Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Due to the very part-time nature of the post - it is not anticipated that the successful candidate would complete all roles - however below are an overview of Band 6 responsibilities:

ROLE SUMMARY

To work as a Senior Clinician for Acute Older Adult In-patient services providing specialist holistic recovery-based interventions.

To provide leadership to the team, support and facilitate learning, and use research and evidence based practise to facilitate change

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To assess all patients on the ward using a priority system.

To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.

To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.

To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with patients and their carers.

To liaise closely with community based services as required.

To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.

To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower patients and facilitate optimal functional performance.

To liaise with Social Services and Housing Organisations concerning provision of equipment and home adaptations.

To apply a variety of treatment modalities to meet the needs of patients in individual or group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention.

To make clinically informed decisions in order to delegate aspects of patient care to assistants, junior staff, students, carers and statutory or non-statutory bodies.

To regularly review patients progress in order to evaluate and interpret effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment or discharge patients accordingly.

To ensure that treatment offered is based on the best available evidence for effectiveness in the specialist area where it is applied.

To develop and initiate interventions based on the integration of theoretical knowledge in order to meet unique patient needs.

To attend professional Occupational Therapy meetings as required.

To attend appropriate training events as appropriate.

To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio.

To undertake annual appraisal.

To contribute constructively to the supervision process.

To provide supervision and day to day operational management to junior staff in the Acute Older Adult in-patient Department.

To supervise students.

To occasionally represent the Occupational Therapy profession at service development forums.

To comply with policies and agreed procedures for annual leave, sickness and time owing.

To complete any documentation for statistical purposes.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;

- Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures

- To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage

- To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy

- To provide supervision and professional development where appropriate

- To keep up to date clinical records in line with professional standards and local record keeping policies.

- To provide written and verbal reports as required at any stage in the treatment process in line with Occupational Therapy Clinical Governance Standards.

- To plan and co-ordinate the specialist Occupational Therapy Service within the Acute Older Adult in-patient services, planning and prioritising work for self and junior staff.

- To attend clinical case discussions at meetings or ward rounds, providing specialist professional advice and recommendations.

- To participate in clinical audit, research and evidence based practice.

- To initiate and lead projects to meet identified service needs.

- To promote the roles and skills of Occupational Therapy to other professionals, students, patients and carers.

- To contribute constructively to multi-disciplinary team working by contributing to policies and procedures for Occupational Therapy and close liaison with other professionals.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 2 year post qualifying experience

Desirable

• Mental Health Experience
• Physical Health Experience
• Older Adult Experience

Qualities, knowledge and experience

Essential

• Processing clinical information
• Putting together reports and recommendations

Desirable

• Relevant to clinical area

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

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucester Ward

Thurrock Community Hospital

Grays

RM16 2PX

Employer's website

https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)