Specialist Occupational Therapist
Role: Specialist Occupational Therapist
Salary: Up to £50,000 (DOE)
Location: Home based, with occasional travel, and overnights.
Overview
Remote-based with regular team collaboration
We are a family-run, international business with a strong track record in the energy and metering sector. As we expand into the tech-enabled care market, we are developing innovative solutions designed to support individuals with learning disabilities and neurodiverse conditions in living independently. We are seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist with expertise in learning disabilities and neurodiversity to play a vital role in shaping and delivering our new product offering.
The Job
The main responsibilities of the role include:
Product Development and Evaluation
- Provide clinical insight and guidance on the design and development of new and existing tech-enabled care products including market research and user testing.
- Create and implement an evaluation plan to review the technology and support future development.
- Lead the evaluation of deployed technologies by collecting user feedback, case studies, and success stories, and provide evidence-based input to inform future development.
- Support the design and development of services to ensure effective, person-centred delivery that meets the needs of individuals with learning disabilities and neurodiverse conditions.
- To support prescribers to make informed decisions on suitability of customers used in field trials
Support for sales strategies
- Collaborate with the business development team to enhance understanding of the health and social care landscape, including procurement processes, sector structure, and effective engagement strategies.
- Support customer-facing activities such as events, product demonstrations, prescriber training, and service delivery.
- Act as a strategic voice within the team, helping shape direction and focus through your clinical and sector expertise.
- To liaise with relevant bodies in social and healthcare agencies and provide accurate reports on the service relevance and acceptance.
Creating and supporting of marketing materials and strategies
- Create engaging, informative marketing content including thought-leadership pieces, leaflets, posters, and other collateral.
- To collate qualitative data on observation or user experience and create case studies for publication
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
- Create regular thought provoking, engaging marketing content
- Create reports and specifications for product development
- Provide evidenced and consistent feedback that is used with in the development of the service and system.
- Reports on user experience regarding the service, provided in a timely manner.
- Suitable Customers chosen for field trials
- Useful and legible documentation created for use in field trials and training.
- Customer satisfaction of the support they receive through any trials.
- Regular Reports to program manager on feedback from health authorities and social services
- Internal satisfaction on level of information disseminated and the knowledge acquired by technical and support staff on issues affecting the potential assisted living customers.
About You:
- Qualified Occupational Therapist with experience working in learning disability and/or neurodiverse support services.
- Strong understanding of the health and social care sector, including commissioning and procurement processes.
- Confident communicator, capable of contributing to both clinical product development and commercial strategy.
- Comfortable working remotely, while maintaining close and consistent communication with a supportive, collaborative team.
- Creative and proactive in developing content and resources to support marketing and service delivery efforts.
- Passionate about improving the lives of individuals with additional needs through innovative, practical solutions.
Experience:
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