Job summary
Bank Community Neurorehabilitation OT's
Spread your wings, Bexley Community Neurorehabilitation Team is looking toappoint a motivated and committed Specialist Occupational Therapists, with a keen interest and proven experience of working with adults with neurological conditions.
Ideally you will be an existing B6 OT wanting to further develop your specialistskills in neurology and community working. However we also welcome applicationsfrom experienced Band 5's for potential consideration.
The team provides a service in clients' own homes, care homes and the local community and provides a great opportunity for joint working, joint goal setting and regular in-service training. In exchange for your professional skills, passion and commitment to patient centred care, we offer you a supportive, friendly team where you will be listened to, feel valued and be developed as a specialist clinician. With support and training from the 8a Clinical Specialist and Highly Specialist Band 7 OT's, you will provide specialist neurological OT assessment and treatment to clients presenting with highly complex neurological conditions including Stroke, MND, MS, Head Injury, and Parkinson's. It is essential that you hold a full UK driving license and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. Mileage is paid at 45p per mile.
This is a Bank role and work is on an as and when required basis
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a busy community multidisciplinary Neuro-Rehabilitation team in the London Borough of Bexley, working from home and flexible working is supported by the trust.
The service encourages continued professional development, with in-service training within the team and you will have the opportunity to work closely with other colleagues in the South East London sector.
You need to be a confident, autonomous practitioner with high level communication skills, a flexible problem-solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management
Main duties
To provide specialist occupational therapy input to clients as part of the specialist Community Neurorehabilitation service.
To work with specialist nurses and other health and social care practitioners tomanage those with neurology long term conditions.
To supervise Band 5 occupational therapists/ therapy assistants and occupationaltherapy students.
To be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis and treatment for awide variety of conditions including complex cases, in the community as anautonomous and lone practitioner to clients.
To be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge levels and skills in neurologyconditions and interventions.
To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments inthe assessment of community clients, often in the presence of incomplete or conflicting referral information
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake effective support, guidance, supervision, and appraisal of junior staff
To identify possible areas of development for the Occupational Therapy service inthe service and communicate this to Lead therapist
To provide training and education programmes for allied health care professionals, rehabilitation assistants, and social care assistants, other care trust staff in theform of tutorials and presentations.
To maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning. To utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population in a range of disease specific therapeutic techniques, principals and guidelines.
To be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of conditions including complex cases, in the community as an autonomous and lone practitioner to clients.
To be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge levels and skills in neurology conditions and interventions.
To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments in the assessment of community clients, often in the presence of incomplete or conflicting referral information to form accurate analyses and diagnoses Utilize effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice to develop individual specialist rehabilitation management care plans.
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients complex care plans and objectives against outcomes measures to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals.
To carry out clinical risk assessment and complete risk management plans relevant to the clinical group To seek guidance from more experienced Physiotherapist/ Occupational Therapy colleagues regarding the treatment and management of clients with highly complex presentations.
To work in a co-ordinated, manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care.
To provide advice and education to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence. To attend and contribute to meetings/ case conferences relating to client best care and wellbeing
To prioritise caseload against team guidelines and standards. Work with specialist neurology nurses and Neurorehabilitation Manager in developing the services for those with neurology long term conditions.
To identify and manage where appropriate the mental / emotion health of the client, with guidance from more senior staff where needed.
To maintain up-to-date clinical written records using trust systems and computerised database in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive discharge and progress reports to referrers.
To manage a clinical caseload and work as a member of the MDT To support the development of evidence-based OT practice To contribute to service development Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT To maintain competency in manually handling people and therapeutic manual handling To ensure that quality standards relating to occupational therapy are continually improved.
To identify possible areas of development for the occupational therapy service in the Specialist Community Neurorehabilitation team, and work with senior therapists and team lead in developing them.
To keep abreast of evidence based and best practice To ensure good working knowledge of national and local standards, and monitor quality through participating in clinical audit and evaluation work as required Management responsibilities
To flexibly plan and organise own time and that of therapy assistants. To achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties
To be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meet the changing needs of the service
To attend and participate in Specialist Community Neurorehabilitation team or Trust meetings, and case conferences as required
To comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, Trust, and departmental policies
To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake effective support, guidance, supervision, and appraisal of junior staff
To identify possible areas of development for the Occupational Therapy service inthe service and communicate this to Lead therapist
To provide training and education programmes for allied health care professionals, rehabilitation assistants, and social care assistants, other care trust staff in theform of tutorials and presentations.
To maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning. To utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population in a range of disease specific therapeutic techniques, principals and guidelines.
To be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of conditions including complex cases, in the community as an autonomous and lone practitioner to clients.
To be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge levels and skills in neurology conditions and interventions.
To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments in the assessment of community clients, often in the presence of incomplete or conflicting referral information to form accurate analyses and diagnoses Utilize effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice to develop individual specialist rehabilitation management care plans.
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients complex care plans and objectives against outcomes measures to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals.
To carry out clinical risk assessment and complete risk management plans relevant to the clinical group To seek guidance from more experienced Physiotherapist/ Occupational Therapy colleagues regarding the treatment and management of clients with highly complex presentations.
To work in a co-ordinated, manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care.
To provide advice and education to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence. To attend and contribute to meetings/ case conferences relating to client best care and wellbeing
To prioritise caseload against team guidelines and standards. Work with specialist neurology nurses and Neurorehabilitation Manager in developing the services for those with neurology long term conditions.
To identify and manage where appropriate the mental / emotion health of the client, with guidance from more senior staff where needed.
To maintain up-to-date clinical written records using trust systems and computerised database in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive discharge and progress reports to referrers.
To manage a clinical caseload and work as a member of the MDT To support the development of evidence-based OT practice To contribute to service development Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT To maintain competency in manually handling people and therapeutic manual handling To ensure that quality standards relating to occupational therapy are continually improved.
To identify possible areas of development for the occupational therapy service in the Specialist Community Neurorehabilitation team, and work with senior therapists and team lead in developing them.
To keep abreast of evidence based and best practice To ensure good working knowledge of national and local standards, and monitor quality through participating in clinical audit and evaluation work as required Management responsibilities
To flexibly plan and organise own time and that of therapy assistants. To achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties
To be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meet the changing needs of the service
To attend and participate in Specialist Community Neurorehabilitation team or Trust meetings, and case conferences as required
To comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, Trust, and departmental policies
To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree/Masters in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Leadership Training
- Specialist Training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with clients in a community setting
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Evidence of MDT working
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of organising and delivering therapy in group sessions
- Experience of using relevant outcome measure
Desirable
- Experience of supervising assistants and students
- Specialist training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills- written and verbal
- Knowledge of specific patient conditions acquired through training and experience
- Knowledge and experience of a range of treatment approaches
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or treatment
Desirable
- Reflective abilities
- Specialist training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree/Masters in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Leadership Training
- Specialist Training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with clients in a community setting
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Evidence of MDT working
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of organising and delivering therapy in group sessions
- Experience of using relevant outcome measure
Desirable
- Experience of supervising assistants and students
- Specialist training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills- written and verbal
- Knowledge of specific patient conditions acquired through training and experience
- Knowledge and experience of a range of treatment approaches
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or treatment
Desirable
- Reflective abilities
- Specialist training in therapeutic work with people with neurological conditions
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
