Occupational Therapist

The West Kent Therapy Service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and talented Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our established Community Rehabilitation and MDT Therapy Team.

This post is part of the dynamic service based in Tonbridge made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Apprentices, and Therapy Assistants. We provide comprehensive assessments, rehabilitation and moving and handling solutions for patients in their own homes in rural and urban areas across the locality. Ensuring they achieve their full potential following a hospital admission or period of illness, and to keep those living in their own homes safe with the greatest level of functional independence possible.

The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults of all ages and backgrounds with a wide range of problems including, elderly care, complex co-morbidities, neurological, and orthopaedic.

This role will also the support the frailty clinics in Edenbridge, which are a multi-disciplinary project targeting the population more proactively to promote ageing well. Bringing the therapy voice to how we can support this cohort, with advice, education and treatment solutions.

• Domiciliary and clinic based intervention
• Completing comprehensive and holistic new patient assessments
• Designing individual rehabilitation plans and goal setting.
• Delivering and adapting Occupational Therapy interventions.
• Collaboration with MDT
• Equipment provision and ordering
• Supervising Therapy Assistants and Apprentices
• Clinical education of students on placement
  
  

Our supportive and inclusive environment can provide great opportunities for Continuing Professional Development through our internal training and external courses, helping you to specialise and develop your professional skills both clinical and people management.

If you are a highly motivated individual and willing to work autonomously as well as part of a team then we would like to hear from you.

You must be an HCPC registered Occupational Therapist. Car access and a drivers license are also essential as you will need to be able to travel independently around the patch.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Ellis Job title: Locality Therapy Lead Email address: [email protected]