Band 5 Occupational Therapist Amputee Rehabilitation

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist to join their Amputee Rehabilitation team. The role involves assessing and treating patients with disabilities and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care. Candidates should be HCPC registered and have relevant experience. This position offers opportunities for professional development and working in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with assessing patients with a disability.
• Demonstrated sound knowledge of clinical and evidence-based practice.
• Good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• Manage a caseload of amputee patients and communicate with community services.
• Contribute to promoting service development.

Skills

Ability to assess and treat patients with physical conditions

Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process

Ability to work and liaise with community support agencies

Education

Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Occupational Therapy Degree

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration

Evidence of relevant CPD

Job description

Band 5 Occupational Therapist Amputee Rehabilitation

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified, HCPC registered Occupational Therapist within Amputee Rehabilitation and to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality assessments and treatments for this client group.

Main duties of the job

The job role is to provide Occupational Therapy, alongside Band 7 Occupational Therapists. To participate in the inter-disciplinary assessment process, negotiated client-centred goals, rehabilitation interventions and completion of reviews and outcome measures. To be responsible for managing a caseload of amputee patients, both non-limb wearers and prosthetic users, with lower limb and upper limb amputations or limb difference. To communicate and liaise with a wide variety of community services regionally, including relevant referrals, ordering equipment and appropriate home visits.

About us

We are looking for someone to provide Occupational Therapy as part of the wider MDT, including Rehabilitation Consultant, physiotherapy, prosthetists, counselling, psychology and therapy assistants. The service is based at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Birmingham, which provides specialist amputee rehabilitation throughout the whole West Midlands Region.

Job responsibilities

You will need to have some experience of assessing disability.

You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical and evidence-based practice.

You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers colleagues and other agencies and to have excellent record keeping skills.

As part of the MDT you will be contributing to promoting service development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oGraduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Occupational Therapy Degree
• oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• oEvidence of relevant CPD
• oActive Member of clinical interest group
• oExperience with assessing patients with a disability

Skills & Knowledge:

• oAbility to assess and treat patients with physical conditions, using clinical reasoning skills
• oKnowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process
• oUnderstanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them

Personal Qualities

• oAbility to demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations
• oIndependently mobile as travel across the region is required to various work locations e.g. for meetings, home visits
• oAbility to work under pressure
• oWilling to develop new skills as required by relevant service

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.