Bank B5 Occupational Therapist Herts | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £16.45 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Hertfordshire, EN6 2RY |
| Cwmni: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7261141/824-BANK-LIT1423 |
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To provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary
team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals, identified within the unit.
This is a broad summary of the role detailing key areas of operation and responsibilities – further detail will be
provided in the Main Duties and Responsibilities section, below, which provides more granular detail.
The post holder will:
• Be an active member of the clinical team, providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy
service to residents of West Hertfordshire within the bed-based unit.
• Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to
undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and
treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
• Build up and maintain key relationships with referring services across CLCH including the
acute and community teams to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role
of the Occupational Therapist and the Multi-professional team
• Be responsible for the supervision Rehabilitation Assistants and Occupational Therapy
students, with guidance from Senior Therapists.
• Support self and service development through active participation in Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) and by pa
To undertake occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skills deficits enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
To formulate intervention plans which are aimed at maximising independence and reflect the clients’ own goals.
To work independently in a wide variety of settings including hospital bases, clients homes and community premises.
To work pro-actively with other professionals in providing group and individual interventions.
To prioritise client referrals within service standards.
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
• stay well
• manage their own health with the right support
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence
To communicate effectively with clients and carers, multi-disciplinary team members, other agencies and occupational therapy colleagues.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and decisions regarding client care.
To provide support and education to clients and their carers on the safe fitting and use of any assistive technology and the implementation of rehabilitation programmes.
To develop skills in motivating clients and/or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
To communicate sensitively with clients and their families using skills in conveying highly complex information where clients have communication problems or where English is not the first language.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025