Occupational Therapist – Covid After Care

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: Ilford

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

• To prioritise workload, delegate and to supervise more junior staff including support staff and students, to aid provision of high standards of patient care.
• To work flexibly and assist in effective and efficient delivery of the service.
• To undertake the collection of data for use in service audit and monitoring performance of the service.
• To provide regular supervision (planned and to colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team. Clinical Skills
• To be legally, professionally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work.
• To assess the occupational needs of a defined patient group and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment plans. This includes chronic, acute and palliative care within own competencies, recognising
• own limitations and seeking advice when necessary.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for patients with multiple in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of effectiveness of treatment
• To select and apply occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling patients in the areas of productivity, self and leisure.
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life.
• To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence based practice, literature and peer review. 8. To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data in accordance with professional and trust standards and provide specialist occupational therapy reports relevant to practice setting.
• To exercise good time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
• Assess patient’s understanding of occupational therapy treatment, gain informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who are unable to consent to treatment.
• To be computer literate and encourage implementation of the Trust’s IM&T Strategy.
• To ensure accurate recording of actions, and updating patient’s records, maintaining confidentiality at all times in accordance with HCPC guidance.
• To take part, and assist, in the planning and administration relating to day to day running of the caseload. Communication 1. To have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing patient care.
• To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust.
• To be able to communicate complex patient related information facilitating positive outcomes and ensuring collaborative working.
• Participate in the review and development of clinical policies and identifies improvements to service provision. Training
• Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice for conditions and treatments and inform more junior staff of such developments.
• To be an active participant within in-service training programme, occasionally facilitating training sessions for the team.
• To undertake external and internal courses identified as part of appraisal by individual line managers leading to a personal development plan (PDP).
• To undertake, and assist, in the planning of own mandatory training

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist
• Recent NHS experience
• Registered with the HCPC

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Reece Golding; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists aswell as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.