occupational therapist Braintree, England
Job description
Occupational Therapist
Basic Salary: competitive salary, from £18,000 p/a depending on experience
Location: Braintree depot
Hours/Shifts: 18 hrs/week
This an exciting opportunity to join our growing clinical team in Medequip’s Community Equipment Services (CES). We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapist to provide expert advice and support to prescribers, commissioners, operational staff, and the community. You will use your expert knowledge to ensure best practice within the community equipment service and help develop and deliver innovative solutions.
Medequip, as a values-driven organisation, places an emphasis not only on results but also on how those results are achieved. There is particular focus on safety, empathy, respect, teamwork, and excellence in all we do.
The Role
As the Clinical Advisor/ Occupational Therapist, you will work with the senior management team, referrers, suppliers, and store teams to successfully deliver a person-centred service that supports individuals accessing the right equipment to support their needs at the right time. The post holder is responsible for:
- Providing expert clinical knowledge and advice on the supply, suitability, and procurement of equipment into and from the service; and to maximise the recycling of special equipment.
- Providing comprehensive, specialist support and advice to referrers into the Service and the managers and colleagues within the Service in order to further develop and continue to deliver a high-quality equipment loan service.
- Working collaboratively with health & social care professionals and CES commissioners in the development of best practice for the future provision of equipment, ensuring good clinical governance and safe working practices.
- Joint working with CES managers to ensure TCES Catalogue systems are in place for the supply and distribution of equipment to maximise utilisation and ensuring best value for money.
The Essex CES service is based at our brand new depot in Braintree, where there is already one part time OT on site, and there are other OTs across the region and nationally to link with and work together under the management of the Head of Clinical Services.
The Benefits
- 33 days holiday (pro rata) (inclusive of Bank Holidays )
- Continuous training, development & management support
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme including free counselling
- Opportunities for career progression
- HCPC Registration Costs
- RCOT Membership Costs
If you are interested in a role where you can work in a great team with great benefits and carry out a role where you can add value to our customers lives every day, then this is the role for you.
We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.
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Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 18 per week
Salary: From £18,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Day shift
- No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Braintree: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have a valid OT degree or equivalent OT diploma
Experience:
- occupational therepist: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- HCPC (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Braintree
