Senior Occupational Therapist
- West London
- £46,419-55,046 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation for a designated caseload to establish clients' physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.
- To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, to ensure improved compliance, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
- To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
- To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
- To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
- To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your own work and current practice through the use of projects, audit or outcome measures, whether individually or with the support of senior staff.
- Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy.
- State registration with the Health Care Professions Council.
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
- Able to demonstrate specialist learning from band 5 rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
- Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
- Membership of RCOT special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Clinical Educators Course
- Recent experience in relevant occupational therapy specialities and clinical settings
- Experience of working as part of an occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team
- To have participated in service development projects.
- Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants.
- Experience of supervision of students/ therapy support workers, with development of basic supervision skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
- Previous experience in the NHS or social care as a qualified occupational therapist
- Previous experience of prescribing wheelchairs and seating and other specialist equipment
- Experience with splinting
- Previous Band 6 experience in relevant post
- Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
- Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Able to carry out therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
- Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
- Competent IT skills.
- Good presentation skills
- Remain updated with professional practice and new research
- To make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
- Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
- Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills
- Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy.
- State registration with the Health Care Professions Council.
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
- Able to demonstrate specialist learning from band 5 rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
- Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
- Membership of RCOT special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Clinical Educators Course
- Recent experience in relevant occupational therapy specialities and clinical settings
- Experience of working as part of an occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team
- To have participated in service development projects.
- Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants.
- Experience of supervision of students/ therapy support workers, with development of basic supervision skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
- Previous experience in the NHS or social care as a qualified occupational therapist
- Previous experience of prescribing wheelchairs and seating and other specialist equipment
- Experience with splinting
- Previous Band 6 experience in relevant post
- Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
- Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Able to carry out therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
- Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
- Competent IT skills.
- Good presentation skills
- Remain updated with professional practice and new research
- To make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
- Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
- Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills