Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Occupational Therapist (Harrow Community) - Band 5

The Harrow Community Therapy Service is looking for a suitable newly qualified who is looking to develop their knowledge and skills within a friendly team. Support is readily available and a supervision and CPD structure is in place and encouraged by the service.

You will receive professional guidance and direction from senior Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.  As part of your development, there are opportunities to experience colleagues working in a range of partner settings, and to develop your supervisory skills with Therapy Support Workers and students.

You will be working closely with the other internal Integrated and Specialist Community Services, including, Community Nursing, Speech and Language, Tissue Viability, Falls and Rapid Response services.   You will also be required to work closely with Primary Care Network Colleagues, Frailty Service and the Hospital Discharge Team to support hospital discharge

It is also essential to hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes

You will be required to complete electronic patient records (training provided)

The position is full time (37.5 hours per week) but in line with our flexible working approach we welcome applications for part time contracts.  A seven-day working pattern will be required to cover weekends and bank holidays on a rostered/rotational basis.

Previous applications please do not apply

Main duties of the job

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• To assist Specialist Occupational Therapist in supervising, providing planned advice, teaching, support and instruction to therapy assistants, key workers, relatives and carers, to promote understanding of the aims of therapy intervention and to ensure a co-ordinated approach to patient care.
• To delegate to, teach and supervise the work of Therapy Assistants and Technical Instructors with guidance from senior staff.
• To work with other health care professionals on joint assessments, patient goals and treatment programmes in a patient centred approach.
• To undertake comprehensive assessment independently, plan and formulate an individual management and/or treatment programme, using clinical reasoning methods incorporating skills to implement therapeutic intervention:

• Analytical skills
• Investigative skills
• Organisational skills
• Range of physical treatment skills
• Time management skills

• To independently carry out rehabilitation and care programmes aimed at improving or maximising independence and reflect the client’s own goals established with the MDT (addressing performance and skills deficits enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, and leisure).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.