- Salary
- £35+
- Location
- Halton
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Closing date
- Today
Description
🧑🤝🧑 We’re Hiring – Band 6 Occupational Therapist
📍 Location: Halton Council
🔖 Reference: SCS2085
💷 Pay Rate: £35 per hour Umbrella
🏢 Team: Intermediate and Frailty Team
About the Role:
Supply Care Solutions, a market-leading Medical and Social Care recruitment consultancy providing accredited services across the public sector, is recruiting an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join Halton Council's Intermediate and Frailty Team.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a friendly and collaborative multidisciplinary team, supporting adults with frailty, rehabilitation needs and functional decline.
You will play a key role in promoting independence, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting safe hospital discharges and helping individuals remain safely in their own homes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake holistic occupational therapy assessments for adults experiencing frailty, functional decline or rehabilitation needs.
- Develop and implement personalised intervention plans to promote independence and improve quality of life.
- Work collaboratively with physiotherapists, nurses, social workers and other health and social care professionals.
- Support hospital discharge planning and admission avoidance initiatives.
- Conduct clinical risk assessments and apply sound clinical reasoning.
- Manage a varied caseload, prioritising referrals and ensuring timely interventions.
- Maintain accurate documentation and develop person-centred care plans.
- Contribute to service development and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Recognised Occupational Therapy qualification.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Post-qualification experience in intermediate care, frailty, rehabilitation, community therapy or a similar setting.
- Strong clinical assessment, reasoning and risk management skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage a varied caseload.
- Excellent communication and multidisciplinary working skills.
- Commitment to person-centred care and promoting independence.
- Updated CV.
- Proof of Right to Work in the UK.
- National Insurance number.
- DBS certificate.
- HCPC registration number.
- Competitive rate of £35 per hour Umbrella.
- Opportunity to work within an established multidisciplinary team.
- Make a meaningful difference to adults requiring rehabilitation and frailty support.
- Support individuals to maintain their independence and remain safely at home.
Skills
Risk Management