Occupational Therapists Grade 7 or 8
Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference for the people of Hull?
Occupational Therapy is a vital function of Adult Social Care, ensuring that individuals can maintain their independence and live life to the fullest in their own homes. Whether you are an experienced practitioner looking to enhance your development or due to qualify as an Occupational Therapist and looking for your first role, we would love to support you in your development.
As a valued member of the team, you will have access to, 1:1 time, supervision and ongoing training & development opportunities. We have a Preceptorship program to support OTs who are transitioning from another area of practice or who are newly qualified. We offer development across all 4 pillars (RCOT career framework) including development of your leadership skills and work with the Curiosity Partnership to promote research.
You will have chance to develop your skills in the following areas:
1. Specialised moving and handling skills
2. Functional assessment
3. Intervention planning to increase individuals’ independence and reduce their care needs
4. Provision of aids and adaptations
5. Positive risk assessment
6. Capacity assessment and Best interest decision making
7. Provision of highly specialised equipment
8. Provision of major complex adaptations
9. Cognitive assessment
10. Trauma informed care
11. Assessment and recommendations of adapted housing needs
We have an exciting opportunity for a person within this permanent role to participate in a 12 month pilot project. The optimised handing project will offer the opportunity to be involved from the start of a new service, and having a focus on the development of specialist moving and handling skills.
Sound interesting? We also offer opportunities to work flexibly including full or part time hours, 7 or 5 day working, and possible term time only working by negotiation.
Recognising the workforce demand these posts are enhanced with a market rate pay supplement in excess of the top of the substantive grade. An annual review will take place which could reduce, increase or remove the enhancement subject to market conditions.
Please get in contact if you have any questions or would like to discuss the available opportunities further.
This role is not available for sponsorship therefore is only open to applicants who have the right to work in the UK.
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