Band 5 Occupational Therapist

NHS; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

Chippenham Community Team has a vacancy for a full-time Band 5 Community Occupational Therapist. Our multi-disciplinary team is based in Chippenham Community Hospital and provides complex interventions to a wide range of patients in their own homes and other community clinical settings. We also work closely with our partners including Specialist Services, Social Care, Acute Hospitals, and Primary Care. Our therapy team consists of 6 therapy staff working closely with support workers to manage patients from 5 local GP practices. The hours of work are between 08:00 and 18:00 including some weekends. The role includes a focus on rehabilitation, long-term condition management, and responding to planned and urgent referrals. You will be required to hold a varied clinical caseload, complete occupational therapy assessments to identify goals, formulate and deliver individual occupational therapy treatment programmes. You will be required to assess and order equipment to enable the patient to remain in their chosen home environment.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff, and students.
• Work within the integrated multi-professional team.
• Be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, and implementing occupational therapy treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of specialist team members and the Team Leader.
• Undertake assessments, care planning, and evaluation.
• Avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• Keep the patient at the center of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

About Us

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.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date Posted: 09 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Other

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time

Reference Number: HCRGCG/TP/111228/14799

Job Locations: HCRG Care Group, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2AJ

Job Responsibilities:

• Salary of £29,970 - £36,483 with Agenda for Change terms and conditions and NHS pension.
• Free tea and coffee at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases.
• Access to your wages as you earn them.
• Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing.
• Access to eLearning and opportunities for continuing professional development.
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• Dip COT/BSc/BSc(Hons)/MSc OT.
• Registered as an OT with the Health Professional Council.
• To possess a current, valid full driving licence.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice.
• Experience of applying research-based information to practice.
• Assessment and care planning.
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience within a range of patient/client care groups.
• Ability to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Flexibility and sensitivity in work.
• Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Competence in a wide range of occupational therapy skills.
• I.T. literate.
• Typing/data inputting skills for accessing patient information.
• Manual handling skills and experience.
• Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional issues.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Organisational skills.
• Report writing.
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations.
• Driven to achieve.
• Self-motivated.
• Good time management.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer Details:

Employer Name: HCRG Care Group

Address: HCRG Care Group, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2AJ

Employer's Website: https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/