Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking team member to join our Occupational Therapy Department as an Occupational Therapy Assistant.
Our department, based at Frimley Park Hospital, works across a range of specialities which include: elderly medicine, Acute Medicine, A&E, Stroke, Orthopaedics, Surgery.
As a Band 2 assistant experience working with occupational therapy is not essential, but applicants must have good people skills and have had experience of caring for another person (personally or professionally). On the job training will be provided for this post and will included enrolment in the care certificate programme. Working as an OT Assistant would be considered extremely desirable.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The post holders would support qualified Occupational Therapists in the assessment and rehabilitation of wide variety of patients. In addition there are also clerical and housekeeping duties in the holder must hold a driving licence. This is required to deliver and fit essential equipment into patients homes.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Work under the guidance of qualified OTs in providing functional treatment for patients experiencing physical and cognitive deficits;
2. Support qualified therapists during home assessments in the community;
3. Communicate relevant information on patients conditions and performance;
4. Communicate effectively with other disciplines both internally and externally;
5. Take responsibility for training and supervising new OT Assistants and Students;
6. Co-operate with other department staff in the efficient management of department stocks and equipment levels
A detailed job description can be found attached to this advert.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
7. Good general education
8. GCSE / equivalent in Maths and English level c or above
Desirable
9. NVQ in OT or relevant care areas
10. Understanding OT within the MDT
COMPETENCIES
Essential
11. Work with people
12. Good level of written English
13. Ability to work single handedly with individuals and groups
14. Efective written and verbal communication skills
15. Team Player - understanding of team dynamics
16. Computer literate
Desirable
17. Use of and Electronic patient record / medical system
Professional
Essential
18. Work with people in a caring capacity
19. Understanding of OT role
Desirable
20. Work as an OT assistant
21. Customer care training or awareness
Special
Essential
22. willingness to rotate cllinical area of work
23. willingness to work flexibly
24. can travel between base and patients home, carrying equipment
Desirable
25. Car driver with clean licence