Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 28 February 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25.19 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £25.19 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Leigh, WN7 1DY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | M0042-71674 |
Summary
To complete functional assessment of the individual in acute and community settings, in order to identify barriers to returning to their usually place of residence. To plan and implement effective interventions, work closely with community services, to overcome identified functional barriers while effectively managing risk. Championing a Home First approach to care planning by engaging in clinically reasoned, patient centred, positive risk taking and by ensuring interventions take pace in the most appropriate setting. To act as a source of knowledge on the management of a varied range of conditions providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, healthcare professionals and social care. To provide an evidenced based assessment and treatment of patients who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, provide treatment and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. To assist the Team Leader in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the intermediate service provided to on a day-to-day basis. Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team and the integrated team within Health and Social Care. To manage a defined caseload using evidence based/client centered principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To regularly supervise students on practice placement. To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by supervisor. To support team leads in the development and delivery of in service training for MDT colleagues. To consider and support service development alongside senior colleagues including data collection, audits, service review etc. Responsible for providing therapy intervention to patients in a defined caseload using evidence based/client centered principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.