Occupational Therapist

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Central London Community Health Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced or newly qualified Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient rehabilitation team at Athlone Rehabilitation Unit.

We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic individual, with a passion for rehabilitation to join our multidisciplinary team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic client centred evidence based care within an in-patient rehab unit with senior Occupational Therapy leadership to support your ongoing development.

Our Occupational Therapy position is based at the Athlone Rehabilitation Unit. Athlone is a 22 bedded unit, accepting adult clients with a variety of conditions/diagnoses including orthopaedics, elderly care, episodes of acute illness and long stays in acute hospital, and long term neurological conditions.

You will have a role in actively developing your Occupational Therapy practice and deliver evidence based rehabilitation and assessments for clients during their inpatient rehabilitation stay.

The successful post holder will be supported by our multidisciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Nurses, Rehabilitation Assistants, Rehabilitations Support Workers, Doctors, Dietitian and Speech and Language Therapists as well as Band 6 and Band 7 Occupational Therapists.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and dynamic Occupational Therapist to join our team of Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual, who is passionate about helping patients to improve their quality of life and helping staff to develop in their roles, and who can collaborate well with the team.

You will be working with a dedicated multidisciplinary team that includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, SALT, Dieticians, Nurses, Doctors and Social Workers.

As a developing service, there are ample opportunities for service development and building supervision and leadership competencies. Formal development and training opportunities are available through the CLCH Academy. Close links are maintained with the other bed based rehabilitation units within CLCH to support service development and share learning.

This post is hours a week . In the future there will be seven-day working on the unit.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role Car lease scheme *T&C's apply Flexible working options Annual travel card loan Training, support and development in your career

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Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached JD which details full job description and main responsibilities of this band 5 occupational therapy role at Athlone Rehab Unit.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current AHP with UK HCPC registration Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio Involvement in Appraisal Scheme

Desirable

Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post Member of BAOT / RCOT

Skills

Essential

Skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex conditions and multi-pathologies and co-morbidities Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including, care of the elderly, orthopaedics, multi-pathologies and falls Knowledge of role of Allied Health Professionals and interdisciplinary team working Ability to apply core occupational therapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a person centred, goal setting Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice relevant to occupational therapy practice in relation to bed based rehab Knowledge of relevant Clinical Guidelines to our patient population and National Service Framework for Long term Conditions Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format Basic IT skills - Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel Teaching of junior staff / students, peers in in service training setting Knowledge and understanding of the role of Social Services and voluntary agencies

Desirable

Supervision of assistant / junior staff Supervision of Students Knowledge and experience in research and audit Knowledge and understanding of National Service Framework for Older People, NICE Guidance and Clinical Guidelines for progressive conditions oKnowledge and understanding of NICE and CSP/RCOT Fallers Guidelines

Key Attributes

Essential

Personally and Professionally responsible Able to self motivate Able to work as a team member Flexible, adaptable and reliable Able to work under pressure Able to resolve situations of conflict Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) Willing to work weekends and cross cover sites as needed

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