Experienced Occupational Therapist - Reading, United Kingdom - Atlantis Medical

Atlantis Medical

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Experienced Occupational Therapist - Elderly Care

Location:
Reading

Start Date:

ASAP

End Date:
Permanent

Working Pattern:
Mon-Fri, 37.5 hrs

The Client
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you'll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us

The Role

This static post provides an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking and highly valued therapy team within Specialist Medicine, Elderly Care.

The role involves providing specialist therapy for older people and involvement in service development projects to provide continuous improvement within the area.

The role also requires a willingness to develop leadership skills, an excellent opportunityfor a band 5 or 6 looking to further their career.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Skills & Experience

Essential

To have a degree or other recognised qualification in occupational therapy
Post graduate specialist experience as demonstrated by ongoing CPD, evidencebased project work, post graduate teaching
HPC Registered
Specialist post graduate experience
Understanding of a broad range of Elderly care, Medical, Neurological, musculoskeletal &orthopaedic or surgical conditions
Postgraduate training in the management of conditions
Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students

Desirable