Occupational Therapist

6 days ago

Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our Rapid Response Team and provide expert care to patients requiring urgent Occupational Therapy interventions.

Main Responsibilities

  • Conduct rapid assessments of patients' functional abilities and barriers to independence.
  • Create customized intervention plans to address immediate needs and promote functional recovery.
  • Deliver prompt occupational therapy interventions to enhance patients' quality of life.
  • Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient care.
  • Maintain accurate and timely documentation of assessments, interventions, and progress.
  • Educate patients and their families on adaptive strategies and techniques.
  • Stay updated on emerging practices to ensure the highest level of care.
  • Work in collaboration with Virtual ward to ensure patients are receiving appropriate therapeutic care.
  • Respond urgently to patients requiring unplanned care as per Urgent Care Response guidance.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

  • BSc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
  • HCPC Registration.

Desirable Criteria

  • Member of RCOT.
  • Postgraduate training in a relevant field.

Experience

Essential Criteria

  • Extensive postgraduate experience of working as an Occupational Therapist.
  • Experience of working in physical settings with adults/older people in community, admission avoidance, acute, or rehabilitation.
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Experience of supervising junior staff.
  • Experience of service improvement or audits.

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience of working in admission avoidance services or A&E.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential Criteria

  • Demonstrates sound IT skills, e.g., Microsoft packages, Excel, Word, Teams.
  • Demonstrates good communication and written skills.
  • Ability to travel across the borough or valid UK driver's license.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

  • A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions, and LGBT staff.
  • A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
  • Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations, and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part-time hours, or another flexible pattern.

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