Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist – Postural Practitioner

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

Location: Doncaster

Contract Type: Locum Ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25 – £30 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

Main Duties:

• To assess, prescribe and provide a range of manual and powered wheelchairs, specialist seating, cushions and accessories. and suggest modifications to equipment to suit individual need.
• To provide a high standard of clinical work as part of the service to patients with a variety of long and short term conditions.
• To prescribe manual or powered wheelchairs, specialist modifications, postural supports and/or other associated equipment within the budgetary constraints issued by the Wheelchair and Special Seating Services as appropriate.
• To provide a specialist response in complex and highly complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, evidencing high-level problem solving and reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
• To provide a high standard of clinical work as part of the service to patients with a variety of long and short term conditions.
• To prescribe manual or powered wheelchairs, specialist modifications, postural supports and/or other associated equipment within the budgetary constraints issued by the Wheelchair and Special Seating Services as appropriate.
• Provide a specialist response in complex and highly complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, evidencing high-level problem solving and reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
• To deliver clinical work within a variety of settings e.g. clinic, specialist schools, ward based, patient’s home, community settings and abide by rules and regulations pertinent to those settings.
• To run and be responsible for Specialist Seating Clinics with the assistance of the contracted orthotics company employee and senior wheelchair services technician.
• To use effective professional interpersonal skills when discussing interventions with patients and carers with different levels of comprehension. Service Manager Clinical Lead Senior therapist.
• To give advice to wheelchair users, carers, professionals and seek information from manufacturers, in order to meet an individual client need. To assess the client’s home situation in relation to access and use of wheelchairs, and to liaise directly with the Community Occupational Therapists at Social Services in this regard: to send written referrals asking for appropriate adaptations to property where this is required or is possible.
• To provide training to clients and carers in the use of different types of wheelchair, particularly where this requires integration with an activity/activities of daily living.
• To provide a Specialist Pressure Mapping Service and make the results available to other professionals. To keep accurate clinical records, type reports and letters, and update and view the patient information on databases. To source and complete manufacturers’ prescription forms to meet the clients’ needs using the appropriate website. To abide by Trust and departmental policies and protocols.

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist:

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

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist 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 Therapist/Physiotherapist as well 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/Physiotherapy 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.