Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor

Medequipuk; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare equipment provider in Bedford is seeking an Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor to join their clinical team. The successful candidate will provide specialist equipment advice and support, ensuring a high-quality service. Responsibilities include collaborating with health professionals, developing best practices for equipment provision, and delivering training. Applicants should have a Diploma in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration, with significant experience in community equipment services. Competitive salary and benefits are offered within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

HCPC Registration Costs

RCOT Membership Costs

33 Days of Annual Leave

Professional development support

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance program

Access to discount platforms

Qualifications

• Must have significant post-qualification experience at a senior level.
• Experience working with community equipment services, especially with 'specials'.
• Must be registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support and advice to referrers and managers.
• Advise on supply and procurement of equipment.
• Deliver training sessions and demonstrations as required.

Skills

Community equipment services experience

Solid IT skills

Clinical expertise

Training and demonstration abilities

Education

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy

Registration with HCPC

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor

Occupational Therapist- Clinical Advisor
Bedford
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits – depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing clinical team as an Occupational Therapist. You will provide expert equipment advice and support to prescribers, commissioners, operational staff, and the community, ensuring high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective service.

You will help develop and deliver innovative solutions, working closely with prescribing teams, managers, and commissioners to achieve service goals.

At Medequip, we are values-driven, focusing not only on results but on how they are achieved, with emphasis on safety, empathy, respect, teamwork, and excellence.

Role

As the Clinical Advisor/ Occupational Therapist, you will work with the senior management team, referrers, commissioners, suppliers, and operational teams to successfully deliver a person-centred Community Equipment Service that supports individuals accessing the right equipment to support their needs at the right time. You will have extensive experience and have undertaken either management or specialist roles in your field of work. The role includes:

Responsibilities

• Specialist Support & Advice:
  • Provide guidance to referrers, managers, and colleagues.
  • Maximise recycling of specialist equipment.
  • Review and oversee special orders.
• Clinical Expertise & Procurement:
  • Advise on supply, suitability, and procurement of equipment.
  • Ensure best value and clinical effectiveness.
• Work with health and social care professionals and CES commissioners.
• Develop best practice for equipment provision.
• Maintain clinical governance and safe working practices.
• Training & Demonstration:
  • Deliver training sessions and equipment demonstrations according to contract needs.
• Work with CES managers to ensure accurate catalogue systems.
• Maximise utilisation and ensure value for money.
• Team Support:
  • Collaborate with depot managers and staff to support contracts.
  • Part of a national clinical team with strong peer support, CPD, induction, and supervision under the Head of Clinical Services.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• To be registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Significant post-qualification experience at a senior level
• Significantexperience of community equipment services,particularly with "specials".
• Solid IT skills to use Microsoft Office packages and multiple in -house systems.

Benefits

• HCPC Registration Costs
• RCOT Membership Costs
• Membership of NAEP
• 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform and Blue Light Card.
• Free DBS check

Free DBS check If you are interested in a role where you can work in a great team with great benefits and carry out a role where you can add value to our customers’ lives every day, then this is the role for you.

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable