Job summary
Job Purpose
3 x shifts a week - Thursday / Friday will be prioritised08:00-16:00 - start and finish time can be flexible as long as core therapy hours covered.
To work as an active member of the Potters Bar inpatient team which specialises in the treatment and management of patients with multiple conditions. To support the OT Lead in the development of the service to ensure integrated working with partnership organisations.
To provide highly specialised assessment and treatment for patients with a variety of conditions, and to provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non-professionals.
To provide a specialised resource for other Occupational Therapy staff and health care professionals across Hertfordshire
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical supervision and competency attainment for Band 6 OT and rehab assistants ensuring that they have an up to date Professional Development plan annually, through the Continuing Professional Development structure
To be responsible for Occupational Therapy student clinical placements, and provide training, supervision and teaching as required
To participate in the recruitment and selection process in conjunction with other senior staff
To be responsible for non clinical induction of assistants and staff as required
About us
We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
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stay well
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manage their own health with the right support
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avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive highly specialised assessment of all clients to establish their abilities, limitations, and needs with regard to physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological, and social functioning.
To agree on client centred goals and use of outcome measures in conjunction with the client, his/her family and multi-disciplinary professionals involved, and provide appropriate Occupational Therapy intervention and multidisciplinary treatment programmes.
To establish clinical priority, determine needs and initiate a specialist treatment plan for patients referred for OT using evidence based practice and judgement of highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work
To set standards of good practise and to evaluate methods and effectiveness of therapy by ensuring that practise is evidence-based and through the use of outcome measures
To assess for and prescribe specialist assistive equipment to enable the clients to maintain independence in activities of daily living which could include assessment and provision of specialist equipment or custom wheelchairs and seating devices.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive highly specialised assessment of all clients to establish their abilities, limitations, and needs with regard to physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological, and social functioning.
To agree on client centred goals and use of outcome measures in conjunction with the client, his/her family and multi-disciplinary professionals involved, and provide appropriate Occupational Therapy intervention and multidisciplinary treatment programmes.
To establish clinical priority, determine needs and initiate a specialist treatment plan for patients referred for OT using evidence based practice and judgement of highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work
To set standards of good practise and to evaluate methods and effectiveness of therapy by ensuring that practise is evidence-based and through the use of outcome measures
To assess for and prescribe specialist assistive equipment to enable the clients to maintain independence in activities of daily living which could include assessment and provision of specialist equipment or custom wheelchairs and seating devices.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD relevant to the treatment of adults with physical disabilities
- Up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT
- Member of specialist section(s) of RCOT
- Post graduate qualification in specialist area at a masters or equivalent level in specialist field
- Training in appraisal/supervision
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate clinical experience post registration (including experience of working in rehabilitation at Senior level)
- Experience as an OT in at least two of the following areas
- NHS experience
- Being involved with assessment and implementation of minor and major adaptations to a persons home on the grounds of disability
Desirable
- Experience of research and clinical audit
- Experience of working with social services
- Experience in setting up and running activity based group programme
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning
- Ability to apply core Occupational Therapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a client centred, goal setting approach
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of people with complex multi-pathologies
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of social services and voluntary agencies
- Knowledge of research and audit processes
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD relevant to the treatment of adults with physical disabilities
- Up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT
- Member of specialist section(s) of RCOT
- Post graduate qualification in specialist area at a masters or equivalent level in specialist field
- Training in appraisal/supervision
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate clinical experience post registration (including experience of working in rehabilitation at Senior level)
- Experience as an OT in at least two of the following areas
- NHS experience
- Being involved with assessment and implementation of minor and major adaptations to a persons home on the grounds of disability
Desirable
- Experience of research and clinical audit
- Experience of working with social services
- Experience in setting up and running activity based group programme
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning
- Ability to apply core Occupational Therapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a client centred, goal setting approach
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of people with complex multi-pathologies
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of social services and voluntary agencies
- Knowledge of research and audit processes
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).
