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Band 7 Paediatric and TYA Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 09 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | £51,883.00 to £58,544.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51883.00 - £58544.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 January 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9282-24-1141 |
Summary
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. Working autonomously in ward and outpatient settings to provide complex clinical assessment of the biomechanical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, perceptual, and interpersonal deficits affecting the functioning of individuals with cancer, their families and carers through the use of advanced clinical reasoning. Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patients needs based on activity analysis using a client-centred, problem solving approach. Developing and implementing treatment and educational groups for people with cancer and their carers such as Health & Well Being groups. Taking a lead in areas of advanced Occupational Therapy clinical practice in oncology and palliative care, and providing a consultative resource for other Occupational Therapists across the UK. Assessing and prescribing the complex wheelchair and specialist seating needs e.g. paralysis, dystonia, major surgery, extreme fatigue, pressure relief of patients with cancer.