Specialist Community Occupational Therapist

Chippenham Community Team has an exciting opportunity for a part time Band 6 Specialist Community Occupational Therapist to join our team. If you are passionate about delivering community-based therapy, improving quality of life for individuals, and are committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we would love to hear from you. The post is for 16.5 hours per week.

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. Our therapy team consists of 6 therapy staff who manage patients from 5 local GP practices. Our therapy service is provided between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 including some weekends but this is flexible. We also work closely with our wider partners including Specialist Services, Social Care, Acute Hospitals and Primary Care.

You will be working within a friendly and supportive team andthe role includes a focus on rehabilitation, long term condition management and supporting hospital discharges. You will be required to hold a complex clinical caseload and provide occupational therapy assessments to identify goals, formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes and order a wide range of equipment., The role also includes responding to urgent referrals, liaising with a wide range of colleagues to plan supported discharges, supporting other staff members and being involved in ongoing processes to provide a continual proactive and effective service.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist keen to develop enhanced skills and knowledge as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team. You will need to have good organisational and IT skills combined with experience of working with adult and older persons services. Excellent clinical and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure are also required. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and who can work flexibly and is willing to contribute to the ongoing development of the services we provide.

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!