Occupational Therapist | Provide CIC
Provide CIC, Halstead, Essex
Occupational Therapist | Provide CIC
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Provide CIC, Halstead, Essex
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 22 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 8ad0206437ae4b02af3718f46b37f816
Full Job Description
- To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy service to patients admitted to Halstead Community Hospital ward.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, within the multidisciplinary team.
- To ensure timely discharge of patients from the service and refer patients on to other health, social care and voluntary agencies, as appropriate.
- To provide leadership, training and supervision for junior members of staff, therapy assistants and Occupational Therapy students on placement.
- To support service development initiatives.
- To manage the day to day work of the team in absence of the team leader.
- To provide clinical cover to other aspects of the therapy service as required.
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We have a vacancy for an Occupational Therapist at to work as part of the inpatient therapy team at Halstead Hospital. This is a 20 bed community ward offering a rehabilitation pathway for patients of various ages with a variety of diagnoses. The ward is nurse and therapy led with support from GPs and a medicine for the elderly consultant. Patients are admitted from acute hospitals for a period of active assessment and rehabilitation to optimise their independence and safety prior to returning home. We are looking for a band 5 applicant who is seeking a rewarding career to join us. The team which comprises of Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants. The post holder will be part of a wider professionally led, well established therapy service offering a range of specialisms. If you enjoy working as part of a friendly team, have a positive 'can do' approach and a commitment to enabling patients to achieve their maximum rehabilitation potential then this is the job for you. Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services. We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England. A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times: Vision:Transforming Lives Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people. Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.