Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bourton on the Water, GL54 2AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9327-25-0574 |
Summary
To manage as an independent skilled practitioner, using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analytical skills. To be accountable for own professional actions To be competent in assessing a persons support needs and identifying specific support and where rehabilitation would improve independence. To monitor, evaluate and modify goals/treatment using appropriate outcome measures to ensure effectiveness of interventions. To be competent in environmental risk assessments and managing risk autonomously within the home environment. To promote a positive risk taking approach to facilitate retention of patient independence and well-being. To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload. This may involve complex decision making regarding patients being safe to remain in their place of residence or requiring admission to hospital. To assess patients capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent, to work within a legal framework to manage the patient appropriately. To provide spontaneous and planned advice and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of occupational therapyfor each individual patient, and to ensure continuation of the individualised goal plan that has been set in collaboration with the patient/family/carer. This will include moving andhandling advice and falls prevention. To attend and initiate multidisciplinary / multi agency team meetings and case conferences to ensure the coordination of patient care. This will include review of patient progress, setting of short and long-term goals, and discharge planning Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.