The Inpatient Rehabilitation team are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join their MDT.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will undertake advanced assessments and treatment of patients. These patients often have complex and/or chronic presentations. It will be your duty to ensure that the individuals' full potential and functional independence is developed or maintained. You will work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision but with access to a Team Lead OT if required.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Job responsibilities
Some of the main responsibilities of this role include the following:
1. To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patient's care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure effective multidisciplinary working. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress, and involvement in discharge planning.
2. To achieve and maintain a high standard of clinical intervention and professional development using evidence-based practice, CPD, and appraisal.
3. To manage patients who may be occasionally aggressive or confused.
4. To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
5. To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multipathologies.
6. To understand the underlying cause of difficulties with clients who have specific needs and utilise strategies for managing challenging behaviours and communication with supervision.
Person Specification
Experience
* Post qualification experience in a variety of rotations or settings including NHS in-patient work.
* Clinical experience with a wide range of client groups including any of the following: rehabilitation, hospital, community, elderly, neurology, orthopaedics.
Qualification Evidence
* In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
* Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
Qualifications
* B.S.C Hons or diploma equivalent in OT.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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