Senior Occupational Therapist

Location: Multisite covering four services across the West Yorkshire region

Contract type: Full time - Monday to Friday.

Rate: £40,000 per annum

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a positive and can-do attitude? Are you a positive and encouraging people person who loves to see people making progress? Join us as our new Senior Occupational Therapist working across four complex care services in West Yorkshire.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist with us, you’ll support our residents with a high-quality occupational therapy service throughout their journey with us. You’ll play a key role in empowering them and maximising their independence. You’ll lead and supervise Junior Therapists or Therapy Assistants across the homes you support to ensure delivery of evidence-based, high quality therapy and rehabilitation. You’ll build relationships with the people you support, and see the progress they make through ongoing care, which is extremely rewarding.

About Exemplar Health Care: Exemplar Health Care is a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with a range of complex needs. Our homes support adults living with complex needs, including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. Across all of our homes, one thing remains the same — our Occupational Therapists play a vital role in empowering people to live their best lives!

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role: Our Occupational Therapists provide specialist assessments, clinical diagnoses and interventions to help people overcome the challenges they face with completing everyday tasks and activities. You’ll work as part of a wider Clinical Team to create person-centred care and rehabilitation plans that maintain and build people’s abilities, support them to achieve their goals and evaluate their outcomes.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• being responsible for a clinical caseload
• working alongside the people we support, their loved ones and professionals to develop and deliver person-centred occupational therapy interventions
• collaborating closely with the Therapy Team (Physiotherapist, Therapy Assistant and Activities Coordinators)
• carrying out assessments
• maintaining accurate records for people receiving occupational therapies
• promoting choice, dignity and independence

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You’re also someone who has:

• a thorough understanding of occupational therapy best practice
• the ability to demonstrate an excellent range of occupational therapy interventions and treatments
• a kind and caring approach
• a sense of humour and fun
• lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others
• creative thinking and sound organisational skills
• great listening and communication skills

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do. To apply for this role, you must have a BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.

What we offer: We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply: Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’. For an informal chat about joining us, call our Health Care Recruiter Grace on 07375926210, or email gcockroft@exemplarhc.com.

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs. That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most. We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment. Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role-specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish. Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding. From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.

Hillside Court is a short drive from junction 2 of the M621. When on St Anthony's Road in Beeston, the home is on the left. The entrance to the home is opposite DePuy Synthes. There are limited parking spaces in the home’s car park. Public transport to Hillside Court: The home’s a short walk from several bus stops. Beeston Terminus bus stop (stop ID: 45010078), which is accessed by buses 1 and 1B. Old Lane Moorhouse Ave bus stop (stop ID: 45010075), which is accessed by buses 65, 75, 553 and BY1. There’s also a train station in the local area. Cottingley - 1.3 miles away (25 minute walk or five minute drive).