Job Title | Band 7 Occupational Therapist |
Location | Aylesbury |
Job Type | Permanent |
Speciality | Band 7 Occupational Therapist |
Rates | Up to £47,672 a year |
Description
We are looking for experienced and motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist for our clinic based in Aylesbury.
Duties:-
- To independently manage a designated caseload of clients with complex needs in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
- To complete specialist assessments of clients to address their occupational performance & skill deficit using specialist standardised and non-standardised assessment tools.
- To work with clients, their carers/relatives to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan and participate in joint goal setting and rehabilitation planning with other team members.
- To plan and carry out regular goal reviews with the patient/family/carers to discuss progress and plan future goals.
- To plan and implement client centred individual and/or group interventions, enabling the clients in areas of self-maintenance, productivity & leisure, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To work as part of the multi / interdisciplinary team providing specialist rehabilitation.
- To conduct and develop rehabilitation groups, working with other members of the multi / interdisciplinary team.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention and to ensure a high standard of evidence based clinical and professional practice is maintained and developed and intervention progresses to a satisfactory closure.
- To provide occupational therapy intervention, the patient’s home or other community setting.
- To carry out home visits in liaison with other health and social care professionals to identify equipment and care needs required for discharge as appropriate.
- To provide clinical specialist advice/support to the occupational therapy team and other team members as appropriate in Spinal Cord Injury management.
- To lead and co-ordinate case conferences and family meetings.
- To act as a key worker for designated patients.
For more information, contact Rahul Macwan on +44(0) 203 411 5531 or email on rahul@permanenthire.co.uk