Occupational Therapist
1 week ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our team at Provide CIC, a Community Interest Company (social enterprise) committed to delivering high-quality health and social care services in the community.
As an Occupational Therapist, you will play a vital role in helping patients to achieve their goals and improve their quality of life. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, alongside physiotherapists, nurses, support workers, associate practitioners, and consultants, to provide comprehensive care to patients in various settings, including community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes, and primary care settings.
Key Responsibilities- Perform advanced Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
- Develop and deliver individualized treatment programs using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Evaluate patient progress, reflect, analyze, and reassess intervention and alter treatment programs as appropriate.
- Clearly communicate any changes in care plan or treatment approach to other team members to ensure consistency of approach and enhance recovery.
- Maintain up-to-date and timely clinical records in accordance with service and professional standards.
- Hold clinical responsibility for a designated caseload, seeing patients in the most appropriate community setting.
- Provide leadership and training for junior members of staff and support workers within the team.
- Supervise occupational therapy students on placement.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner within the multidisciplinary team.
- Undertake relevant competency training, specific to the service area and appropriate to the role banding.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, alongside physiotherapists, nurses, support workers, associate practitioners, and consultants.
- Assess patients allocated to you and provide their treatment plan and subsequent interventions.
- Complete joint visits with other members of the team and provide clear plans for each patient.
- Complete on-ward referrals to other services and ensure recommendations for the provision of equipment and adaptations are made.
- Assess patients with cognitive impairment and dementia, and take patient observations and complete clear, concise, and appropriate records.
- Conduct assessments in a variety of settings, predominantly in patients' own homes.
Provide CIC is a highly respected, award-winning health and social care provider. Our values are:
- Care
- Innovation
- Compassion
- Qualifications and Education
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Health and Care Professions Registered
- Portfolio evidence of postgraduate training across a range of specialized clinical areas
- Desirable
- Royal College of Occupational Therapy Registration
- Work-Related Knowledge and Experience
- Broad range of clinical experience in a variety of settings, including community, inpatient, neurology, orthopedics, and care of the elderly
- Experience of managing own caseload, including prioritizing and delegating work in response to changing demands
- Demonstrates sound clinical reasoning skills
- Experience of supervising junior staff, support workers, and students
- Experience of prescribing specialist Occupational Therapy equipment to meet patient needs
- Understanding of national healthcare policy and national guidance relevant to this field
- Sound understanding of clinical governance and audit
- Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a Virtual Ward
- Experience of working in an Admission Avoidance setting
- Skills and Aptitudes
- High level of problem-solving skills and clinical reasoning, informed by accurate and advanced assessment skills
- Ability to undertake the assessment of capacity, gaining valid informed consent and working within a legal framework with those who lack capacity to consent to treatment
- Competent moving and handling skills to enable accurate assessment of ability, to enable effective treatment, and to optimize treatment outcomes
- Ability to work autonomously with support of formal and informal supervision
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to empower and motivate others, including patients and team members
- Demonstrate empathy with patients, carers, and families, often where barriers to understanding exist, ensuring effective communication is achieved to persuade and motivate participation in therapeutic activities
- Able to communicate complex condition-related information to patients, carers, families, and multidisciplinary team members/other professionals, in written and verbal form
- Negotiate with carers/patients/others around individual case management
- Effective 1:1 and group teaching skills
- Able to delegate effectively and coordinate support worker's workload
- High standard of written English and verbal communication skills
- Competent skills with Microsoft Outlook Packages
- Desirable
- Teaching and presentation skills to wider audiences
- Knowledge of Systm One
- Circumstances
- Full valid driving license and access to own transport
- Ability to work a flexible rota, including 7-day working as the service requires
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