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Job overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to work within our friendly Wheelchair Service which is supported by a well-established User Group. We are a team of 16 Occupational/Physiotherapists (Bands 6/7/8), Rehabilitation Engineers and administrative staff. The team structure offers opportunities for career progression for therapists working in the Service. 

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Has HCPC registration and knowledge of postural management and seating theory.
• Has post-qualification experience of rehabilitation in the community or hospital setting
• Has an interest in working with people of all ages presenting with multiple mobility challenges and seating needs.
• Has excellent communication skills, initiative and self-motivation.
• Is adaptable, dynamic and has leadership skills to support Band 6 and
  administrative staff
• Has excellent time management skills.
• Has a willingness to participate in audit, professional and service
  development.
• Has strong teamwork skills.

Main duties of the job

You will assess and prescribe wheelchairs, buggies and accessories to the clients of all ages in their own homes, other environments in the community, e.g. special schools, day centres and at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton.

You will have excellent clinical and professional skills including knowledge of postural management and seating. You will be assessing for all wheelchair needs including lightweight and powered chairs and will work with the in-house Special Seating Team and Rehabilitation Engineers.

The Wheelchair Service is commissioned by 5 CCG’s across South West London and is responsible for approximately 8,500 clients. 

Working for our organisation

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the UK’s largest healthcare
organisations and integrated with Community Services. The Trust shares its main hospital site in south west London with St George’s University of London, and is linked to Kingston Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences. St George’s has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist care including neurosciences, cardiac care, stroke and cancer. We also provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth, and regional care as both an acute, hyper acute stroke unit and trauma centre.

As well as acute hospital services, St George’s Healthcare provides a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients’ homes and Wandsworth Prison. We employ 8,000 staff, have an annual income of c£620m, around 1,100 beds and we serve a population of 1.3 million across south west London.

The trust’s vision is to be a thriving foundation trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system by 2015. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.