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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:
Essential:
Minimum 2 years Post graduate experience of working within the learning disability and Neurodiverse conditions sector
Ability to work independently and mange own priorities
Experience with basic research and / or evaluation of interventions
Desirable:
Experience working with Technology Enabled Care
Experience working in Social Care
Experience delivering training or presentations
Experience working within the commercial sector
Requirement to travel UK and internationally where needed, to support development, evaluation, and promotion.
Salary: £44,000 – £50,000 / year Originally posted on Himalayas
