Occupational Therapist Intermediate Care and Community Therapy

• Delivering high-quality, patient-centred occupational therapy to support rehabilitation and independence at home.
• Managing your own caseload across a wide range of conditions and levels of complexity.
• Working closely with GPs, Consultants, Nurses, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, and other professionals.
• Preventing avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate timely, safe discharges.
• Participating in our supportive weekend and evening rota (no overnight on-call commitment).
• Engaging in internal rotation opportunities, including Urgent Community Response work, to diversify your clinical skills.

• Our Occupational Therapy team is committed to supporting your professional and personal growth.
• Regular supervision, career development support, and CPD opportunities.
• Opportunities to supervise and mentor students, apprentices, and junior staff.
• A positive, flexible, and supportive team culture.
• True work-life balance with Dartmoor, the coast, and vibrant city life all within easy reach.
• Integrated working across health, social care, and voluntary sectors, delivering holistic, person-centred care.
• You'll be joining a team that is passionate about service development and research.

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Valid state registration with Health Professions Council
• CPD portfolio and evidence of recent post-graduate learning relevant to area of clinical practice
• Experience within the NHS including experience working in a variety of roles, for example orthopaedics, elderly care and musculoskeletal conditions
• Experience in the NHS working in a community setting

Essential

• Proven post-graduate experience
• Evidence of ability to make decisions under pressure and in stressful situations.
• Pressure care knowledge and prescription of suitable equipment
• Wheelchair Accreditation
• Knowledge and understanding of complex legislation surrounding health and social care
• Understanding of National Service Frameworks for Older People, specifically aspects referring to Stroke, Falls and Intermediate Care
• Student Placement Educators Course
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven ability to work on own initiative and without direct supervision and make autonomous decisions
• Evidence of ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of specialised disability equipment
• Therapeutic and manual handling skills
• Detailed understanding of roles of multidisciplinary team members/health and social care agencies
• Understanding of clinical governance issues
• IT skills

Essential

• Moving and handling protocols and procedures to include provision of hoists and specialist slings
• Knowledge of vulnerable adults' protocols and procedures
• Risk assessment and management of falls
• Chronic disease conditions
• Orthopaedics
• Neurological conditions
• Elderly care / rehabilitation to include multi-pathology and dementia
• Experience of supervision of junior staff and/or OT students

Desirable

• Experience of using standardised assessments, including specialist cognitive assessments
• Experience of initiating change in the workplace
• Crisis intervention/acute medicine
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills and proven ability to carry out fast track assessments
• Stroke rehabilitation
• Mental Health conditions
• Community rehabilitation
• Experience of the promotion of inter-agency working
• Experience of seating and postural management