Occupational Therapist - Reablement

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Job description

Occupational Therapist - Reablement - Macclesfield - £30 per hour

We are currently looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Reablement Team in Macclesfield. The successful Occupational Therapist will be helping service users regain independence.

You will assess the needs of people within the community who are ill or have a disability and by the provision of specialist equipment or adaptations and appropriate advice, to help them to become more independent and remain at home.

The benefits of this Occupational Therapist role:

high pay rate
long term funding
flexible
some remote working

Duties of this Occupational Therapist role:

To assess the needs of ill and disabled Service Users for the provision of material assistance such as equipment or adaptations and determine the nature and extent of adaptations in relation to diagnosis and prognosis.
Provide appropriate information and advice.
Provide assessments for Service Users returning from hospital or nursing homes and provide equipment to facilitate discharge.
If needed, obtain funding from other agencies such as charities, NHS and other Social Services Teams.
Check plans in liaison with architects and Service Users to ensure best outcome and approve plans for further processing.
Liaise with other agencies such as Housing, NHS, voluntary organizations, to ensure information dissemination is maximised.
Negotiate with Service Users and agencies about the most appropriate way to provide adaptations having regard to budgetary needs.
Check that completed adaptations meet the assessed need and if appropriate provide equipment to enable best use of the adaptations.
Assess for equipment provision when this can alleviate the effects of disability.
Keep abreast of developments within the Occupational Therapy equipment field and when appropriate arrange visits to Service User's homes by company representatives to ensure correct equipment is purchased.
Keep abreast of specialist knowledge related to moving and handling techniques and other developments within the Occupational Therapy field to enable the teaching and supervision of care staff.
Assess Service Users for potential rehabilitation and refer to the relevant agency.

Essential requirements of this Occupational Therapist role:

Qualified Occupational Therapist, with relevant post qualified experience
HCPC registered
The legal right to work in the UK

Why Liquid Personnel?

Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
Your own dedicated consultant with extensive sector knowledge
Access to a wide selection of Allied Health positions across the UK
Networking opportunities at numerous candidate events
Personalised job alerts tailored to your requirements
"Refer a Friend" bonus - get £200 for each worker you refer who we successfully place
"Find your own job" bonus - get £200 for bringing your own position to us
Twice weekly payroll

Liquid Healthcare and Liquid HC is the healthcare division of Liquid Personnel Ltd.

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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