Occupational Therapist - Ipswich
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- £31,049-37,350 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- A competitive Salary of £31,049 - £37,350 DOE
- 38 Days AL (Pro Rata)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Company Pension
- Group life assurance.
- Eye voucher scheme
- Long service and staff awards
- Free parking
- To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional bringing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation but with support and supervision (which may be remote if appropriate) of a more senior OT for more complex cases. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
- To manage and prioritise a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour, with supervision from a more senior OT and regular support for more challenging service users and situations.
- To complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement and evaluate intervention, with supervision for more complex cases.
- To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.
- With the support and supervision from a more senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioral model.
- To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
- To assess for, issue and refer to outside agencies for appropriate equipment ensuring adequate training for staff, service user and family and with all risk assessments in place.
- To plan, implement and evaluate appropriate goal directed group interventions.
- To provide intervention and advice on social and lifestyle needs including referral to other agencies and services.
- To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional bringing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation but with support and supervision (which may be remote if appropriate) of a more senior OT for more complex cases. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
- To manage and prioritise a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour, with supervision from a more senior OT and regular support for more challenging service users and situations.
- To complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement and evaluate intervention, with supervision for more complex cases.
- To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.
- With the support and supervision from a more senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioral model.
- To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
- To assess for, issue and refer to outside agencies for appropriate equipment ensuring adequate training for staff, service user and family and with all risk assessments in place.
- To plan, implement and evaluate appropriate goal directed group interventions.
- To provide intervention and advice on social and lifestyle needs including referral to other agencies and services.
- ABOUT YOU:
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the HCPC
- Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year.
- Minimum of 18 months post registration experience including inpatient or community rehabilitation. Plus, a further 6 months prequalification experience working in a suitable role.
- Experience of working with service users with neurological deficits or acquired brain injury.
- Experience of specialist interventions used in neurological rehabilitation such as cognitive rehabilitation.
- ABOUT YOU:
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the HCPC
- Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year.
- Minimum of 18 months post registration experience including inpatient or community rehabilitation. Plus, a further 6 months prequalification experience working in a suitable role.
- Experience of working with service users with neurological deficits or acquired brain injury.
- Experience of specialist interventions used in neurological rehabilitation such as cognitive rehabilitation.