Job summary
- Main area
- occupational therapy technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours each day Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 846-6385982-CF
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Home
- Town
- Home - Ashford - Folkestone
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapy Technician - East Kent
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
We are looking for an Occupational Therapy Technician to support our Clinical, Rehab & Therapy Services in East Kent.
Your role will be to provide a comprehensive minor home adaptation service to patients where there is an urgent medical need, e.g. to support Hospital Discharge, Prevent Admission, Palliative Care, or where there is a Rapid Response intervention.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to support the work of the Occupational Therapists through the provision and installation of minor adaptations in homes.
You will provide advice to Prescribers relating to safety aspects of minor adaptations requested and to demonstrate Technician services to referring clinicians as required.
You will also identify when patients require further intervention from Prescribers or within the remit of a Trusted Assessor regarding the adaptations requested and refer back as appropriate
Additional Working Pattern: 7.5 hours each day Monday to Friday
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Driving
- Trusted Assessor
Desirable criteria
- Trade qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical building or maintenance
Desirable criteria
- patient contact
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- House construction & Regs
Desirable criteria
- Computer use
Skills
Essential criteria
- Tools
Desirable criteria
- communication
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Presentation
Desirable criteria
- Manage time & urgency levels
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Lavender
- Job title
- Senior Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
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