NHS
Senior Occupational Therapist - East NHT (Ledbury/Bromyard)
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Job Description
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- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
Job summary
Occupational Therapist - 12month Fixed term contract - 37.5hrs p/w.
You have an opportunity to join our Neighbourhood Teams to provide a multi-disciplinary approach alongside physiotherapists, Therapy support workers, Community Matrons & District Nurses.
The Neighbourhood Teams aim is to develop optimum levels of function and independence in the physical, emotional and social aspects of life and to prevent admission to hospital or long-term care and to reduce any inpatient length of stay, supporting the principals of care closer to home.
To work autonomously within the community, liaising with other health and social care professionals, to enable people to facilitate discharge from the community hospital to return to their homes in the community following illness or disability.
To provide high quality Occupational Therapy assessments where appropriate and provide direct rehabilitation where necessary managing patients with a range of conditions. This is an ideal opportunity for an Occupational Therapist wanting community experience to gain knowledge and leadership within an Integrated team at the forefront of new and exciting changes.
Main duties of the job
Provide a 2-4 week proactive response from referral
Provide rehabilitative approach to client recovering from acute illness (now including D2A referral pathways)
Support planned hospital discharges with no urgent needs and either no care needs or care/long term Package of care provider.
Short term assessment into care facilities
Assessment to manage longer term conditions from an MDT
Longer-term management plans i.e posture/seating and healthy lifestyles.
Signposting/referring to the wider community services (negotiating between ASC, Neuro etc)
Supportive of Hospital@Home (urgent response service)
You will need to be able to; triage cases and prioritise cases to effectively caseload manage, display an organised and disciplined manner, work remotely and autonomously, be decisive and a team player - maintaining a good team working rapport daily. Remotely supervise team members, display a passion for community rehabilitation.
You will be offered a work laptop/phone to remote work. Training/learning opportunities will be available and you will be supported within your post by a Team Lead for both formal/informal supervisions. When applying for this post please ensure that you have checked and provided evidence in how you meet the person specification and job description, especially values, behaviours, experience and essential needs (ability to meet the travel requirements of the post)
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
10 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-IC-7305115
Job locations
Ledbury Intermediate Care Unit - NHT
Market Street
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
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Job responsibilities
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Job responsibilities
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Education & Qualifications
Essential
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Experience
Essential
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Experience
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ledbury Intermediate Care Unit - NHT
Market Street
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ledbury Intermediate Care Unit - NHT
Market Street
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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