Rotational Occupational Therapist

Rotational Occupational Therapist - Band 5

Contract - Permanent. Full-Time 37.5 hours per week

The post is on the inter-trust and social services Band 5 OT rotation in the London boroughs of Camden and Islington. (Trusts and Local Authorities involved are shown below).

Rotations are 6 monthly in clinical areas, which include acute, intermediate care and rehabilitation, community rehabilitation, mental health, learning disability and social services. The post holder is a full member of the multidisciplinary team and is responsible for a caseload of patients as delegated by the Senior or Team Leader of the clinical service, and as such is professionally and legally accountable for work undertaken.

The post holder will set and maintain a high standard of clinical practice, which is evidence based where possible, using local and standardized assessments and outcome measures, where appropriate.

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. 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.

Main Duties

CLINICAL

To assess and treat patients, addressing quality of life, physical, cognitive, affective, social and environmental issues either on an individual or a group basis, utilising a range of therapeutic skills in accordance with devised treatment plans, in both hospital and in the community settings.

To prioritise factors involved in the Clients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on skills, knowledge, experience and on current professional opinion, Clients progress and other physical, social, emotional and mental health issues.

COMMUNICATION

To use well developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills to ensure that the Client and/or their carer understands the relevant advise, education and recommendations given.

To communicate sensitive information in an understandable form to patients and their carers and to enable patients to participate and co-operate in treatment.

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

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL

To utilise opportunities to develop skills and knowledge, apply critical appraisal and keep up to date with current practise in the field.

To support other Occupational Therapists in the education and training of other professionals and visitors to the department.

To participate in education programmes for Client/ service groups.

MANAGEMENT

To ensure that accurate and evaluative records of patient care are maintained in line with the service policy.

To delegate appropriate work to staff in supporting roles and provide informal day-to-day support to Rehabilitation Assistants and students to enable them to carry or assist with a managed caseload.

RESEARCH

To participate in the evaluation of clinical practise.

To keep up to date in the development of research and clinical practice in the field of rehabilitation, older people and related areas.

Please see Job description and personal specification for full outline of main role and responsibilities

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• IELTS Level 7.0 or above (overseas candidates only)
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council ( HCPC)
• Membership of BAOT
• Graduate/Post graduate training courses relevant to post

• Work or placement experience in the acute hospital setting or related Work areas
• Good understanding and experience of working multi-disciplinary team working
• Experience of working with patients as an OT or Student OT with complex medical and social presentations.
• Voluntary or independent work experience within other settings where skills learned would be transferable to Band 5 role

• Knowledge of physical pathology related to rotational work areas i.e. acute medicine, care of older people, mental health, intermediate care.
• Understanding of the emotional and physical…