Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS Jobs; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester requires an occupational therapist to assess and plan care for young people under Longview, Larkwood ward, focusing on self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. The role includes complex caseload management and collaboration with education and social services.

You will carry out specialist assessments, determine intervention levels, and communicate plans with carers and multidisciplinary teams, including home visits where

Qualifications

• undertake occupational therapy assessments for all young people under care addressing occupational performance and skill deficits

Responsibilities

• undertake occupational therapy assessments for all young people who are under the care of Longview, Larkwood ward addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling them in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
• utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.
• make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.
• undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with patients and their carers.
• communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.
• undertake manual handling assessments ensuring other professionals and carers are aware of manual handling needs.
• work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower patients and facilitate optimal functional performance.
• liaise with Education services and Social Services concerning provision of equipment and home adaptations working towards discharge.
• manage a complex caseload.
• apply a variety of treatment modalities to meet the needs of patients in individual or group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention, e.g. home visits.

Job description

• 1. undertake occupational therapy assessments for all young people who are under the care of Longview, Larkwood ward addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling them in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
• 2. To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.
• 3. To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.
• 4. To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with patients and their carers.
• 5. To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.
• 6. To undertake manual handling assessments ensuring other professionals and carers are aware of manual handling needs.
• 7. To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower patients and facilitate optimal functional performance.
• 8. To liaise with Education services and Social Services concerning provision of equipment and home adaptations working towards discharge.
• 9. To manage a complex caseload.
• 10. To apply a variety of treatment modalities to meet the needs of patients in individual or group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention, e.g. home visits.

Dependant on experience- and how many years working as band 6

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust