Senior Occupational Therapist - West Yorkshire

Join us as our new Senior Occupational Therapist working across four complex care services within West Yorkshire!

As a Senior Occupational Therapist with us, you'll support our residents with a high-quality occupational therapy service throughout their journey with us. You'll play a key role in empowering them and maximising their independence.

You'll lead and supervise Junior Therapists or Therapy Assistants across the homes you support to ensure delivery of evidence-based, high quality therapy and rehabilitation.

You'll build relationships with the people you support, and see the progress they make through ongoing care, which is extremely rewarding.

About Exemplar Health Care
Exemplar Health Care is a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with a range of complex needs.

Our homes support adults living with complex needs, including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

Across all of our homes, one thing remains the same - our Occupational Therapists play a vital role in empowering people to live their best lives!

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role
Our Occupational Therapists provide specialist assessments, clinical diagnoses and interventions to help people overcome the challenges they face with completing everyday tasks and activities.

You'll work as part of a wider Clinical Team to create person-centred care and rehabilitation plans that maintain and build people's abilities, support them to achieve their goals and evaluate their outcomes.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

being responsible for a clinical caseload
working alongside the people we support, their loved ones and professionals to develop and deliver person-centred occupational therapy interventions
collaborating closely with the Therapy Team (Physiotherapist, Therapy Assistant and Activities Coordinators)
being responsible for a clinical caseload
carrying out assessments
maintaining accurate records for people receiving occupational therapies
promoting choice, dignity and independence.
Download our job description to read more:

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030272167

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a positive and can-do attitude? Are you a positive and encouraging people person who loves to see people making progress?…, Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You're also someone who has:

a thorough understanding of occupational therapy best practice
the ability to demonstrate an excellent range of occupational therapy interventions and treatments
a kind and caring approach
a sense of humour and fun
a positive, can-do attitude
lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others
creative thinking and sound organisational skills
great listening and communication skills.
You'll put people at the heart of everything you do.

To apply for this role, you must have a BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.