Band 6 Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 16 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,806.00 to £53,134.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44806.00 - £53134.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-25-0100 |
Summary
To be responsible for providing expert care in OT, in accordance with the HCPC codes of professional conduct To provide expert, autonomous and highly specialist OT clinical practice within a multi disciplinary Team to include:- Initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools When required to do so making appropriate judgements about own caseload To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in negotiation with service users, carers and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community Apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence based interventions in accordance with the requirements of care pathways Contributing to multidisciplinary team decisions at the point of discharge and or transfer of the service user To participate in and provide a specialist OT perspective to multi-disciplinary team meetings/case discussions Maintaining contemporaneous records to the standard required by the trust and the relevant professional body Assessing and managing risk on a continuous basis, in line with trust policy Encouraging service users to accept an optimum level of responsibility for their programme of care and with their consent, where appropriate, seek the co-operation of friends, relatives, carers. To be able to demonstrate and explain clinical reasoning in relation to professional input to a service users care plan when required to members of the team, trainees or others external to the organisation. To recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies. At all times to act in accordance with trust policies in relation to risk assessment contributing to comprehensive assessments of risk, and monitoring as appropriate. This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.