Static Occupational Therapist - Medical Rehabilitation Team

A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be considered a senior clinical staff and be part of the Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Therapy Team.

The post holder will need to have significant clinical experience, provide advanced clinical expertise to their team and more junior staff, and coordinate and deliver high quality care, as well as work as an autonomous practitioner in providing Occupational therapy assessment, treatment and management to own caseload of patients. There will also be opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills required to work across the older adult pathway.

The post holder will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / service developments and management functions as delegated by the Band 7 or Clinical Lead Therapist. They will role model the Trust values at all times and follow all Trust and Department policies and procedures.

The post holder will provide supervision, in-service training, teaching and support to more junior staff, therapy assistants and students on placement.

The Post holder will actively be part of a 7-day service rota, which will include weekend and Bank Holiday cover as required.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics.

The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs. The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful.

Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period. Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

• To carry out appropriate assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skills for clients with multiple/complex needs.
• To work with clients to identify and agree treatment goals based on assessment outcomes, which balance the complex interaction of risk, safety, client choice, independence, areas of conflict and eligibility for services.
• To use communication, reasoning and negotiation skills to establish a therapeutic relationship in complex cases, managing basic barriers to communication.
• To plan and implement individual/group interventions using graded activities to address therapeutic goals and optimise clients’ functional independence.
• To address all areas of risk associated with individual client’s ability to function independently and minimise the effects of disability within their chosen environment, including planning and carrying out home assessments and discharge to assess visits and being responsible for the clients health and safety during this assessment.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions in order to measure client progress and treatment effectiveness.
• To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effects of disability to own caseload management and to inform others practice.
• To supervise the caseload management of Band 5 OT plus supervise day to day activity of therapy assistants and students as designated.
• To represent the OT Department within the multi-disciplinary team and participate in relevant team/network meetings and…