Occupational Therapist

Job Description:

Occupational Therapist

Beacher Hall Care Home, 42 Bath Rd, Reading RG1 6PG

CQC rating: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.8 / 10

Salary: Competitive

Perm contract - 20 hours per week

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Occupational therapy is key in enabling our residents to day-to-day activities that are important to them. Our care home provides specialist neurological rehabilitation care for 18 to 65-year-olds.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Provide therapeutic care management for residents by delivering bespoke clinical management programmes
• Evaluate progress, reassessing and altering treatments as required
• Providing support and communication in an understandable way to residents, carers and other staff members
• Completing any admin duties such as maintaining clinical records and dealing with enquiries in a timely manner
• Delivering a reliable, co-ordinated Therapy service

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• A naturally caring individual, who holds a degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC Registration, membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy desirable
• Significant experience of working with clients with complex needs
• Experienced in assessment and equipment provision, thermoplastic splinting, cognitive retraining, RPAB, COTNAB and SMART assessment methods, community reintegration
• An effective communicator, with the ability to lead, mentor and supervise a team in a complex therapy setting, always looking to make a difference to people’s lives

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

 We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.  

 Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. 

 If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [email protected] 

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Locations:

Beacher Hall