Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Location: Epsom
Type: Permanent
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: £39,355 - £42,053 per annum (competitive)
We are excited to be hiring Qualified Occupational Therapists to join our fantastic Surrey team. The team is based in Epsom and is an evolving, friendly, and dynamic team.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part-time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption, and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary-related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping, and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
About the Team
We offer a competitive starting salary equivalent to that of a Band 6 OT in a healthcare setting. For newly qualified OTs, we offer a supportive preceptorship programme. In addition, we are open to flexible working patterns which may support your work-life balance.
We offer a large variety of training courses that will increase your knowledge and enable you to provide a service that you can feel proud of. We are a supportive team that provides informal supervision on a daily basis and regular formal supervision. In addition to peer support, we shall provide the practical tools you need to manage your work.
About the Role
You will join a supportive, skilled, and creative team that values a good work ethic, honesty, reliability, and the ability to apply sound and solid clinical reasoning to ensure we are providing a service we all can be proud of. As such, if you are a pragmatic, driven, creative Occupational Therapist, wanting to make a difference, then this may be the right environment for you to flourish in.
You will work alongside a variety of clients who have differing and/or complex needs by using a strength-based approach. Clients may be elderly and frail, experience a learning disability, physical or sensory impairment, or have mental ill health. This diverse role will facilitate your development and equip you with a large range of skills to enable you to undertake frontline holistic occupational therapy practice within a social care setting. You will have the opportunity to put into practice assessments such as the moving and handling risk assessments and intervention, with the aim of supporting and empowering our clients to live meaningful lives within the community.
Joining us, you will work closely with your team members, as well as with other organisations and agencies to provide an integrated service in order to support vulnerable adults and their carers in a community-based setting. This community-based role requires you to visit clients in their homes, as well as other settings such as residential care and nursing homes.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
- Experience of working within a social care or community-focused multi-disciplinary setting that provides care, support, and advice to meet people's long-term needs
- Ability to complete person-centred and proportionate OT assessments including moving and handling risk assessments
- An in-depth knowledge of medical conditions and the likely impact on the individual and be able to demonstrable knowledge of the impact of long-term disability on the individual, carer, and family
- Continuing professional development. Applicants must have and maintain current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and adhere to the HCPC standards for conduct, performance, and ethics.
Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
