Rotational Occupational Therapist

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community healthcare organization as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your skills across various rehabilitation settings while working within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. You will provide high-quality, evidence-based rehabilitation services to clients, ensuring their needs are met in their own homes and community facilities. With a focus on professional development and flexible working options, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in patients' lives. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a dynamic and diverse environment where your contributions are valued.

Benefits

Flexible Working Options

Comprehensive Induction

Training and Development Opportunities

Car Lease Scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration.
• Relevant post-registration experience in NHS settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments to determine clients' functional levels and rehabilitation needs.
• Develop and implement goal-oriented intervention plans with clients and families.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Client-Centered Goal Planning

Assessment Techniques

Multi-disciplinary Team Collaboration

Rehabilitation Techniques

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy

State Registration (HCPC)

Post-qualification training relevant to clinical practice

Tools

Wheelchair Prescription Course

Sensory Integration Certificate

Job description

Do you want to make a tangible difference to people's lives, with the best of London on your doorstep?

Site: Various sites across 3 London boroughs

Town: London

Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Band 6 Occupational Therapist (Community Rehabilitation Rotation)

Are you looking to develop your Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation skills across specialist community rehabilitation settings? This exciting rotational post is based within the inner London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham. The role offers excellent opportunities to work within specialist multi-disciplinary teams delivering high quality evidence-based rehabilitation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our established band 6 rotation across the following specialist settings: Community Neuro Rehabilitation, Children and Young People, Learning Difficulties, and Bedded Rehabilitation.

We have a current vacancy within the Learning Disability Service, rotating into Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapy Service.

You will have an opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy practice and deliver evidence-based rehabilitation in a variety of settings including clients’ own homes, clinics, community facilities, and an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Each rotation is supervised by a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist with oversight and support from a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist.

Main duties of the job

To provide an Occupational Therapy service of the highest possible standard for clients referred to the service by:

• Carrying out assessments to establish clients' physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning and to determine their level of function and suitability for admission to programmes for rehabilitation.
• Agreeing goal-oriented programmes in conjunction with the client, his/her family, and other professionals involved and planning and implementing appropriate intervention.
• Demonstrating skills in the management of conflict with clients who are having difficulty understanding and accepting diagnoses and long-term conditions.
• Regularly monitoring and reviewing client progress.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up).
• Flexible working options.
• Training, support, and development in your career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
• State Registration (HCPC).
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Member of BAOT.
• Post-qualification training relevant to clinical practice.
• Course in the prescription of wheelchairs and seating.
• Clinical Supervisors/Educators Course.
• Membership of Professional Body COT.
• Sensory integration certificate.

Experience

• Relevant experience post-registration in an NHS setting.
• Post qualifying experience in three of the following areas: orthopaedics, rehabilitation, neurology, older adults, falls, and paediatrics.
• Experience in assessing and treating children or adults with physical conditions and complex multi-pathologies.
• Experience of current OT assessment and treatment techniques/models.
• Experience of home modifications including equipment provision and environmental adaptations.
• Experience of providing physical rehabilitation to clients with cognitive deficits.
• Experience of client-centred goal planning.
• Experience of working in either community, school, inpatient, or clinic setting.
• Experience in supervising staff and/or students.
• Experience of working in a team environment.
• Experience of providing education and training to carers and family members.
• Experience working with Social Services.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email, so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

• Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
• Race Equality Network
• Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust, and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.

Name: Joanna Mutsatsa

Job title: Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07767006161

Additional information:

Niall O'Gorman - 0208 753 6887