Occupational Therapist – Acute & PICU Wards

Sanctuary Personnel

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapist to work in Bristol on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Occupational Therapist job is £30,000 – £35,000 per annum.

Benefits: We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • ‘Spire for you’ reward platform – discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Main Duties:

  • Provide highly skilled and specialised assessment and treatment for patients within the in-patient/out-patient service, inclupost-operative hand splinting clinic.
  • Take lead role in occupational therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patient caseload as required.
  • To support the wider MDT with complex discharge planning and Falls assessments
  • Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs.
  • Develop practice in addressing patient’s health and wellbeing needs.
  • Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
  • Develop knowledge and practice in own area of work.
  • Develops a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security
  • Develop and improve services.
  • Improve quality.
  • Enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity.
  • Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices.
  • Apply technology formeasurement, monitoring and treatment of patients

 

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy ort equivalent
  • Registered with HCPC 
  • Experience in Mental Health
  • Good communication skills
  • Degree (BSc Hons Occupational therapy) or equivalent
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in specialist programme
  • Post graduate experience in relevant specialism
  • Experience of post-operative hand splinting
  • Experience of clinical leadership e.g. developing peers
  • Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied caseloads
  • Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in creating innovative solutions for new serviceCompetence across a range of occupational therapy, management and leadership skills supported by skilled professioin the chosen occupational therapy specialism.
  • Evidence of post registration continuing professional development
  • Keeps abreast of clinical developments in specialism
  • Trained on MS Office and other relevant packages
  • Demonstrate principles of accountable practice
  • English language to IELTS 7.0
  • Willing to work flexible patterns e.g. evenings/weekends
  • Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
  • Empathy for principles and importance of EO and dignity at work
  • Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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