Occupational Therapist - Discharge to Assess
Location
Portishead, Somerset | United Kingdom
Job description
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6/7 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.
Location: Havering
Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £25 - £30 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
Duties of the Occupational Therapist:
- Caseload consists of patients on the Discharge-To-Assess (D2A) pathway that currently require new 24hour care and have potential to progress to having less dependent needs / being discharged home.
- Lead on discharge planning with an MDT approach, working closely with Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Social Workers and Nursing Home staff. Commonly encountered conditions include:
- Deconditioning from acute hospital
- Deconditioning post infection such as UTI, RTI
- Falls
- Rehabilitation of orthopaedic patients (eg. Post # NOF)
Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist
- Previous community and discharge planning experience
- Recent NHS experience
- Registered with the HCPC
- Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle
Contact:
This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Reece Golding; 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.
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