Senior Occupational Therapist

Position: Senior Occupational Therapist

Care home: Hillside Court Care Home (Leeds), Ravensdale Care Home (Leeds), Copperfields Care Home (Leeds), Wykewood Care Home (Bradford)

Location: Multisite covering four services across the West Yorkshire region

Contract type: Full time - Monday to Friday.

Rate: £40,000 per annum

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a positive and can-do attitude?

Join us as our new Senior Occupational Therapist working across four complex care services within West Yorkshire!

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you’ll play a vital role in supporting us to achieve our mission of making every day better for adults living with complex needs.

You’ll provide a high quality occupational therapy service for the people in your homes, to maximise their independence and empower them to live their best lives.

You’ll lead and supervise Junior Therapists or Therapy Assistants across the homes you support to ensure delivery of evidence-based, high quality therapy and rehabilitation.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care is a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with a range of complex needs.

Our homes support people with specific conditions and disabilities such as Huntington’s disease, brain injuries, spinal injuries, mental health needs, learning disabilities or dementia.

Across all of our homes, one thing remains the same - our Occupational Therapists play a vital role in empowering people to live their best lives!

About the role

In this role, you’ll provide specialist assessments, clinical diagnoses and interventions to help people overcome the challenges they face with completing everyday tasks or activities.

You’ll work with the wider Care Team and Clinical Team to create person-centred care plans, support people to achieve their goals and evaluate their outcomes.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• being responsible for a clinical caseload
• working alongside the people we support, their loved ones and professionals to develop and deliver person-centred occupational therapy interventions
• leading and collaborating closely with the Therapy Team (Junior Physiotherapists, Junior Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants in your homes
• carrying out assessments
• maintaining accurate records for people receiving occupational therapy
• promoting choice, dignity and independence.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re someone who also has:

• a thorough understanding of occupational therapy best practice
• the ability to demonstrate an excellent range of occupational therapy interventions and treatments
• great leadership skills, able to inspire and motivate a team
• a kind and caring approach
• a sense of humour and fun
• a positive, can-do attitude
• lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others
• creative thinking and organisational skills
• great listening and communication skills

To apply for this role, you must have a BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Talent Specialist Grace on 07375 926 210 or email [email protected]

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.