Occupational Therapist

• Band 6 Occupational Therapy Post – Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions apply
• Permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours) 
• West Cornwall  - Penzance / Camborne

Are you a passionate, talented professional with a strong advocate of independence and reablement? Do you advocate a person-centred care approach and put people’s views and wishes at the heart of any decisions you make? Are you resilient, determined and trustworthy, seeking out feedback and challenge? Are you keen to seek out different learning opportunities and to keep your knowledge and skills up to date? Do you believe in sharing information and expertise with other professionals and agencies?  

The Service & Team: 

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Locality Therapy Team within the West of Cornwall. The team consists of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Rehabilitation Officers for the Hearing Impaired, a Vision Rehabilitation Specialist and Technical Officers.       

 

The Role:

You will be entering an exciting but changing and challenging work landscape as we move towards multi-disciplinary, locality-based and strengths-based working within Primary Care Network areas with a closer integrated way of working with our Health colleagues. 

• We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to develop and expand their skills within the area of Adult Social Care. 
•  Within your clinical caseload, you will be responsible for undertaking person-centred, strength-based assessments to enable people who have long term physical health / social care needs to maximise their functional and occupational performance in order to be able to continue to live safely and independently within their local communities. As part of this, you will be involved in focusing upon preventing, reducing and delaying the need for care and support. This, in turn, will help to ensure that our residents, families, and communities have the right support in the right place at the right time. 
• You will be involved in completing environmental and functional assessments within a person’s home, linking in with reablement and rehabilitation services within your Primary Care Network area as and when needed; assisting with the provision of information and advice; provision of equipment; the recommendation of minor and major adaptations and /or rehousing advice, in order to promote the person’s wellbeing and independence. Your role will also involve seeking new, creative, innovative, cost-efficient and effective solutions to the person’s situation.
• You may also be involved in seating and/or moving and handling assessments, advising on optimal care where appropriate. 
• You will need to be innovative with strong interpersonal skills and have the ability to work well under pressure and have an understanding of the six principles of Safeguarding.
• You will be expected to use evidence-based practice to deliver positive outcomes.
• The option of full and/or part time roles can be discussed in the interview.

This is an exciting role and the rewards could be tremendous, both professionally and personally. This is your chance to make a difference in people’s lives. Join us, and you’ll be part of a welcoming, committed team with a network of supportive colleagues to work alongside. 

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.                

 

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check. 

 

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday 7.5 hours per day generally worked between 8.45am and 5.15pm (formal service hours). 

A flexible working pattern can be considered. 

 

What you’ll need to succeed:

Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy; Diploma, Degree, Masters or equivalent

Professional registration with HCPC. 

Extensive experience in working as an autonomous Band 6 Occupational Therapist either within the NHS or Adult Social Care. 

 

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

 

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

 

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• regular supervision to help you to develop your knowledge and skills using the 4 Pillars of Practice and relevant KSF modules alongside daily support from experienced colleagues and wider multidisciplinary team. 
• there will also be the opportunity to attend internal and external courses in relation to your identified learning needs .
• you will also have the opportunity to supervise others and to support student placements
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

 

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

 

The full role profile is attached here

 

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

 

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Clare Clements at Clare.Clements@cornwall.gov.uk

 

Application Process

 

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process_._

 

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

 

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

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We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.