Job Ref: 215716752

Date: 2022-02-02 14:40:41

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Occupational Therapist, NHS Band 7 Equivalent

Full time or Part time, Permanent or Temporary

Salary £38,000 to £42,000 (FTE) commensurate with experience

Help our residents with physical disabilities receive safe enabling care and help residents with epilepsy live the life they choose using positive risk management strategies including assistive technology.

Working with our friendly Therapy team and broader multi-disciplinary team which includes psychologists, neurologists and nursing staff on our large site with six care homes, one with nursing, in the beautiful countryside surrounding Chalfont St. Peter.

Benefits include competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, free onsite car parking, onsite coffee shop, DBS paid, a comprehensive training and support, tailored to your needs and a great opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with epilepsy.

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced qualified and hcpc registered Occupational Therapist.

About you: 

provide occupational therapy assessments and recommendations for clients of the Society.

support care teams to implement recommendations and/or interventions.

recommend and sourcing specialist equipment solutions in addressing complex presentation.

promote best practice and optimal solutions, whilst developing specialist knowledge of epilepsy and associated conditions.

promote and expand our occupational therapy services.

manage a clinical caseload, working with people with physical and learning disabilities and/or neurological conditions.

have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and good clinical reasoning skills will enable you to carry out this role.  

Our job description will tell you what you’ll be doing, but more important to us, is how you’ll do it.  We are looking for people who will thrive in the culture of our society.

In return, we provide support in maintaining your CPD with regular in-service training and development opportunities through external sources, pay for clinical supervision sourced externally and regular peer supervision from within the therapy team.

Want to know more about the job? Call Sarah Tarling, Senior Physiotherapist for an informal chat Tel: (phone number removed).

The job for you?  Great, all you need to do now is to clearly stating how you meet the person specification for this role and supply your most up-to-date CV or send us your CV and the personal statement to .  Easy as that!

Closing date:  28th Feb 2022

A bit about us

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Epilepsy Society is an equal opportunities employer

The Epilepsy Society is a person-centred charity and our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion means that we welcome applications from the widest possible range of people who meet the requirements of the role.  

We are registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer and happy to provide support during the selection process, and on appointment. Please also let us know if you would like to work flexibly for any reason: we will do our best to help.

Epilepsy Society is registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1): if a candidate declares a disability and meets the minimum requirements of the role they will be considered for interview

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