We are looking for two full-time occupational therapists; one to cover Greater Manchester and one in Newcastle and the surrounding area.
Join our specialist occupational therapy team, which sits within our growing Musculoskeletal and Mental Health Division. As part of a national, multidisciplinary team you will deliver a comprehensive, market-leading occupational therapy service to a multitude of blue chip, white-collar and Government organisations.
We are currently looking for a qualified occupational therapist who is enthusiastic about developing their skills and knowledge in the specialist and expanding area of occupational therapy in occupational health. We are happy to work with newly qualified occupational therapists to develop your skills and experience in delivering a wide range of assessments, within the full occupational therapy remit.
You will be working in a variety of employees work locations, completing functional capability assessments, in order to make recommendations to managers to help employees remain or return to work. Utilising your skills in physical, cognitive, ergonomics and mental health evaluation, you will be required to assess within the workplace, followed by writing up a report summary to managers.
A typical full time week will consist of assessing up to six employees in their work environments over three days a week and working from home two days a week writing reports. Flexible working hours and patterns are therefore required. You will be joining a dynamic team of expert occupational therapists in this specialist field, and full training and mentoring will be provided to you, along with CPD.
At Optima Health, we respect and reward achievement, and provide opportunities for you to expand and progress your career, supported by your own senior occupational therapy mentor. This role provides an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, forward-thinking clinician, who would relish the opportunity to develop their skills within a supported environment.
Essential Requirements
Experience / Qualifications:
- Full, unconditional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as an occupational therapist.
- Eligible for membership of The Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
- BSc in occupational therapy.
- Full Driving Licence.
Knowledge:
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, functional capacity evaluation, workplace ergonomics, objective and standardised evaluation.
- A knowledge of clinical governance and risk management.
- Knowledge of employment law and the Industrial Tribunal process.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £33000.00 p.a.
Applications: Please send a current CV and responses to the following questions to: OHrecruitment@ohassist.com
- How much experience of clinical occupational therapy report writing do you have?
- How much occupational therapy clinical experience do you have?
- How much experience of working with the full occupational health occupational therapy remit do you have?
- Do you have the following licence or certification: BSc in occupational therapy?
- Do you have the following licence or certification: eligible for membership of The Royal College of Occupational Therapists?
- Do you have the following licence or certification: full and unconditional registration with the HCPC as an occupational therapist?
- Do you have the following licence or certification: full UK Driving Licence?