Senior Occupational Therapist

Are you looking for the opportunity to work within an award winning specialist Community Falls & Rehabilitation Team? We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team providing assessment and rehabilitation for adults with a range of conditions impacting their functional ability. Our friendly and supportive team is comprised of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, specialist nurses & therapy assistant practitioners, who are all passionate about patient centred care and supporting individuals to regain, retain & improvement their functional independence. Having won a NICE Shared Learning Award & finishing runner up in the CAHPO awards 2019 for the developments to our Falls service, the team are listed as an example of good practice: Dudley Falls Prevention Service NICE. This demonstrates our commitment to evidence-based, multifactorial assessment & interventions for our diverse and often complex caseload. As a service we
have built upon this success, embedding best practice & seeing the rate of falls related admissions remain below the national & local average. The service works closely alongside the local Rapid Response Team-Own Bed Instead, and Intermediate Care Team colleagues, with opportunities for collaborative working to optimise patients rehabilitation journeys. The role will work delivering tailored, specialist treatment plans both in patients homes and from our specialist Rehab Centre at Corbett Hospital, This post is part of the Community Rehabilitation and Falls Team which provides effective and efficient multidisciplinary rehabilitation for a caseload of patients with a variety of physical conditions. Duties will include assessment, Occupational Therapy (OT) interventions such as assessment for equipment, ADL, planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients, as well as appropriate delegation of work to juniors, assistants and students. Working as a lone practitioner withinpeople's own home, using evidence based/client centered principals to assess, plan, treat and evaluate interventions.

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.