Specialist Occupational Therapist- Community Rehab Service
3 weeks ago
Job overview
Contract: Permanent. 37.5 hours per week. Compressed hours available
We are a friendly, supportive community rehab team, recently expanded to include Occupational Therapy. We offer in-service team training, effective supervision, Band 6 OT peer support and external training opportunities through the Trust.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who wishes to develop a their skills with a diverse caseload within community services.
The services are located near Enfield Town, with easy commuter links from central London/Hertfordshire and proximity to M25.
A car driver is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
To perform comprehensive occupational therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. To use this assessment to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To deliver a high standard of occupational therapy care to patients and their carers in the community.
To hold responsibility for own caseload and, working without direct supervision deliver a range of occupational therapy interventions and support to patients and their carers. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case review and case conferences. Access to advice and support from a more senior occupational therapist is available when required.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
With support and guidance from more senior staff, to undertake evidence-based audit and or research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. The post holder may contribute to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
To contribute to the delivery of health promotion activities within the service and wider Trust initiatives.
To provide cover for other occupational therapists in the service as required.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
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Person specification
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Essential criteria
Car owner/driver with valid UK driving license Car available for work purposes
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
Diploma/Degree in occupational therapy Evidence of ongoing CPD in portfolio
Desirable criteria
Attendance at relevant post-Graduate Courses Member of relevant CIG
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
Ability to prioritise, organise and work in a busy environment. Able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning. Fluent in written and spoken English. Good communication skills, able to present information (written and oral) in a clear and logical manner.
Desirable criteria
Able to deal with difficult situations, eg dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers. Good presentation skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience. Broad post graduate experience with significant component in relevant area Experience of working as part of a team Experience as Occupational Therapist in NHS, social care, or other care provider. Supervision of students or occupational therapy assistants.
Desirable criteria
Experience of working in a community setting. Participation in Project /audit activities.
Personal qualities/ Knowledge / Awareness / Understanding
Essential criteria
A good working knowledge of the NHS systems of care and awareness of current NHS policies and issues which impact on the profession. Awareness of own knowledge and development needs. Have a comprehensive understanding of clinical governance in relation to occupational therapy and ability to apply principles to own area.
Desirable criteria
Awareness of current professional and NHS issues.We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit
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