Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies, eg. Complex social situations, end of life care, people with life chronic and acute endocrine, gastro, cardiac and respiratory conditions in addition to complex medical conditions.

The post holder will be expected to make clinical judgements which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of different treatment techniques and options, to establish physical and cognitive functional levels. These will include personal, domestic, vocational and leisure activities of daily living, assessment and provision of assistive equipment.

Carry out standardised assessments to diagnose physical and cognitive functional levels.

Formulate and deliver an individual occupational therapy treatment programme using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills e.g. activity analysis of functional skills, patient education, manual handling techniques and other alternative options. To do this taking into account the persons own goals and those of the multidisciplinary team to predict achievable outcomes and recommend the best course of intervention.

Assess a persons understanding of treatment intervention/goals, gain valid informed consent from the patient and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment, e.g. those people with cognitive difficulties.

The post holder will continually reassess and evaluate the persons progress through assessment and intervention. Treatment programmes will be altered as a result of this.

To carry out clinical risk assessments for patients on own caseload and take action to effectively manage identified risks, eg. Patients who are difficult to transfer and aggressive patients.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continual Professional Development (CPD) activities, such as external/internal training courses, literature reviews and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development and complies with the requirements for the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as an Occupational Therapist.

Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice in the areas of each rotation developing and building on core knowledge of particular conditions and patient types. The post holder will ensure awareness of and comply with the Trusts and local teams policies and procedures relating to clinical governance and that their requirements, along with nationally recognised professional standards, are incorporated within clinical practice.

To ensure continuing professional expertise and standards by conducting literature reviews and by attending and/or presenting at in-service training.

To actively take part in monthly professional clinical groups, such as peer review groups and other development activities, through administrative duties such as chair and minute taker on a rota system, presentation of patient case studies, feedback from training and discussion around relevant topics.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own work and current practices through active participation in supervision and peer review using case presentation, article reviews, evidence based practice projects with support and guidance from senior therapists.

To deliver group education/treatment sessions for service users, carers, nursing staff and others, both formally and informally, as and when required.

The post holder will keep comprehensive treatment records for all patients who have been referred for Occupational Therapy in accordance with Royal College of Occupational Therapy standards of practice and local Trust Policy. This will involve recording information in the service users paper or electronic records (medical records, nursing records or RIO depending on rotation)

To maintain patient attendance and treatment using the electronic Maxims/Rio information system and to be competent in the use of and actively access the electronic communication systems within the service and the Trust.

To participate, through verbal information and demonstration, in the clinical education of Occupational Therapy Students to graduate level. To provide support, guidance and training to support staff and to deliver the Occupational Therapy component of the training for multidisciplinary or multi agency staff. This may be in a formal or informal basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy/HCPC Registration
• Evidence of continual professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Application of the OT process
• Some knowledge of current best practice in OT
• Evidence of reflection/critical appraisal of own performance

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Use of functional assessments and activity analysis
• Good personal organisational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Parkfield Drive

Taunton

TA1 5DA

Employer's website

https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)