Are you a newly qualified OT or are you looking to widen your experience?If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic qualified Occupational Therapist to join the Therapy team in the Extended Primary Care Team in Newham Community Health Services.
We are a dynamic and forward thinking team that actively encourages and supports professional and service development. We are looking for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic about working in the community setting. You should have some demonstrable experience of working within a rehabilitation or acute setting as well as an ability to independently carry an OT clinical caseload. You should also have some experience of working with a wider multi-disciplinary team. Your experience may have been developed as a student OT.
The occupational therapy service has an excellent Band 5 Occupational Therapist support program offering training and development meetings and continuing professional development activities, including preceptorship.
You will be supported in developing your OT skills and encouraged in your professional development from a supportive and empowering OT service renowned for its innovation. We value commitment to professional development, training and high quality clinical supervision for all our staff.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- In conjunction with other members of the team and with supervision, to contribute to the provision of a comprehensive patient-centered occupational therapy service to patients. Patients are referred primarily due to a physical disability, are aged 18 and over and are resident in the community. This includes patients who may present with physical, cognitive, psycho-social and housing needs as a result of a wide range of medical conditions.
- To manage a defined caseload in a community setting. To evidence problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based/patient-centered principles. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing integrated goal-orientated interventions.
- To develop a range of occupational therapy skills working with patients with a physical disability.
- To contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of the service.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
- Maintenance of Continuing Professional Development portfolio
- Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Application of the Occupational Therapy process
- Use of functional assessments and activity analyses
- Fieldwork or clinical practice experience working with patients with a physical disability in a rehabilitation setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of theory and practice of OT for patients with a physical disability
- Knowledge of legislation and national policy affecting the OT profession working with patients with a physical disability
- Ability to undertake all aspects of the OT process
- Demonstrates good analytical skills
- Ability and commitment to working within a non-discriminatory, patient-centred framework
- Willingness to assist with supervision of students and rehabilitation support workers
- Awareness of the OT needs for patients with a physical disability
- Knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions for patients with a physical disability
- Knowledge of safe manual handling
- Awareness of and sensitivity towards the needs of a multicultural patient group
- Awareness of the principles of clinical governance and audit
- Ability to manage self on a day-to-day basis
- Evidence of a flexible approach to work
- Ability to take responsibility for own caseload
- Ability to recognize own professional boundaries and seek supervision as appropriate
- Ability to take responsibility for safe use of equipment with patients
- Ability to apply safe manual handling techniques with patients with a complex disability
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with patients and their carers
- Awareness of the roles of other disciplines involved in community rehabilitation
- Ability to keep appropriate clinical records
- Ability to use all IT products, both clinical and non-clinical
- Ability and willingness to work across different sites and in patients’ homes
- Commitment delivering OT that is grounded in and focused on occupation
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 27 February 2025
