This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivational and flexible Occupational Therapist to join our friendly bank team at the world-renowned Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital.
To work within the therapy department to provide additional occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation to patients with neuro-disability on an individual and group basis according to the agreed goals and objectives of patients.
Main duties of the job
* To independently manage a designated caseload of patients with complex needs in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
* To complete specialist assessments of patients to address their occupational performance & skill deficit using specialist standardised and non-standardised assessment tools.
* To work with patients, their carers/relatives to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan and participate in joint goal setting and rehabilitation planning with other team members.
* To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, enabling the patients in areas of self-maintenance, productivity & leisure, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
* To conduct and develop rehabilitation groups, working with other members of the multi or interdisciplinary team.
* To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention and to ensure a high standard of evidence based clinical and professional practice is maintained and developed and intervention progresses to a satisfactory closure.
* To provide occupational therapy intervention at The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, the patients home or other community setting if need be.
* To provide clinical specialist advice/support to the occupational therapy team and other team members as appropriate in Spinal Cord Injury management.
Person Specification
Experience
* 1 year in occupational therapy
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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