Occupational Therapist – Neuro

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: Doncaster

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 provide a high standard of clinical work to patients with a Neurological diagnosis.
• This will include assessment work, group work, individual treatment planning, evaluation and discharge planning.
• To assist individuals, where appropriate, to perform activities of daily living within the rehabilitation programme e.g. toileting.
• To work closely with other members of the multi disciplinary team to ensure patients receive a co-ordinated package of rehabilitation that is delivered in an efficient and timely manner.

To assess for and arrange provision of assistive equipment appropriate to patient need ensuring: Individual patients and carers are trained in the safe use of the equipment; Paid care staff are informed of the provision of moving and handling equipment and appropriate documentation is completed.

• To use effective professional interpersonal skills when discussing assessment and intervention with patients and carers with different levels of comprehension.
• To refer individuals on to other professionals and agencies as appropriate to their need (e.g. Social Services) To act as an advocate for patients and provide support and advice to their family and carers as appropriate. To liaise closely with other professionals involved in patient care across Doncaster and surrounding areas regarding clinical issues.
• To follow all Trust policies and protocols. To work with direct supervision and take responsibility for managing own time and caseload and prioritising work within it.
• To deliver clinical work within a variety of settings e.g. patient’s home, clinics and community settings and abide by rules and regulations pertinent to those settings.

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 Alex Blackwell; 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.