Job Description
Do you have a passion or desire to work with people in the community? We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our Community Therapy team. In this role, you'll provide high quality, person centred care for adults in the community.
This is an excellent opportunity for a compassionate, adaptable therapist who is keen to develop their clinical skills, work collaboratively, and make a tangible difference to people's lives.
Main Duties of the job
* Deliver high-quality, person-centred rehabilitation for adults in the community.
* Assess, plan and implement tailored treatment and rehabilitation programmes.
* Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team across community setting.
* Communicate effectively with patients, families and carers, supporting goal-setting.
* To manage a caseload, using evidence based/person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy interventions.
* Accurately record assessments, monitor progress and adjust care plans as needed.
* Support service efficiency, audit activity and performance monitoring.
* Supervise and develop rehabilitation assistants as required.
* Maintain professional standards, mandatory training and uphold Trust values, safeguarding and governance.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.