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Piers Meadows Recruitment
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Wheelchair Therapist
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £31,000 per annum |
Overview
Job title: Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist - Wheelchair Services Band: Band 6 Responsible to: Service Operations Manager Location: Cambridge and Peterborough Job Purpose To provide a high quality, service user focused assessment and prescription of manual and powered wheelchairs. To maximise function and independence by modifying standard equipment and prescribing appropriate pressure relief. To work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To build up and maintain key relationships with referring services, facilitating appropriate referrals and prescriptions to the service. To be responsible for the supervision of junior staff and students. To work in a variety of settings including clinics, community centres, and client’s own homes within the guidelines of the Lone Worker Policy and individual team requirements. • To participate in clinical governance activity, including CPD and developing and implementing quality improvements and audit activity within the service. Work is carried out predominantly in clinics but also in people’s homes and schools and day centres across Cambridge and Peterborough. Please contact Gemma on the permanent desk at Piers Meadows Recruitment for further infomation on this role.