Occupational Therapist

SLS Permanent Recruitment is looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist. Our client is the UK’s leading provider of Community Equipment Services, delivering 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.

What we look for in a Occupational Therapist

Essential Criteria

• 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 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
• Pension scheme
• 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
• Progression opportunities