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Role: Occupational Therapist (TECS) x 2

Location: West Sussex

Salary: £24,214 - £35,000

Hours: 37.5

NRS Healthcare is the UK’s leading provider of Community Equipment Services, we deliver complete end-to-end services through all stages of equipment provision and recycling.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who can help us in our mission to improve people’s quality of life and independence every day. Our services allow people to remain in their homes, this helps prevent extended hospital stays, allowing the NHS to deliver frontline care where it is needed most. Our Occupational Therapists and clinical support staff are a pivotal part of the success of the service we provide.

Do you want to be an important part of a brand new Technology Enabled Care Service that NRS Healthcare are delivering as the Development Partner for West Sussex County Council and NHS CCGs? We’re setting up a brand new service, starting in May 2020, that will see the lives of people in West Sussex be improved through using a range of different care technologies.

We’re offering a really interesting, role emerging job for two occupational therapists. You’ll be working together, taking the lead in

• Occupational Therapy and Transformation Support – supporting the day to day delivery of the service which may include some assessment work, providing professional supervision and support for other NRS Healthcare assessors in the team, leading innovation projects as the Delivery Partner with the council and NHS partners
• Communication and Engagement - Providing training and delivering expert knowledge about technology enabled care to a wide range of social care, health and voluntary sector staff across West Sussex
• Participating in other TEC and Clinical Services developments and activities for NRS Healthcare

What we look for in a Occupational Therapist:

Essential Criteria:

• BSc (Hons) Degree in OT / Diploma equivalent.
• Registration with HCPC
• Relevant experience of working within Health or Social Care
• Experience of prescribing community equipment
• Experience and skills of working with a variety of service users across a range of disabilities
• Experience of working within a health and/or social care setting
• Experience of supervision of staff
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• IT skills
• Ability to prioritise your work
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to motivate others
• Positive attitude
• Willingness to learn
• Good interpersonal skills
• Demonstrable knowledge and practice of good customer care skills
• Emotional resilience
• To be skilled in setting up and adjusting specialist equipment

Desirable Criteria:

• Counselling Skills.
• Ability to deliver health education training
• Ability to complete and use spreadsheets (Excel) and other IT based reports

In return we offer you the following:

• A chance to work as part of a great team doing a rewarding job
• Competitive salary and benefits package such as pension, discounts and offers
• Enhanced holiday of 33 days per year (inc banks) which increases with service up to 38 days per year (inc banks)
• Participation in our employee recognition scheme

NRS Healthcare are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

NRS Healthcare is also Disability Confident Committed

If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience to be an NRS Healthcare Occupational Therapist, please forward your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are applying for the vacancy to: recruitment@nrs-uk.co.uk

 

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