Job summary
Kensington and Chelsea Rehabilitation team have an exciting opportunity to offer a permanent contract for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist.
You will be working alongside senior Physiotherapy colleagues, Occupational Therapists and rehab assistants providing home & community based rehabilitation programmes in a diverse and exciting Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. You will also be working closely with Urgent care response, Home fist and Reablement teams.
This post would be suitable for an Occupational Therapist with an interest in working in the community, who wants to consolidate their skills in the area of community rehabilitation.
Main duties of the job
This post will give the successful applicant opportunity to experience a wealth of learning and development and to work alongside a responsive dynamic team who put patient centred care at the heart of what they do. We work in an inter-disciplinary way to provide client-centred, goal focused therapy to patients in the community.
You will have an interest in working as part of a team to provide high quality, patient centred interventions. The caseload is comprised of patients with multiple complex health needs. As such, you will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of clinical skills and interests in areas such as falls and frailty, orthopaedics, general medical and surgical conditions.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
About us
The service embraces innovative and evidence based ways of delivering services and strives to provide an efficient and high quality service for all. We have excellent relationships with our local partners in primary and secondary care.You will be provided with the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills through the support of your senior colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Occupational Therapy service to clients referred to Community Independence Service, in a multi-disciplinary context, and in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the team.
- Expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, and participate in specific clinical projects as agreed and supported by Team Lead, and participate in service developments, audit and review of the service.
- To provide supervision to Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students whilst on placement in the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Occupational Therapy service to clients referred to Community Independence Service, in a multi-disciplinary context, and in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the team.
- Expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, and participate in specific clinical projects as agreed and supported by Team Lead, and participate in service developments, audit and review of the service.
- To provide supervision to Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students whilst on placement in the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification relevant to the healthcare environment
- Member of RCOT and or involvement in professional network
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience in NHS or similar healthcare economy
- Experience in independently managing a caseload of patients
- Experience of supervising junior colleagues & students
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable
- Previous community therapist experience
- Experience in a rehabilitation setting
Skills
Essential
- Develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations
- Contribute towards improving quality in own work area and encourage others to do so
- Ability to inspire & motivate clients
- Sound decision-making skills and the ability to prioritise own caseload & time management activity in the face of conflicting demands
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills
- Intermediate IT skills
Desirable
- Rehabilitation & disability management skills
- Innovative and flexible working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification relevant to the healthcare environment
- Member of RCOT and or involvement in professional network
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience in NHS or similar healthcare economy
- Experience in independently managing a caseload of patients
- Experience of supervising junior colleagues & students
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable
- Previous community therapist experience
- Experience in a rehabilitation setting
Skills
Essential
- Develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations
- Contribute towards improving quality in own work area and encourage others to do so
- Ability to inspire & motivate clients
- Sound decision-making skills and the ability to prioritise own caseload & time management activity in the face of conflicting demands
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills
- Intermediate IT skills
Desirable
- Rehabilitation & disability management skills
- Innovative and flexible working
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
