Occupational Therapy Manager

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapy Manager  to work in Westminster on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Occupational Therapy Manager job is £38,934 – £46,719 per annum.

Main Duties:

• To be responsible for and manage a caseload, ensuring casework is carried out in an appropriate and timely manner.
• To liaise and work closely with Reablement care providers, providing up to date goal plans and feedback.
• To assess for and implement timely moving and handling plans- incorporating Smarter Care Provision.
• To undertake duty OT role on a rotational basis- this includes responding to emergency visits and cover for allocated cases.
• Facilitate and assist hospital discharge back home by working in line with the discharge to assess model.
• To liaise and work on joint goals with other therapists and the wider multidisciplinary team, progressing to maximum independence
• To devise and facilitate support plan and to transfer to long term care.
• Assess and adjust the environment to suit the individual’s needs by recommending and ordering appropriate and cost-effective equipment within the home, in accordance with relevant Occupational Therapy policies and procedures.
• To demonstrate and instruct the service user and their family or carers in the correct use and maintenance of equipment provided
• To identify possible safeguarding enquiries and concerns, to work alongside safeguarding adults investigating officer
• To manage a varied case load with a range of complexity of needs, utilising supervision and guidance form senior staff. To successfully monitor, evaluate and review occupational therapy and treatment interventions within a multidisciplinary framework and to modify as necessary taking on a care management role and to manage clinical risk
• To maintain concise and accurate records of assessments, interventions and other contacts with individuals, relatives & other professionals in accordance with departmental and professional policies are recorded and maintained on IT databases within specified timeframes

Requirements of the Occupational Therapy Manager :

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Ideally have experience working in a community setting
• Experience of working with Adults with Disabilities within the community ideally within their own homes
• Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary setting
• Experience of completing Complex Movement and Handling Assessments and Care Plans

Contact:

This Occupational Therapy Manager job is advertised by Lucy Ferguson; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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 your work placement.