Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £25 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Occupational Therapist roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Occupational Therapist and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many OTs you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Occupational Therapist provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties of the Occupational Therapist
- Plan and deliver treatment interventions in line with Best Practice and local and National Guidelines.
- Plan and deliver Family Interventions for psychosis (FIp), in line with best practice.
- Plan and deliver Family & Friends Education & Support Group, in line with best practice
- Undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews, ensuring people meet eligibility criteria using social outcome assessment, and are assessed using the self-directed support Needs Outcome Assessment (NOA) process.
- Undertake such reviews as part of an integrated assessment of people’s health and social care needs.
- Offer direct support and advice to service users and their carers, through information and advice and ensure that those who do not meet social outcome assessment criteria are appropriately signposted and supported.
- Ensure appropriate health and social care services are commissioned with and on behalf of service users, including the duty to offer direct payment, and that processes are in place for service users to be charged by the local Job Description FEP CC May 2016 authority for all social careservices.
- Liaise and negotiate with other agencies e.g. Adult Care Services, Children Schools and Families, Benefit Agency, Housing Authorities and providers etc., for joint planning with, or on behalf of, service users.
- Undertake post qualifying and other appropriate training to ensure high standards of practice and continuation of own professional registration.
- Participate in regular supervision.
- Adhere to Trust policies andprocedures.
- Carry out any other duties identified by your line manager.
Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist
- Recent NHS experience
- Registered with the HCPC
Contact:
This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Alex Blackwell; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists aswell as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
