Job responsibilities
Job
title:Highly Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist
Location: Bagshot Rehab Centre/ Kingston Rehab Centre
Responsible
to: Clinical Head of Rehabilitation Services
Occupational Therapist Role/Job Purpose
To develop and maintain Occupational Therapy (OT)
services leading on planning, development and evaluation of OT services,
ensuring a consistently high standard of assessment, treatment planning
and documentation across CHD Rehab
To assess and
treat own caseload of people using our services and to maintain own
records as an autonomous practitioner.
To manage a varied caseload of people using our
services including supporting those with Acquired Brain Injury, complex long-term
disability and general rehabilitation using evidence based, person centered
principles to assess, clinically reason, plan, implement and evaluate
interventions.
To provide
knowledge, skills and advice to people using our services, and be a source of
expertise for therapy staff, the care team, other members of the MDT and
outside agencies.
To complete neuro-rehabilitation
pre-admission assessments alongside the multidisciplinary team.
To identify,
initiate and implement service development in line with local and national
guidelines and ensuring any initiatives are maintained through regular review.
To work
collaboratively with care and wellbeing staff to achieve rehabilitation using a
holistic approach
To be professionally responsible and
accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of people
using our services.
To maintain your registration through
compliance with registration requirements and follow HCPC code of conduct
Occupational
Therapist Main duties and key responsibilities :
The following are not intended to serve
as an exhaustive list of all duties to be performed but is intended to provide
a summary of major duties and responsibilities.
You may not be required to perform all duties listed and may instead be
required to perform additional, position-specific duties.
Communication / Relationship Skills
To
communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, people
using our services, where appropriate persons of importance to them and all
other stakeholders involved in a persons care to maximise rehabilitation
potential and to ensure understanding of condition
To
promote understanding of the aims of rehabilitation across the service and
ensure a co-ordinated team approach to care provision.
To
demonstrate communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation and
gaining informed consent from a wide variety of people using our services and
to recognise and overcome barriers to effective communication
To
provide advice, teaching, and instruction to people using our services, persons
of importance to them and other professionals.
Clinical Reasoning &
Clinical Skills
To undertake evidence-based
assessment of people wishing to use our services using investigative and
analytical skills.
To
use appropriate evidence- based clinical reasoning to determine and justify
appropriate treatment plans and goals.
To
support other members of the team to utilise and develop evidence- based clinical
reasoning skills to determine and carry out appropriate treatment plans and
goals
To
be able to assess and identify appropriate equipment for use by staff and
people using our services and to ensure safety of use and maintenance at all
times
To
recognise own scope of practice and seek guidance or further training if
required
To
evaluate rehabilitation progress and to reassess, alter and adapt treatment
programmes if required.
Independently
select and apply OT assessments (standardised and non-standardised) for a
designated specialist case load, addressing occupational performance and skill
deficits, and enabling the patients in the areas of self maintenance,
productivity, leisure and discharge planning
To
provide neurorehabilitation, long term disability management and slow stream
rehabilitation to those with acquired brain injury and other neurological
conditions
To
appropriately support person centered goals and outcome measures to facilitate,
where appropriate, a safe and timely discharge into the community
When
required to assess and provide OT intervention in a persons own home following lone worker guidelines
To
provide comprehensive occupational therapy written reports relevant to the
caseload
To
utilise specialist clinical reasoning skills to inform therapy policies and
guidelines
Leadership & Team
Work
To be responsible for supervision of therapy
assistants at CHD Rehabilitation, carrying out regular supervision in line with
local policy
To work
collaboratively with the therapy team, nursing and care team promoting an individuals
independence and delivering a team approach to rehabilitation
To be a role model
to all members of staff displaying excellent attitude to work and working in line
with all company policies and procedures
To
delegate clinical tasks, as appropriate, to rehabilitation assistants providing
detailed treatment plans to other non-qualified members of staff
Be an active participant
of in-service training within the therapy team and when required lead training sessions
To
participate in annual appraisal, identifying objectives for service and
personal development (in collaboration with senior/Lead OT)
To
participate in regular clinical and non-clinical supervision (in collaboration
with senior/Lead OT)
To
provide supervision when required for OT students in introductory placements,
and explain the role of the Occupational Therapist to departmental visitors and
those undertaking work experience placement
Health, safety and security
To
understand all emergency procedures.
To
participate in and attend all mandatory training and be familiar with local
procedures within speciality areas of work.
Be
aware of Health and Safety aspects of your role and implement any policies which
may be required to improve the safety of your work area (including the prompt
recording and reporting of accidents)
To
ensure that all equipment used is in safe working order and that action is
taken where deficits or concerns are identified
To ensure
the compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and guidelines including
those relating to Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality of
Information and Data Security.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Improvement & Development
To
follow CHD Rehabilitations guidelines for obtaining consent, and to work
within a legal framework at all times.
To assist in the collection
of data as directed by the Clinical head of Rehabilitation Services.
To ensure the
continual development and improvement of the OT services to meet the needs of people
using our services.
To
use evidence-based practice, audits, and published research to inform practice.
To
participate in audits/research projects and support the wider governance
programme.
Quality
To
maintain a high standard of clinical care for people using our services under
your management.
To
maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records in line with legal,
professional and departmental requirements.
To
attend appropriate post-graduate courses and disseminate to the team as
required
To
adhere to the HCPC code of conduct and ensure compliance by rehabilitation
assistants and other members of the therapy team
To
be a member of the RCOT and remain up to date with current profession specific
guidelines and current issues
Equality, diversity and rights
To
support, promote, and develop a culture which supports equality & values
diversity.
To
respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of people
using our services and contribute to the provision of the service sensitive to
these needs
Responsibility for financial and other physical resources
To
be responsible for all equipment used, and to adhere to guidelines on equipment
use, including competence to use equipment.
Responsibilities for information resources
To
use computerised record systems to access patient information and to record
data accurately in line with the data protection act and guidelines.
To
utilise computer systems to accurately provide regular reports regarding people
using our services for external health care providers
Other
To
promote the rehabilitation services across a range of networks including health
communities
To
frequently deal with emotional and distressing situations and circumstances
with patients and families to promote achievement of goals (e.g. Patients with
terminal illness, patients with limited rehab potential, including occasional
exposure to highly emotional circumstances such as the death of patient or
patient needing resus)
Communicating
complex and sensitive information relating to medical conditions and OT
process, requiring skills of empathy and reassurance
To
be able to complete required documentation and clinical work by deadlines
agreed, which may be stressful at times