Senior Occupational Therapist - Independent Living Technology Enabled Care

Location Reading
Job type Contract
Salary £40 per hour
Consultant George Casselton
Call 0333 7000 020
Reference 204702

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 Senior Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Reading

Pay Rate: £40 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.

 

 

Main Duties:

  • Work as part of the project group to ensure targets and timelines are met
  • Promote the project within Reading Borough Council Adult Social Care teams
  • Line manage, guide and motivate a small team of practitioners such as an OT and Social Care Co-ordinator to achieve the project aims
  • Support the team of practitioners to engage with users, review, assess and report on the impact of the TEC on individuals, their circle of support and Reading Adult Social Care
  • Engage with services users, adult social care teams and install the available Technology Enabled Care (TEC) systems (all training will be given)
  • Feed into the project evaluation

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 George Casselton; 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.