Band 6/7 - Occupational Therapist - Acute - Yeovil

Location

Somerset | United Kingdom

Job description

Are you an empathetic Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in acute care?

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6/7 Occupational Therapist to join our fantastic NHS client’s acute care team based in Yeovil, Somerset. This vacancy is available for the successful therapist to start as soon as possible, offering full time hours per week with the placement due to end on 29.12.23.

The successful individual would be expected work within an experienced Team involving Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants and be competent to provide Occupational therapy management for patients across the acute setting. The postholder will provide a specialised and up to date Occupational Therapy service in Acute Occupational Therapy with support to develop into a specialist area if they have a preference. Applying therapists should have previous experience working in an acute setting.

Skills and experience needed:

• Previous experience within acute settings
• Previous discharge planning and Oncology experience
• Relevant degree/qualification in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Duties will include:

• Care-coordinating
• Attending MDT meetings
• Contribute to the holistic assessment of physical and mental wellbeing needs.
• Assessment and intervention of individual patients needs and progress.
• Treating patients for a range of moderate to complex mental health conditions
• Working with other healthcare professionals

What next?

If you are an Occupational Therapist that has excellent communication and rapport building skills and would like to create a positive change to those with mental health difficulties, we would like to hear from you as soon as possible.

Why Pulse?

• Daily payroll
• Variety of opportunities in both NHS and private sectors
• Access to high-quality voluntary training
• Regional compliance team of trained phlebotomist’s
• £300 recommend a friend bonus scheme*
• First class service from our team of dedicated consultants
• Different payment options – PAYE/PSC/LTD and umbrella
• HireVue online interviews
• iPoint – Electronic timesheet processing app

*Terms and conditions apply

Not for you but know the ideal Occupational Therapist?

If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn £300 per recommendation, once they have worked over 200 hours*.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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