Senior Occupational Therapist – Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
We’re looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in either South Bristol or North Somerset, delivering person-centred care within the community.
This is a rewarding opportunity to help people live well at home, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely discharge, and delivering rehabilitation that genuinely improves quality of life. You’ll see the impact of your work every day as you support people to regain independence and achieve what matters most to them.
At Sirona, we’re committed to helping you grow. You’ll develop specialist community skills, work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, and gain valuable experience supervising and supporting others as you build your leadership capabilities.
Our teams are forward-thinking and focused on personalised care. You’ll work closely alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Specialist Practitioners, and Support Staff to deliver high-quality care in patients’ homes and local communities.
We offer flexible working options, with both full-time and part-time opportunities available to support a healthy work-life balance.
We Currently Have Two Vacancies Available
* One based in North Somerset
* One based in South Bristol
Please state your preferred location within your application.
Initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs.
Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient-centred intervention programmes using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care.
Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management.
Responsible for allocation of work and efficient service/team coordination.
Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships to prevent avoidable admissions and facilitate timely discharges.
Collaborate and negotiate with service users, carers and family in identifying achievable goals as part of the overall care plan to maximise quality of life and independence.
Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services based on your assessment.
Assess and arrange the provision of equipment within scope of practice; reporting any issues.
Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff, and students.
Maintain accurate, informative and legal records.
Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery.
Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, colleagues and service users.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of adult’s and children’s community services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether youre starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
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