We're looking for a passionate and dynamic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our exciting Rapid Response and Intermediate Care Team working in the community and in-patient rehabilitation unit.

You'll be working closely with a team of Occupational Therapists as well as working collaboratively with our Physiotherapists, Nursing and Support Worker colleagues.  

The service operates 7 days a week 8am till 8pm, and so includes weekend and bank holiday working.

As an Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Sheppey Community Hospital

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• £27,055 - £32,934 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location 
• Plentiful on site-parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling 
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise 
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Within this role, you will:  

• Undertake 6-month rotations into Intermediate Care, Rapid Response and on the In-patient Rehabilitation Unit
• Complete holistic initial assessments with patients
• Devise treatment plans in line with patient's goals 
• Liaise with family members/relatives and carers  
• Implement and deliver treatment interventions
• Complete follow up review visits with patients
• Delegate to support worker colleagues 
• Attend and participate in clinical meetings, team meetings and in-service training 

This is an opportunity to put your Degree in Occupational Therapy to great use. You will have a full driving license with access to a car, you will be motivating, innovative and adaptable, with the ability to work flexibly across specialities as need arises, holding the HCPC (Occupational Therapist) registration. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach you will ensure delivery of positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. 

If you are a final year student due to qualify, we can also look to support you with our preceptorship scheme that we offer where we support you into the team within the first year of your qualification.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

We change lives by transforming health and care.  

Established in 2006,  we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. 

From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.