Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist - Inpatient Therapy Lead

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews are currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Milton Keynes

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: up to £35 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Main Duties:

• Operationally manage therapists providing services to the Divisions of Planned and Unplanned care.
• Provide visible leadership.
• Take responsibility for the development of therapy services within the Divisions.
• To support the Head of Therapy in the development of strategic plans in line with the Trust objectives.
• To deputise for the Head of Therapy in his/her absence and to attend meetings as required on behalf of the Therapy Services.
• To provide visible clinical leadership to therapists and support workers through direct clinical case management and peer support on a daily to weekly basis dependent upon need.
• To ensure that the Trusts standing financial instructions are applied appropriately.
• To be responsible for the purchase, protection, maintenance, and repair of the Trusts’ facilities within Therapy services.
• To assist with the procurement and approval of goods and services for the Therapy Service and act as an authorised signatory for small amounts, approval of expense forms, pay returns and flexible worker bookings etc.
• To identify opportunities for income generation and to lead on cost improvement plans (CIPs) in conjunction with the Therapy Services Manager
• To be responsible for managing a delegated budget ensuring that any issues with non-pay and pay are escalated to Therapy Service Manager at the earliest opportunity.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy
• Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist job is advertised by Alex Blackwell; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist as well as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.