Registered Occupational Therapist

Duties

• To independently manage a designated caseload of clients with complex needs in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
• To complete specialist assessments of clients to address their occupational performance & skill deficit using specialist standardised and non-standardised assessment tools.
• To work with clients, their carers/relatives to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan and participate in joint goal setting and rehabilitation planning with other team members.
• To plan and carry out regular goal review with the patient/family/carers to discuss progress and plan future goals.
• To plan and implement client centred individual and/or group interventions, enabling the clients in areas of self-maintenance, productivity & leisure, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To work as part of the multi / interdisciplinary team providing specialist rehabilitation.
• To conduct and develop rehabilitation groups, working with other members of the multi/interdisciplinary team.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention and to ensure a high standard of evidence based clinical and professional practice is maintained and developed and intervention progresses to a satisfactory closure.
• To provide occupational therapy intervention at The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, the patient’s home or other community setting.
• To carry out home visits in liaison with other health and social care professionals to identify equipment and care needs required for discharge as appropriate.
• To provide clinical specialist advice/support to the occupational therapy team and other team members as appropriate in Spinal Cord Injury management.
• To lead and co-ordinate case conferences and family meetings.
• To act as a key worker for designated patients.
• To recommend and/or arrange for the provision, delivery and fit of standard specialist disability equipment frequently entailing manual effort and undertaking risk assessment for safe fitting and use.
• To participate in clinical meetings which review individual patients’ progress.
• To provide help and advice to patients, their families, and other carers, teaching and demonstrating relevant treatment techniques, moving, and handling and use of equipment to optimise patient’s functional ability and independence.
• To refer clients on to other agencies as appropriate.
• To work collaboratively with the Head of Therapy to clinically supervise, mentor and develop clinical skills and competencies for junior Occupational Therapists on the team
• To work collaboratively with the Head of Therapy to continually improve professional standards and scope of OT service provision within the hospital
• We are a small hospital and therefore expect the whole hospital to work as a team to ensure we always provide outstanding service level, this may require you helping out in other departments on occasion when asked.
• To work within the agreed framework of this job description, your Code of Professional Conduct and CQC and other regulatory frameworks, including those relating to Patient records, risk assessment and appropriate management of risks.
• To ensure knowledge and skills are kept up to date by attending additional training as identified during supervision, appraisal and development sessions, and to ensure these are reflected in practice during your working shift.
• To ensure the values, policies and ethos of the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital are upheld in all dealings to ensure high standards of care and the good reputation of the Hospital are maintained. 
• To ensure all mandatory training is kept up to date as defined by the Hospital, to attend supervision sessions and to undertake an annual appraisal, including completion and renewal of clinical competencies relevant to the purpose of the role, as directed by the Hospital

This job description should be read in conjunction with your contract of employment as it outlines the scope and main responsibilities of the post holder. No job description can give a complete account of all the responsibilities required and therefore the post holder may be required to carry out other duties and responsibilities that are not defined but which complement the scope and purpose of the role.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly Employee Appreciation Awards
• Career development and training
• Employee Discount Scheme