Occupational Therapist

5 Star Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

5 Star Recruitment is seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapist to lead assessments and coordinate outcomes that promote independence for adults in their own living environments.

You will monitor care plans, conduct comprehensive assessments using diverse tools, safeguard vulnerable individuals, and collaborate with partners to deliver high‑quality, person‑centred services that reflect strengths‑based practice and choice.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a complex occupational therapy caseload and be responsible for the assessment, support planning and review of complex individual needs and then initiate and co-ordinate a range of outcomes that promote independence.
• Undertake occupational therapy assessments using a range of health and social care tools, for example: Activity analysis, graded goal setting, environmental risk assessments, specialist equipment provision, risk enablement, moving and handling risk assessments, major adaptation design specifications, Mental Capacity assessments and Continuing Healthcare assessments.
• Be responsible for the identification of potential reablement and enablement opportunities and provide access to those services as required.
• Promote a strengths-based approach which embeds the ethos of promoting independence and wellbeing to ensure that people can assess and manage their own needs, risks and uncertainties within their chosen living environment and meet their identified short- and long-term occupational performance goals.
• Identify community and other natural support resources, maximising individuals assets, and capabilities by using preventative/universal services and other funding sources, in line with the Adult Social Care Strategy.
• Monitor and review ongoing service provision, ensuring all parties involved are fully coordinated, with a focus on wellbeing and outcomes, and that all alternative solutions have been considered.
• Liaise and negotiate with local providers and support networks to deliver better outcomes.
• Provide professional information, advice and support to people and their carers, staff and colleagues, by building positive relationships and partnerships.
• To undertake safeguarding investigation work in relation to people and their specific occupational therapy issues.

Job description

To be responsible for both the occupational therapy assessment of individual needs and the initiation and coordination of a range of outcomes to meet them, promoting the principles of strengths-based approach, personalisation, choice and control to ensure that people can assess and manage their own occupational performance needs, risks and uncertainties.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Maintain a complex occupational therapy caseload and be responsible for the assessment, support planning and review of complex individual needs and then initiate and co-ordinate a range of outcomes that promote independence.
• 2. Undertake occupational therapy assessments using a range of health and social care tools, for example: Activity analysis, graded goal setting, environmental risk assessments, specialist equipment provision, risk enablement, moving and handling risk assessments, major adaptation design specifications, Mental Capacity assessments and Continuing Healthcare assessments.
• 3. Be responsible for the identification of potential reablement and enablement opportunities and provide access to those services as required.
• 4. Promote a strengths-based approach which embeds the ethos of promoting independence and wellbeing to ensure that people can assess and manage their own needs, risks and uncertainties within their chosen living environment and meet their identified short- and long-term occupational performance goals.
• 5. Identify community and other natural support resources, maximising individuals assets, and capabilities by using preventative/universal services and other funding sources, in line with the Adult Social Care Strategy.
• 6. Monitor and review ongoing service provision, ensuring all parties involved are fully coordinated, with a focus on wellbeing and outcomes, and that all alternative solutions have been considered.
• 7. Liaise and negotiate with local providers and support networks to deliver better outcomes.
• 8. Provide professional information, advice and support to people and their carers, staff and colleagues, by building positive relationships and partnerships.
• 9. To undertake safeguarding investigation work in relation to people and their specific occupational therapy issues.

Key Accountabilities

• 1. Maintain professional occupational therapy standards and be accountable for own performance.
• 2. Accountable for the quality of the work undertaken.
• 3. Alert managers of issues that could affect quality, budget, or performance, including concerns arising from mentoring other staff.
• 4. Assist managers to meet specific service targets within agreed resources.
• 5. Assist team in maintaining appropriate partnership arrangements.
• 6. Maintain effective working relationships and contribute to a working environment which is safe, considerate, and supportive to all, in accordance with relevant legislation and policy.
• 7. Take reasonable care of your health, safety, and welfare and that of other persons who may be affected by the performance of your duties.