Senior Community Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum incl HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2024 |
| Location: | Southall, UB1 2SH |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6246427/333-G-ECP-0515 |
Summary
• To provide a highly skilled occupational therapy assessment, education, advice and treatment to adult patients in the community to the standards set by BAOT and HCPC.
• To provide a service in a variety of community locations but mostly in the patients’ own home.
• To manage own workload and act as a source of expertise in the field of occupational therapy and provide an advisory service to occupational therapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, doctors and other involved agencies.
• To actively support the continuing professional development of all staff, by providing expert advice and teaching.
• To provide clinical education for occupational therapy undergraduate students on placement.
• To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff. Supervise locums and students
• To participate in service-wide seven day working on a rota basis
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients.
• To undertake highly specialist assessment of patients, interpreting complex findings, to enable an appropriate treatment plan to be formulated, delivered and progressed for a wide range of complex conditions, using highly developed clinical reasoning and skilful therapeutic handling developed from specialist knowledge and using extensive practical experience to guide the process.
• To support and supervise junior Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, students on placement and locum therapists.
• To assess, prescribe, issue, and instruct patients in the safe use of a variety of equipment including a range of functional aids, manual handling aids and mobility equipment.
• To undertake assessment of need for postural support/seating and work closely with wheelchair services and specialist seating services.
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Come and join the friendly and supportive Allied Health Professions in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. Occupational Therapy in CNWL is very fortunate in having an established professional structure including an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of Occupational Therapy, borough and specialist lead therapists. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of the profession at all levels both strategically and operationally.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our R&D strategy and specialist groups. This enables investment in the development of staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all Occupational Therapists reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and EBP is made possible by strong links with local universities.
We actively support the next generation of Occupational Therapists through apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce but have invested time in supporting and developing this further through our BAME staff group.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients.
• To undertake highly specialist assessment of patients, interpreting complex findings, to enable an appropriate treatment plan to be formulated, delivered and progressed for a wide range of complex conditions, using highly developed clinical reasoning and skilful therapeutic handling developed from specialist knowledge and using extensive practical experience to guide the process.
• To support and supervise junior Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, students on placement and locum therapists.
• To assess, prescribe, issue, and instruct patients in the safe use of a variety of equipment including a range of functional aids, manual handling aids and mobility equipment.
• To undertake assessment of need for postural support/seating and work closely with wheelchair services and specialist seating services.
• To assess, diagnose and develop individual care/treatment plans for a range of conditions, some of which will be highly complex or will be for patients with complex clinical and social needs, and to be responsible for reassessing patients care as treatment progress and alter treatment programme as appropriate. To evaluate and develop treatment programmes.
• To advise and teach patients, carers and other professionals to participate in occupational therapy and intervention plans for the individuals.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical and professional practice.
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024
• To provide a service in a variety of community locations but mostly in the patients’ own home.
• To manage own workload and act as a source of expertise in the field of occupational therapy and provide an advisory service to occupational therapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, doctors and other involved agencies.
• To actively support the continuing professional development of all staff, by providing expert advice and teaching.
• To provide clinical education for occupational therapy undergraduate students on placement.
• To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff. Supervise locums and students
• To participate in service-wide seven day working on a rota basis
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients.
• To undertake highly specialist assessment of patients, interpreting complex findings, to enable an appropriate treatment plan to be formulated, delivered and progressed for a wide range of complex conditions, using highly developed clinical reasoning and skilful therapeutic handling developed from specialist knowledge and using extensive practical experience to guide the process.
• To support and supervise junior Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, students on placement and locum therapists.
• To assess, prescribe, issue, and instruct patients in the safe use of a variety of equipment including a range of functional aids, manual handling aids and mobility equipment.
• To undertake assessment of need for postural support/seating and work closely with wheelchair services and specialist seating services.
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Come and join the friendly and supportive Allied Health Professions in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. Occupational Therapy in CNWL is very fortunate in having an established professional structure including an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of Occupational Therapy, borough and specialist lead therapists. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of the profession at all levels both strategically and operationally.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our R&D strategy and specialist groups. This enables investment in the development of staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all Occupational Therapists reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and EBP is made possible by strong links with local universities.
We actively support the next generation of Occupational Therapists through apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce but have invested time in supporting and developing this further through our BAME staff group.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients.
• To undertake highly specialist assessment of patients, interpreting complex findings, to enable an appropriate treatment plan to be formulated, delivered and progressed for a wide range of complex conditions, using highly developed clinical reasoning and skilful therapeutic handling developed from specialist knowledge and using extensive practical experience to guide the process.
• To support and supervise junior Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, students on placement and locum therapists.
• To assess, prescribe, issue, and instruct patients in the safe use of a variety of equipment including a range of functional aids, manual handling aids and mobility equipment.
• To undertake assessment of need for postural support/seating and work closely with wheelchair services and specialist seating services.
• To assess, diagnose and develop individual care/treatment plans for a range of conditions, some of which will be highly complex or will be for patients with complex clinical and social needs, and to be responsible for reassessing patients care as treatment progress and alter treatment programme as appropriate. To evaluate and develop treatment programmes.
• To advise and teach patients, carers and other professionals to participate in occupational therapy and intervention plans for the individuals.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical and professional practice.
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024
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