Occupational Therapy Assistant

7 months ago

Basingstoke, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Job Title**:Occupational Therapy Assistant

**Grade**:Opportunities for Band 3

**Department**:AHP MH Therapy Team

**Location**: Parklands Hospital, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9RH

**Trust**:Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

**Shift Pattern**:Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

**Pay rate**:£12.45 exc. holiday pay

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant to join the Therapy Team at Parklands Hospital.

Southern Health provides a wide range of mental health, physical health and learning disability services for people across Hampshire through a team over 6,500 staff who work from over 300 sites. Their aim is to work alongside the people we support and our health and care partners, to constantly improve and deliver the best possible care, providing the population of 1.5 million with care available for every stage of their lives.

**Main duties of the job**

Carrying out an Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy interventions on designated patients as delegated from the registered therapists, reporting back and communicating with their supervisor on all aspects of therapy provision and progression.

Continuously assess patient’s progress, and discharge patients when necessary, as agreed with a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.

Carrying out mobility practice and personal and domestic activities of daily living with patients independently, and report back to a therapist if there is any change to their condition or any new identified problem.

Implementing specific treatment activities under the guidance of registered therapy staff on an individual patient basis.

Demonstrating safe practice of manual handling techniques, regarding patients and equipment, in a variety of locations often in confined spaces (e.g., patients bathroom, toilet, rooms cluttered with furniture and household items or on ward or clinical areas).

Carrying out basic administration tasks as required by the registered staff, e.g. photocopying, filing of patients records, taking telephone messages.

**About us**

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

**Career Progression** access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

**Work-life Balance** flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

**Opportunity & Access** over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**

**Essential**

NVQ 3 in relevant health care topic or equivalent relevant experience

**Experience and Knowledge**

**Essential Criteria**

Previous experience working in health or social care

Experience of working with people with physical health care/mental health care needs

Basic understanding of clinical conditions and disability

Basic IT skills

Ability to work within a team

**Desirable Criteria**

Broad experience of working within a variety of patient focussed situations

Patient facing NHS experience

Understanding of multidisciplinary team working

**Skills and abilities**

**Essential Criteria**

Good verbal communication skills

Good skills in writing and record keeping

Ability to prioritise work

Good time management skills

**Desirable Criteria**

Experience of assisting Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and/or Nursing professions

Willing to learn and develop

Confident and Self-aware

Ability to work independently and team player

To be able to work with equipment and patients, using safe lifting and handling procedures

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**

**UK Registration**

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

**Employer details**

**Employer name**

NHS Professionals Limited

**Employer's website**

Pay: £12.45 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Unlimited paid holidays

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 73912

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