Community Occupational Therapist

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Job Title: Community** **Occupational** **Therapist**

**Location**:UK-NHS

**Level/Salary Range**:£32,000 to £40,000 **Position Type**:Full Time

A Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high
- quality specialist health and social care. For us, it’s about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we’d expect for ourselves and our families.

**Role and Responsibilities**
- Fully integrates as an out of hospital service, delivered in close collaboration with primary and social care.
- Support and empower people to stay and age well, reduce the demand for emergency hospital services and long term care placements.
- Targeted approach in areas where health outcomes are poor, supporting carers and care homes.
- Increased focus on prevention and reducing inequalities across physical and mental health.
- Continuous quality improvement of services and improved outcomes for individuals.
- Ensure the consistent, efficient and effective utilisation of resources.
- To provide a safe, patient centred, effective and evidence-based Occupational Therapy service in the community setting.
- You will work within the Adult Service to deliver both acute and long term therapy and clinical
- activities, supported by a robust competency framework to adults within their own home and other settings.
- You will be part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team (MDT), which includes Nurses,
- Physiotherapists and other Allied Healthcare Professionals
- To work variable days and shifts over 7 day period between the hours of 08.00 - 20.00 in order to meet the needs of the service.
- Responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs arising from the frail elderly cohort.

**Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required**

Able to effectively lead a team with senior support when required
Effective communication skills - written, verbal and no-verbal
Able to function effectively a team member
Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions

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**JOB DESCRIPTION**
- Able to work autonomously, and ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff
- Competent IT skills
- Knowledge of and ability to implement current local and national initiatives

**Desirable**:

- Recent relevant experience within the community setting including management of the frail complex patient
- Experience of supervising staff and students of from other professions
- Willingness to undertake further study and qualifications relevant to the role
- Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care

**Qualifications and Training Required**
**Essential**:

- BSc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning
- Working knowledge of clinical outcomes measures, clinical audit
- **Full driving license and access to car in work time (with business use car insurance)**:

- Up to date knowledge of Evidence Based Practice national standards

**Desirable**:
Relevant community experience

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**Salary**: From ₹200,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Gurgaon, Haryana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)