Occupational Therapist - Liverpool

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical / Professional Practice

To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional, using and developing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation with support and supervision of a more senior OT. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.

With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to manage and prioritise a caseload of People We Support with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour.

With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement, and evaluate intervention.

To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.

With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioural model.

To delegate tasks appropriately according to the competence of colleagues and take responsibility for handover, monitoring, and review.

With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to use interpersonal skills and empathy to engage those People We Support and families who may be resistant to the rehabilitation process or may be distressed.

To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure that these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• ABOUT YOU:
• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the HCPC
• Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year
• Minimum of 18 months post registration experience including inpatient or community rehabilitation. Plus a further 6 months prequalification experience working in a suitable role.
• Experience of working with service users with neurological deficits or acquired brain injury
• Experience of specialist interventions used in neurological rehabilitation such as cognitive rehabilitation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

The Disabilities Trust - Redford Court

7 Birt Close

Liverpool

L8 7SZ

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)