Band 5 Community Occupational therapist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join a specialist community rehabilitation service. You will deliver skilled OT care to patients in their own homes, based on holistic assessments and individualised care plans, contributing to seven-day service on a rota.

You will work with a friendly multi-disciplinary team across Ealing borough, supporting autonomous practice and development of clinical, supervisory, and management skills.

Qualifications

• Specialised rehabilitation assessment and treatment in the community.
• Ability to manage a caseload and prioritise needs.
• Ability to work across patients' homes and community locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised rehabilitation assessment, education, advice and treatment to adults in the community with complex needs.
• Prioritise factors in the patient's condition using clinical reasoning and current best practice.
• Set patient- and carer-centred treatment goals agreed with the patient.
• Independently screen and assess referrals from multiple sources; plan intervention.
• Manage a caseload with diverse needs, using supervision as needed.
• Work in homes, nursing homes and residential homes delivering intensive rehabilitation.
• Monitor and review OT interventions within a multidisciplinary framework and adjust as needed.
• Record and maintain patient data in IT systems per Trust policies.
• Prescribe and supervise rehabilitation assistants; counter-sign documentation.
• Contribute to service development with guidance from senior staff.
• Participate in CPD, training, audits and research.
• Maintain CPD portfolio.

Skills

Rehabilitation assessment

Clinical reasoning

Goal setting

Home visits

Team collaboration

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Are you an innovative, organised and motivated occupational therapist with a strong interest in community rehabilitation? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive environment with a focus on further learning and developing clinical skills? We have exciting opportunities for a Band 5 Occupational therapist to join our specialist multidisciplinary community rehabilitation service. Please note that our service has 2 bases and interviews will be held in person at our office in Level 10 South Ealing Hospital, London or EDTC, Southall UB1 2SH. The Ealing Short Term Rehabilitation (STR) team provides therapy-led rehabilitation to help patients improve their abilities and achieve their rehabilitation goals, through therapy led care. We focus on achieving goals and enabling people to regain independence and social integration effectively and efficiently after discharge from acute hospitals and community services in the borough. Therapists and rehabilitation assistants offer support for a period of up to six weeks, usually less if goals are achieved or care can be delivered in a different way. Our team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants. The team provide a service in a variety of community locations but mostly in the patients' own home. The post holder will contribute to the Occupational therapy provision within the STR team and will deliver skilled OT care to patients in their own home, based on a thorough holistic assessment of their clinical and personal needs and the agreement of an individualised rehabilitation care plan to the standards set by RCOT and HCPC. The post holder will participate in service-wide seven day working on a rota basis. We are a friendly team ,based across Ealing borough, we support staff to be autonomous and will support you in developing your clinical, supervisory and management skills.

• To provide specialised rehabilitation assessment, education, advice and treatment to adult patients in the community, who have complex health and social care needs.
• To prioritise factors involved in the patient's presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, prognosis and other physical, social emotional and mental health issues.
• To set goals for treatment with patients and/or their carer and ensure that care is patient centred and agreed by the patient and/or their carer.
• To independently screen and assess multi-disciplinary referrals from a variety of sources. This screening will establish priority, determine needs and initiate a plan of intervention.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of needs, utilising supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff.
• To work in a variety of community locations including patient's homes, nursing homes, and residential homes and provide intensive rehabilitation.
• To successfully monitor, evaluate and review Occupational therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary, taking a key worker role as indicated
• To ensure patient and service records are recorded and maintained on IT databases and that patient documentation is according to trust and local policies.
• To prescribe, delegate and monitor the work of rehabilitation assistants and counter sign documentation.
• To actively be involved in service development, with support and guidance from senior therapy staff.
• To participate in departmental continuous professional development, education and training, audit and research projects.
• To maintain and update a Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (CPD).