Job summary

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Salisbury City Community Team: Five Rivers Leisure Centre

37.5 hrs per week worked over 7 days - Permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking and committed Occupational Therapist. Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service? Are you passionate about meeting people and want to make a difference every day? We want to meet you!

We are based in the community and provide patient centred care to patients in their own homes. Your job would be to assess patients at home for Occupational Therapy Interventions and consider ongoing needs of each patient and identify opportunities for longer term support where required.

We work a 7-day shift pattern from 08.30 16.30.

We cover a large geographical area so access to a vehicle to travel to visit patients is essential.

Main duties of the job

We are an evolving service with structured leadership and support, we are looking for a dynamic occupational therapist to join us to support patient discharges home from hospital and to create a fantastic community rehabilitation service. Patient care is the heart of what we do within our 3 community teams in south Wiltshire and our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Youll work within a supportive multidisciplinary team with a supportive management structure which welcomes innovations and quality improvement whilst prioritising staff well-being. Leadership is given in the form of therapy and nursing clinical leads, the team manager, advance clinical practitioners, and consultants as part of our virtual ward approach prioritising keeping patients well at home. You will work alongside community-based physiotherapist and together support the rehabilitation support workers who support the patients at home.

Here in Salisbury, we are based at the 5 rivers leisure and well-being centre, just off the ring road into Salisbury. There is free car parking, and a permit to support your community visits. Travel costs are reimbursed for travel within your working day. The swim, fitness and gym leisure facilities are onsite and can be accessed with a corporate discount and there is also a café onsite too. We support flexible working and will consider requests, considering the needs of the service.

For more information please contact Victoria Thomas 07766 998587

About us

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!