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    Occupational therapist therapist - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

    Whittington Health NHS Trust
    Whittington Health NHS Trust London, United Kingdom

    6 days ago

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    Rotational Occupational Therapist, Band 6

    The vacancy is for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join a mixed rotation at Whittington Health.

    Previous experience of working in the acute setting is desirable and prior experience/a working knowledge of the UK healthcare system.

    Acute General Medicine
    Care of Older People/Neurology
    Orthopaedics
    Hand Therapy
    Community Rehabilitation

    If you are an existing Band 5 looking to develop as a senior therapist then this is an excellent opportunity to develop in a well supported setting.

    We offer access to in house training opportunities, and external training to promote your learning and skill development.
    Undertake Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with often complex physical, psychological and social presentations.

    Supervise Band 5 rotational staff, students and support staff and provide therapy related information advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.


    Undertake activities which contribute to own continuing professional development which may include, audit, evidence based learning and quality improvement projects to further own and teams clinical practice.

    On occasion, lead on the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.

    Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

    We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

    The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

    We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

    In each rotation treatment decisions will be underpinned by specialist knowledge gained from post graduate study of evidence based treatments and from previous experience.


    To quickly and accurately screen, establish priority for patient referrals for Occupational Therapy intervention some of which maybe complex and require a multi-disciplinary approach.

    To identify an appropriate Occupational Therapy care plan from treatment options available.

    To formulate and deliver occupational therapy treatment programmes in a variety of settings


    Settings include:
    hospital, community, and patients home, home visits, as part of a team and as a sole practitioner.

    To work collaboratively to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to facilitate hospital discharge in order to minimize hospital stays.

    To make recommendations to support a patients discharge including care support and rehabilitation opportunities.

    e.g. community rehabilitation, social services, voluntary agencies

    To have the ability, knowledge and skills required for moving and handling people in community environments.

    To be physically able to install specialist occupational therapy equipment in client homes applying safe manual handling at all times, especially when doing so in restricted spaces

    This will include discussion of patient care, progress and involvement in discharge planning and continued rehabilitation needs.

    To keep accurate treatment records, which fulfill legal and statistical requirements and which are in accordance with HCPC/CSP/Trust/departmental standards.

    To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload at all times.


    To gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.


    To be able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff members when required accepting that there may be barriers to communication i.e.

    non-English speaking patients, use of interpreters, excess noise or lack of privacy.


    Other members of the Multi-disciplinary team (Consultants, General Practitioners, medical staff, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language therapists, Dietitians, Social Workers etc) to develop and agree management programmes for the patients in your care adopting and developing effective interpersonal skills to ensure comprehensive management.

    To produce written, electronic and verbal reports for the MDT other Health or Social care providers and be able to convey this to the patient in an accessible and meaningful manner using the correct terminology, often in the face of communication barriers.


    To build a network of professional contacts across a range of professions in various settings such as community services, social services and other acute hospitals.

    To attend Therapy staff meetings and other meetings when necessary.

    3 Education and Training

    To be responsible for and actively record own professional development and maintain a CPD portfolio which reflects the same.

    To ensure yearly attendance/participation in Mandatory training requirements

    ~ To assist the team leader in allocating and organising the work of junior, assistant, technical instructor and student staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis and to deputise fully in their absence.


    To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of junior and/or assistant/tech grade staff and to assist in the line-management of junior staff as delegated by team leader including setting of staff objectives and completing staff appraisal for junior staff.

    To, implement department and trust policies and contribute to service development by proposing changes to current practice.


    To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all patient related equipment and ensure that junior staff/assistants/technical instructors attain competency prior to use.

    To familiarize self with local borough procedure for provision of equipment and their criterion for issue.


    When required undertake risk assessments relating to use of equipment to ensure patient safety at all times and personal accountability.

    To supervise and assist in the line-management of junior grade Occupational Therapists and Therapy assistants and Technicians as delegated by team leader

    To, be responsible for the supervision, co-ordination and appraisal of junior staff/students and assistants on a daily basis.


    To be responsible for teaching junior staff/students and assistants including formal group session (theoretical and practical), watched assessments and complex patient reviews.


    To be responsible for undergraduate student Occupational Therapists as allocated by the team leader and to regularly liaise with academic institutions.

    To comply with department policy on recording patient activities with respect to own caseload and to ensure junior staff also comply.


    To be aware of and adhere to the Trusts Manual Handling policy and, using clinical reasoning, implement the departments Therapeutic Handling policy appropriately.


    To comply with all the requirements of the Consumer Protection Act in ensuring that all equipment you issue or medical devices used in practice requirements.

    To be aware of the procedures for reporting identified near misses, incidents, or complaints and support the Senior Physiotherapist as required in implementing the correct procedures.

    Qualifications & Training
    Recognised degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
    Recent post graduate training relevant to the post applied for
    IELTS Level 7 or above for overseas candidates

    Minimum of 18 months post qualifying work experience in an NHS or Social Care setting
    Work or recent placement experience in an in-pt acute physical work setting
    Experience gained through rotations at band 5 level in at least 3 settings
    Experience of working in an Occupational Therapy Team or a Joint therapy team within a wider MDT
    Knowledge of relevant legislation and clinical guidelines relating to the role of an OT in acute care and rehabilitation
    Working knowledge of the role of other professions in health and social care and inter agency working

    Experience of supervising Band 5, support staff or students and completing/contributing to the appraisal/marking process
    Knowledge and understanding of cultural diversity and how to apply this in practice

    Evidence of clinical application of core Occupational Therapy skills in practice
    Skills in therapeutic handling and the ability to undertake risk assessment in relation to service users handling requirement.
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