Senior Occupational Therapist – Band 6 - Longleat Ward - Warminster Community Hospital

Senior Occupational Therapist – Band 6 – Longleat Ward – Warminster Community Hospital

Job Introduction

Are you an innovative, enthusiastic, organised and experienced Occupational Therapist with at least 18 months post registration experience and a strong interest in rehabilitation?

Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive inpatient team within a community hospital?

We are currently looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist , to join our inpatient therapy team on Longleat ward at Warminster community Hospital in Wiltshire. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, patient centred and evidence-based care.

HCRG Care Group is a forward thinking, innovative service provider delivering treatment and care for a wide-ranging population across a mixture of rural and suburban settings. The service provides support to three acute trusts and is constantly developing new services to provide the best level of care to the people of Wiltshire.

Longleat ward is a 25 bed IP ward with a multi-disciplinary approach to the patient pathway. Patients are admitted to our ward from our 3 acutes for ongoing care. Conditions can be varied and complex and include orthopaedics, neurological, musculoskeletal, frailty, dementia and end of life.

Main Responsibility

To be successful in the post you must demonstrate a keen interest in care of the older person and be able to deliver high quality patient rehabilitation and discharge planning of complex patients within a community hospital ward environment using evidence-based practice. You must be able to prioritise and organise your caseload, support in the development of B5 OT staff, students and be experienced in supporting and delegating to therapy assistants.

You will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible, work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting and leading on complex discharges.

You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to putting the patient at the centre of your work.

About us

HCRG Care Group provides community-based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, you’ll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!

If you would like to discuss the post please contact Jo Reed or Jane Fitz-james: Inpatient Therapy Leads at or

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who:

Essential

• HCPC Registered
• Professional Qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of ongoing education
• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Experience of working in a range of clinical specialties with particular focus on complex discharge planning
• Prescription of daily living equipment
• Broad range of occupational therapy skills gained through post-registration experience
• Ability to manage complex situations
• Ability to use initiative
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent time management

Desirable

• Fieldwork supervisors or mentorship course
• MSK / Community / Acute work-based training
• Leadership Training
• Participating in clinical and/or operational audits /evaluations
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in hospital and community settings
• Supervision of other staff
• Ability to delegate clinical work
• Use of electronic records

Other requirements:

• Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.

Package Description

As a Senior Occupational Therapist Band 6 within our Longleat Ward – Warminster Community Hospital, we value you and your contributions, offering a range of benefits to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing:

•Competitive Pay & Pension : Enjoy a Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
• Professional Growth : Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with professionals nationwide to develop and share best practices.
• Exclusive Rewards : Access discounts and offers at leading supermarkets, retailers, and experience providers through our Reward Gateway.
• Wellbeing Support : Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, including counseling, career coaching, and legal advice.
• Flexible Pay Options : Track earnings and access wages through Wagestream, providing financial flexibility.
• Learning & Development : Enhance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities.
• Recognition & Involvement : Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas for service improvements, and stay informed through regular leadership updates.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK\’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We\’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website\’s privacy policy.