Community Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.

Main duties and Responsibilities

To manage own caseload, prioritise referrals, assess, plan and implement intervention autonomously or with the guidance of senior therapists, ensuring clients and carers receive optimum level of therapy within available resources.

To work together effectively within the team, which may include working with supportstaff.

To make recommendations based upon findings from assessments and use clinical reasoning skills based upon treatment approaches, frames of reference andevidence-based practice. Gather information from relevant parties (i.e. patient, family, carers) to enhanceeffective, empathic and holistic intervention.

To carry out functional, environmental, cognitive and psychosocial assessments,liaising with relatives, patient, carers, multidisciplinary team and external agencies, tomake recommendations including the provision of equipment. To use activity analysis to assist with assessment of patients areas of dysfunction.

To keep accurate, up-to-date records on patient care and equipment provision,complying with local policies .To provide written and verbal reports or recommendations to referrers, patients, other agencies involved in patients care. To represent Occupational therapy and/or individual patients at multidisciplinary team meetings to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service and integrate Occupational therapy into the treatment/management programme. Toprovide supportive and sensitive communication to establish rapport and provideemotional support to the patient and family/carers. Carryout equipment assessment and patient suitability depending on physical, cognitive and psychosocial environment.To assess and recommend minor equipment to assist/maximise individual patients mobility, ordering equipment as required via the equipment loan service. To work closely with seating services to ensure postural support and seating in complex disability. To advise, instruct and teach patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of Occupational therapy and to enable the patient to self manage their condition and optimise their potential.

Person Specification

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Able to complete a comprehensive assessment for a patient who has fallen or is at risk of falls.
• Demonstrate ability to use Computers including: internet, word, power point, excel and electronic patient records

Desirable

• Awareness of current issues in health, including clinical governance and understand the impact on team practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in the community with older people.
• Undergraduate experience across a variety of core clinical settings.
• Experience of working in the UK health service as an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, student or related role

Desirable

• Significant post-registration working as band 5 or equivalent in physical disability, community rehabilitation with elderly population.

Other

Essential

• Valid driving license and car owner or able to drive pool car.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• State registration with UK Health Professions Council
• Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational therapy

Desirable

• Membership and/or involvement in National special interest group
• Post graduate training, in-services or clinical placement training relevant to falls prevention, physical disability, or community rehabilitation with elderly population.

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

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ealing day treatment centre

1 Britten Drive

Southall

UB1 2SH

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)