Therapist

Posted 17 days 1 hour ago by Wiltshire Council

£46,700 - £49,155 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Wiltshire, Salisbury, United Kingdom, SP1 1
Job Description

Advanced Occupational Therapist

Salisbury, Wiltshire

Job Description

Salary: £46,700 - £49,155 (Inclusive of 12.5% market supplement)

Hours per week: 37 hours

Rolling advert: We're continuously reviewing and interviewing applicants weekly for this job posting. We will stop accepting applications when sufficient applications have been received.

Reablement - Empowering Independence

Are you a highly experienced Occupational Therapist driven by a profound passion to instigate positive transformations in people's lives and restore confidence?

Elevate your career by becoming a pivotal member of our Reablement Team, making a positive impact on individuals' lives post-hospitalisation, rebuilding confidence, and enhancing daily activity skills. Our Advanced Occupational Therapists provide professional support, train team members, and act as expert advisors on equipment and decision-making.

As an Advanced Occupational Therapist, you'll manage a challenging and diverse caseload, conduct strengths-based OT assessments, and apply person centred principles to promote well-being and positive risk-taking. You will provide professional support and training on occupational therapy matters to Occupational Therapists, and other team members. You will manage a busy caseload of complex work undertaking strengths based occupational therapy assessments using person centred practice principles to assess, support plan and review with the aim of promoting well-being and positive risk taking.

You will collaborate with healthcare professionals and social workers for optimal outcomes, conducting assessments, setting goals, creating personalised reablement plans and providing supervision and support for complex cases within your team. Acting as an expert advisor to other team members on the provision of bespoke equipment, evaluating reasoning of occupational therapists and making decisions with regard to best value, increasing independence and reducing risk.

If you have over 3 years of post-qualification experience, hold a full UK Driver's license, understand occupational therapy laws and are ready to take on an exciting challenge, we want to hear from you! Join us in creating success stories of individuals in Wiltshire reclaiming their independence.

Why us?

Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That's why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here!

This position comes with a 12.5% market supplement payment. All market supplement payments are subject to review on an annual basis.

Under the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, individuals involved in regulated activity must provide a full employment history and detail any gaps. Before clicking apply please complete this full employment history form and once completed please attach it to your application form.

Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity .

The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.

For more details, contact Emma Spence, Reablement South Team Manager, at , or call .

This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.

We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion .

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