Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner Ortho/Surgical - Amputees
- Slough, Berkshire
- £28,860-31,671 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- passionate about top class patient care with a belief that everyday matters,
- ready for a new challenge,
- driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,
- committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
- to learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,
- grow your knowledge about equipment provision and your clinical skills,
- work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience,
- develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders
- a great opportunity to mix patient facing assessment skills and equipment provision,
- excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support, supervision, and appraisal from senior colleagues,
- generous training opportunities
- a great enthusiastic friendly team to work along side
- Assessment of trauma and elective patients who have been referred Occupational Therapy
- Taking equipment out to patients' homes and fitting items (training will be given)
- Setting up / providing follow up visits for prescribed equipment,
- maintenance of stock,
- Liaison with outside agencies and patients' families,
- Teaching patients and their families how to use and fit the equipment
- Undertaking falls assessments
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage day.
- Logical, ability to problem solve
- IT skills
- Ability to conduct and respond to risk assessments
- working knowledge of equipment / minor adaptations
- Basic understanding of the patient condition and its impact on the therapy intervention.
- Negotiation skills, able to overcome barriers to exercise.
- Score GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- Knowledge of anatomy/physiology/ clinical knowledge of specialty
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Foundation Degree or equivalent in related field / or willingness to work towards
- Experience as Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant within an NHS setting
- Experience of working directly with patients
- Leading and delivering exercise programmes in hospital setting
- Working within a team
- Evaluating outcomes of equipment use
- Knowledge of therapy interventions acquired through training or experience within a healthcare setting
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to work to a 7 day pattern
- To be able to travel to and from pts properties, to provide equipment
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage day.
- Logical, ability to problem solve
- IT skills
- Ability to conduct and respond to risk assessments
- working knowledge of equipment / minor adaptations
- Basic understanding of the patient condition and its impact on the therapy intervention.
- Negotiation skills, able to overcome barriers to exercise.
- Score GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- Knowledge of anatomy/physiology/ clinical knowledge of specialty
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Foundation Degree or equivalent in related field / or willingness to work towards
- Experience as Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant within an NHS setting
- Experience of working directly with patients
- Leading and delivering exercise programmes in hospital setting
- Working within a team
- Evaluating outcomes of equipment use
- Knowledge of therapy interventions acquired through training or experience within a healthcare setting
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to work to a 7 day pattern
- To be able to travel to and from pts properties, to provide equipment