Salary: £23,000 - £26,000 per annum DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!
Join us as our new Occupational Therapist Assistant at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.
You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.
Who are Medequip?
Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.
About the role
As the Occupational Therapist Assistant for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will join our growing clinical team in Medequip’s Community Equipment Services (CES). We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapy Assistant / Assistant Practitioner to provide advice and support to prescribers, operational staff in the depot, and the community. Working with an OT, in our depot, you will use your equipment knowledge to support best practice within the community equipment service and support developments in the service.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* You will work with the depot OT, referrers, suppliers, and operational teams to deliver a person-centred Community Equipment Service that helps individuals access the right equipment to support their needs at the right time.
* Providing support and advice to referrers into the Service and colleagues within the Service in order to maximise the recycling of special equipment, including review of Special orders.
* To support the depot OT with training and demonstration sessions according to the needs of the contract.
* To work alongside depot colleagues to help resolve issues and ensure a seamless service.
* Joint working with colleagues to ensure Catalogue systems and accurate information are in place to maximise utilisation and ensure best value for money.
* Participate in local and national projects, supporting the development of best practice for the service.
* Contribute to the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and help compile reports, including detailing the demand and savings produced by recycling special equipment
About you
Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:
* We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
* We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
* We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
* We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
* We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
* We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
* We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.
Qualifications and experience required.
* Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a therapy assistant or assistant practitioner (or similar) in a Health or Social Care setting
* Experience of community equipment or wheelchair services.
* NVQ level 3 or similar (or willingness to undertake)
* To be a trained Trusted Assessor for community equipment (or willingness to undertake)
What we offer
* Supervision by experienced OT
* 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
* Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
* Life assurance
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
* Access to Perkbox discount platform
Free DBS check
We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.
We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.
This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable
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