Occupational Therapy Assistant

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

King's College Hospital has a large Therapy department with 250+ therapists from Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy.

Each service is organised under a Head of Profession with a Chief of Therapies heading up the service and representing Therapies across the Trust.

The department has a well established supervision and appraisal system in place which ensures all staff is given opportunities to develop skills and knowledge and to reach their full potential.


The post holder requires a flexible approach to working and be able to undertake weekend working commitments as part of a 7 day working rota.


The post holder will assist the occupational therapists to maintain a high standard of patient care by undertaking delegated clinical programmes of management.

The role also includes general administration to support the running of the department, utilisation and stock checking of resources and equipment and other non-clinical tasks as required.

The specific clinical and administrative duties vary from area to area.


Occupational therapy assistants do not hold a professional qualification, and work only under the direction of qualified occupational therapist and require a period of induction and training, approximately three months, to achieve required competency to perform all tasks.

The post requires a flexible approach to working across services and the commitment to undertake weekend as required.


King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.


We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.


CLINICAL

  • To identify risks, complete basic risk assessments prior to sessions and raise concerns to other members of staff.
  • Once inducted, to work with patients with mínimal or no direct supervision of an occupational therapist and deliver the recommended occupational therapy rehabilitation programme.
  • To carry own caseload of patients, with straightforward occupational therapy problems, as delegated by the occupational therapist.
  • To assist with the care and wellbeing of patients including receiving them, transporting to treatment area, preparing drinks, supervising or assisting with drinking, toileting, dressing and undressing as part of their treatment programme.
  • To provide treatment to patients following a pre-prescribed treatment plan utilising a variety of basic occupational therapy techniques such as assisting a patient to carryout activities of daily living.
  • To recognise any change in the condition of the patient and alter treatment accordingly or escalate to medical teams as required.
  • To monitor patients' physical and cognitive function whilst undertaking a range of activities and report changes to the occupational therapist.
  • To assist the occupational therapist with individual/ group treatments progressing to independent routine treatment sessions and supervision of groups where maintenance of function is the objective.
  • To measure, adjust and supply equipment to patients in their homes before discharge. To teach the patient and carers safe usage of equipment. Develop clinical judgement skills regarding routine supply of equipment for independence using a protocol or instruction from the occupational therapist.
  • To assess the safety of patients whilst carrying out activities of daily living in line with agreed protocol, documenting safety in patients' clinical notes.
  • To collect data from patients for recognised outcome measures and document for the occupational therapist to interpret.
  • To organise delegated work tasks and activities being flexible to the needs of the service as indicated by the occupational therapist.

COMMUNICATION

  • To take and relay messages accurately on the telephone and face to face

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