Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to undertake assessments of patients with complex presentations. Candidates should possess strong clinical reasoning skills and be able to manage their caseload effectively. The role involves supervising staff and contributing to service development. This is a unique opportunity for someone ready to face the challenges of a fast-paced environment and to work in a diverse and inclusive setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute setting is desirable.
• Capable of managing own caseload.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Occupational Therapy assessments for patients.
• Provide treatment plans and deliver interventions.
• Supervise staff and provide therapy-related advice.

Skills

Occupational Therapy assessment

Advanced clinical reasoning

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Undertake Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with often complex physical, psychological and social presentations. With advanced clinical reasoning skills provide a treatment plan and deliver appropriate interventions.

Be responsible for managing own caseload and in some cases work without direct supervision.

Supervise Band 5 rotational staff, students and support staff and provide therapy related information advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.

Undertake activities which contribute to own continuing professional development which may include, audit, evidence based learning and quality improvement projects to further own and teams clinical practice.

On occasion, lead on the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.

The vacancy is for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join a mixed rotation at Whittington Health. Previous experience of working in the acute setting is desirable and prior experience/a working knowledge of the UK healthcare system.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication, be organised and ready to face the challenge of working in a fast paced environment.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.