Job summary
Occupational Therapy Band 6 Bank Ad hoc
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
* Other
Job ref: 824-BANK-LIT1380
Employer: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Finchley Memorial Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £21.88 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 08/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
Monday – Friday 09.00 – 17.00
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the delivery of a clinical specialised Occupational Therapy treatment as part of the Central London Community (Barnet) Unplanned Care Service. The Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust are the leading provider of community health in the United Kingdom covering 11 London Boroughs and Hertfordshire with over 900 Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in seven professional groups – Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Orthoptists, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists and Speech and Language Therapists. AHPs are 30% of the clinical workforce at CLCH providing assessment and treatment interventions across the lifespan from birth to end of life care.
Main duties of the job
* Determine clinical diagnoses, provide appropriate treatments, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner working without direct supervision but with advice and support from Band 7 Occupational Therapists and other team colleagues.
* Manage a clinical caseload, maintain a high professional standard, and employ specialised knowledge gained from practical and theoretical experience.
* To deputise for the Band 7 Occupational Therapist in terms of operational issues and to assist in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service provided to patients with rehabilitation problems when required.
Working for our organisation
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
* stay well
* manage their own health with the right support
* avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To comply with all the organisational and departmental policies and procedures. To contribute to discussions on service/policy development and provide comments on proposals and to propose changes where required.
* To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out Occupational Therapy duties and to adhere to departmental equipment policy, including competence to use equipment. To ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training, and supervision of practice.
* To decide priorities for your own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the department.
* Be aware of the Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including the prompt recording and reporting of accidents and incidents to senior staff.
* To be responsible for the equipment used during treatment and to maintain stock control and assist in the ordering of supplies as necessary.
* To be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available in all situations.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
* Current HPC Registration
* Specialist training in Elderly Care
Experience
Essential criteria
* Minimum of 2 years UK post qualification experience including: Community Service Orthopaedic rehabilitation Neurology Elderly rehabilitation Musculo-skeletal conditions Community
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
* Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
* Race Equality Network
* Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
We work Flexibly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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