Occupational Therapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,071 to £25,674 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24071 - £25674 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Location: | Halifax, HX3 0PW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-CK2259 |
Summary
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents. The post holder will: Under the supervision/direction of registered health care professionals/associate practitioner, perform delegated interventions and care tasks, for which they have received training, seeking support as and when necessary. As part of a healthcare team, provide the highest standards of safe and compassionate planned care to people that maximises their recovery and rehabilitation potential. Demonstrating sensitivity, empathy and active listening skills, maintain positive and appropriate relationships with people at all times. Demonstrate an understanding of the care and treatment programmes required fora designated group of service users. To follow a care plan, advise and guide service users, family and carers in following prescribed interventions and make the appropriate adjustments within own competence and skill set and be able to communicate any changes to service users and registered health care professionals. Be required to concentrate for periods of time, depending upon the care intervention/care plan This may include areas of work requiring physical effort, with regard to risk, following the risk assessment and health & safety. Exercise a degree of independence, initiative and judgement and consider different approaches when delivering tasks. Assess situations, eg following falls prevention guidance identify and resolve potential problems, within own competence. Ensure the care experienced is positive and service user safety is maintained. Treat everyone eg, service users, their relatives, visitors, colleagues etc, with respect, dignity, courtesy and in accordance with the Trusts Values. Feedback their observations to the registered professional/ clinical team to contribute to the care/treatment planning process. Understand the principles underlying care planning eg, enabling the service user to reach an optimum level of functioning/ independence/recovery. Implement treatment/care within well-established policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines and established clinical care plans within own competence and skill set. Assisting in the organising and participating in a range of therapeutic groups and activities as delegated by the registered practitioner working within own competence and skill set. Apply basic knowledge of longer-term health conditions, within the remit of care planning, providing advice, support and feedback to a registered professional. Undertake the physical aspects of care eg, moving and handling of service users. Use items of equipment in delivering care eg, hoists, wheelchairs etc. (as appropriate to the role), ensuring appropriate instruction on their use has been received. Assist in dealing with verbal/physical aggression using de-escalation techniques, this may include the need for RRPI techniques (as appropriate to the ward or community based role and in line with Trust policy and training). Attend to the service users personal care needs as and when required. Participate in a flexible rostering arrangement providing / 7 day care (as appropriate to the role/service). We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.