Occupational Therapist - Community Care

Location: Home Based/Covering clinics in Bournemouth

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time or Part Time (22.5 - 37.5 hours per week) between Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm/8:30am - 4:30pm/8am - 4pm.

Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. We have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.

When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.

This is an autonomous role, requiring you to conduct assessments in a clinic or workplace setting to advise on return to work. Travelling will be within your working hours, with the expectation of travelling to one location per day. When you are not travelling, you will be home based, completing admin tasks, telephone assessments and report writing. You will work remotely twice a week on average (this may vary dependent on working hours and caseload).

The role of an Occupational Therapist within Occupational Health is to carry out objective capability assessments to assist management with resolving complex cases where an employee's injury, condition or disability has affected their performance in work. Employees may present with physical, cognitive, mental health, learning difficulties or neurodiverse conditions, often presenting with a combination or multiple conditions that need to be considered.

Once assigned a new client, you will carry out a telephone assessment to understand the employee's clinical history, presenting issues and their working environment, and where required, carry out a face-to-face assessment either in a clinic or in their workplace to assess functional capability. You will use clinical expertise to advise on functional capacity, job demands, ergonomics and rehabilitation programmes for employees with complex health problems or disabilities, assisting them to remain at or return to work.

To contribute to the development of Optima's Occupational Therapy Service both within the region and nationally, including organisational level ergonomic consultancy and training for current and new Optima contracts.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years Occupational Therapist experience
• Full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as an Occupational Therapist
• Eligible for membership of British Association of Occupational Therapists
• BSc in Occupational Therapy or higher
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree, functional capacity evaluation, workplace ergonomics, objective/standardised evaluation
• A knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
• Strong organisational and planning ability with proven track record of managing workload
• Willingness to travel to different work locations within a defined regional area within your working day

Benefits:

• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Save As You Earn Scheme
• Eye Test Vouchers
• Flu Vaccination Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Clinical Training Academy
• Professional Registration Fees Paid
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Right to Request Flexible Working From Day 1

Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.

All salaries are displayed as FTE (full time equivalent).