Clinical Specialist Cardio-Respiratory Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,156.00 to £71,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64156.00 - £71148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW3 6NP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9196-25-1264 |
Summary
Professional/ Clinical Responsibilities To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the practitioners professional activities. To carry out assessment, analysis and formulation of best care programmes for a wide range of patients as an expert autonomous practitioner, including those with highly complex presentations and to use clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based practice and advanced rehabilitation expertise to determine appropriate care plan utilising highly specialist treatment skills and options. To be responsible and accountable for own and department patient care plans, including discharge planning, and to provide consultation as an expert on physiotherapy within the specialist area with advice and guidance for junior and senior team members and other health care professionals both within and outside the Trust. To co-ordinate intervention which may include other disciplines; advise and educate patient/carers/relatives/other health professionals To manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times and ensure clinical risk is effectively managed across the specialist Occupational Therapy service To demonstrate physical ability to carry out Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients. To be highly competent in assessing and managing a wide range of conditions within their own specialist area based on advanced theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, often in situations where conflicting evidence is present. Able to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts, which may be conflicting, to form accurate diagnoses in the most highly complex types of conditions for patients in the designated area. To use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to refer to other health disciplines as appropriate and to ensure appropriate referral systems are used by departmental and other health professional staff. To provide expert Occupational Therapy input to the development of both Trust and National level initiatives within own specialist area. To develop collaborative treatment plans with patents, carers and colleagues both in the hospital and patients home environment, demonstrating ethical clinical reasoning and problem solving techniques to determine agreed outcomes across health and social care. To ensure safety for self and others during all occupational therapy interventions in hospital, on home visits and appropriate environments. Liaise with Social Services, District nursing teams and community therapy teams to ensure rehabilitation packages and equipment are in place. Work alongside MDT colleagues and other rehab and therapies services to ensure services are delivered at a high and consistent quality To maintain high professional standards, continuously promoting and developing quality improvements appropriate to the needs of the Occupational Therapy Service and profession. To understand and apply national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care in Occupational Therapy practice. Please see job description for full job description.