Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

To provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy intervention and assist in maintaining service delivery.

To have knowledge of and apply the principles of the Mental Capacity Act in order to gain consent for intervention for those patients who have capacity or best interest decision for those who lack capacity to consent.

To assist with non-standardised Occupational Therapy under instruction from the Occupational Therapist.

To implement agreed patient centred individual and/or group assessments, interventions, using meaningful graded activity under the instruction of the Occupational Therapist.

To have knowledge of relevant external agencies eligibility criteria.

To have knowledge and be safe and competent in the use of all equipment for daily living, evidenced in the individual Medical Devices Log.

To have knowledge of appropriate legislation and comply with the Professional Code of Ethics, Conduct and Standards for Occupational Therapy.

Measurable Result Areas

To be responsible for the day to day preparation and tidying of designated therapy and office areas maintaining these in a professional manner.

To comply with Health and Safety guidelines, Medical Devices Policy and maintain safe environment, equipment and working practices.

To maintain verbal and non-verbal, written and electronic patient records, reports and activity data contemporaneously and reported back in appropriate forums, in accordance with professional and Trust record keeping standards under the supervision of the Occupational Therapist.

To contribute to the Key Performance Indicator targets and ensure that they are recorded for the designated speciality area in line with the Trust policies and service protocols.

To order equipment for daily living under instruction of the Occupational Therapist, in line with the policies and procedures of the Integrated Community Equipment Service within the authorised budgetary limit.

To identify stock and non-stock in line with the OT service procedures and in line with the Trust financial instructions.

To observe patients and their responses to treatment under the supervisor of line manager.

Communications and Working Relationships

To develop an effective therapeutic relationship through the use of a good range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

To contribute to and support the Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Placements.

To assist and support opportunities for teaching and training of staff, other students for example medical, nursing, work experience and other professionals.

To assist in the induction of all new Occupational Therapy staff and students.

To notify the Principal Occupational Therapist of staff absences when senior staff are not available.

To respect the equality, dignity and diversity of the individual, and be responsible for the provision of a service which is sensitive to these needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to GCSE level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Willing and able to undertake on the job training applicable to the role

Desirable

• Experience working in healthcare or people centred environment
• Experience of working within a team

Skills

Essential

• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Basic keyboard skills and computer literacy

Desirable

• Knowledge of Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions
• Knowledge of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety legislation
• Basic understanding of Occupational Therapy

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Ability to work as a team member
• Understanding of professional conduct
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet service needs
• Willingness to adapt to change
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Demonstrates tact and sensitivity when communicating with others
• Ability to work in an environment which can be emotional

Other

Essential

• Willingness to work in a variety of locations
• Independent means of transport
• Commitment to personal development
• Physically able to carry out the duties of the post (e.g. some moderate lifting)

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Occupational Therapy

Campion Ward - Leamington Hospital

Warwick

CV34 6SR

Employer's website

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