Bank B6 Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Be an active member of the community multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation team, providing a comprehensive occupational therapy service to residents of Harrow. This includes the provision of Early Supported Discharge Service for Stroke and our Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service pathways for people with acquired or progressive neurological conditions.

Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation

Build up and maintain key relationships with referring including GPs, acute providers, Bedded Services, District Nurses, Wheelchair Services, Speech & Language therapy and other services across CLCH to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the occupational therapy and the multi-professional team.

Be responsible for the supervision of rehabilitation assistants and occupational therapy students.

Working Times Mon - Fri 9-5pm

B6 OT - Must hold minimum 1 year Experience

Main duties of the job

Undertake multidisciplinary neuro assessments, be able to identify the needs of the clients and work closely with the MDT on joint goals. These clients will present with a variety of complex neurological conditions.

To communicate relevant medical information, assessment details, advice and recommendations across agencies and with clients in compliance with trust guidelines for sharing of information and informed consent.  These agencies include General Practitioners, Social Services, healthcare professionals, voluntary agencies, and residential homes.

Be responsible for gaining informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions and sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines.  To be able to interpret and follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Following specialist assessment, to use advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re-assessment skills and using a client-centred goal setting approach, to develop and provide individual occupational therapy treatments and programmes for clients.  These treatment techniques may include functional activities, occupational therapy treatment techniques or patient and carer education.

Demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity towards clients who may have complex emotional and physical conditions such as fear of falling, anxiety, pain and other physical, psychological and social concerns or when delivering unwelcome news around their condition or rehabilitation prognosis.