Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7433002
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Skipton General Hospital
- Town
- Skipton
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist : Community Rehab/ Enablement / IMC
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Please read the attached AI statement prior to submitting any application
Job overview
We are seeking a motivated and passionate Specialist Occupational Therapist to come and join our well established Community Rehab Team,
The Specialist Occupational Therapist for Enablement and IMC will work across community settings, predominantly within the Craven Area, but also supporting the wider Community Rehab Team as required .
Providing clinical support and interventions, along with existing team members , to enable Home First discharges from Hospital Settings and Provide Rehab services in our Craven Intermediate care beds. The community rehab team provides specialist assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation in intermediate care beds and in patients own homes.
This role is key in facilitating safe and timely hospital discharges local hospitals, in conjunction with Craven Enablement services as well as ensuring IMC beds are used to best effect and are supported to ensure best use of resource
Main duties of the job
To undertake a supporting role to the Team Leader managing, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating therapy plans as part of this broad MDT.
To provide assessment, treatment and rehabilitation in the home and IMC beds.
To act as a source of specialist knowledge and provide an advisory service to other ANHSFT therapists and members of the MDT in the management of Community Rehab patients.
To lead in the specialist assessment and treatment of patients within community who may have complex and chronic presentations and determine clinical diagnosis and any therapy treatment indicated and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
To provide specialist training and education for all grades of staff and other health professionals in the therapeutic management of community rehab patients.
To provide effective student training and development
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviors of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed Job Description and the detailed Person Specification that accompanies this advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy
- State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council and Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Completion of course in Professional Practice education
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of a professionally validated specialist courses
- MSc modules in a relevant area of practice
- Leadership courses
- Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant and recent experience working at band 5 level in rehab, reablement , community settings
- Relevant and recent experience working in multiple specialties ideally within Rehab , acute care, care of older people.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies including statutory, private and voluntary sector services
- Experience of guideline development, implementation and audit
- Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
- Recent experience of student training.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 6 level
- Supervisory & appraisal skills
- Worked within an integrated team
- Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ service improvements
- Experience of taking part in or leading an audit or research project
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Annette Ferrier
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293654
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