Band 5 Occupational Therapist

We're looking for a passionate and dynamic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our exciting Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team at Gravesham Community Hospital. You will be working within the community across the Dartford, Gravesham, and Swanley areas of Kent. You will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for adult patients living in the community with neurological conditions, who have rehabilitation needs, and referred into the service. In addition, to provide advice, support and education for patients and their families/Carers, voluntary agencies and all those working with the patient regarding their medical condition and how this affects the person's lifestyle and environment to maintain relationships, roles and independence. And even to offer support and training to students. The service operates five days a week, Monday to Friday, 9am -5pm,

• To work in partnership with other professionals. Supporting staff, patients and carers within the Team and organisation.
• To manage and prioritise own caseload, including responding to urgent referrals and occasional unpredictable work patterns, with guidance and support as needed.
• Work closely with patients/ clients and their carers in goal setting and decision making.
• Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team and/or those in other professions, from initial assessment to discharge.
• To prioritise own workload and organise and carry out own work in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• To keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with RCOT, HCPC, local OT guidelines and HCRG care group policies and procedures.
• To communicate effectively with a wide variety of people e.g., using specialist communication skills to ensure people are communicated with in a form and manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background, and preferred methods of communication.
• To raise issues and concerns in occupational therapy and in wider contexts, including vulnerable adults and safeguarding to Leads
• To communicate effectively, reflecting knowledge, throughout the care of patients on your caseload.
  
  This is an opportunity to put your Degree in Occupational Therapy to great use. You will have a full driving license with access to a car, you will be motivating, innovative and adaptable, with the ability to work flexibly across specialities as need arises, holding the HCPC (Occupational Therapist) registration. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach you will ensure delivery of positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.
If you are a final year student due to qualify, we can also look to support you with our preceptorship scheme that we offer where we support you into the team within the first year of your qualification. You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

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. From around 500 locations 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.

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you'll be part of our valued Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team based at Gravesham Community Hospital. You will feel valued as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
• AFC Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions, plus 5% high cost area allowance.
• Plentiful on site-parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location, Salary AFC Band 5 plus 5% high cost area allowance