Band 6 OT Rotation: Integrated Health and Oxleas community services

JOB PURPOSE An opportunity has arisen for a senior Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy Department at the Queen Elizabeth, Woolwich. You may be an experienced band 5 or an established band 6 seeking a new challenge. Senior Occupational Therapists are more experienced clinicians who independently manage a full specialised clinical caseload. They are responsible for supervising designated members of staff within the team, including students and apprentices on placement. Our senior Occupational Therapists rotate through speciality pathways on a 9-monthly basis and work under supervision of an allocated Team Lead for the Clinical Area. Inpatient Rotations at Queen Elizabeth Hospital include: Emergency Department Acute Medical Unit Care of the Elderly Trauma Orthopaedics & Surgery Critical Care & Neuro Outliers Inpatient Rotation at University Hospital Lewisham: Stroke Rehab Community Rotations (car driver required) Include: Oxleas Older Persons Psychiatry Bromley
Stroke Rehab Bexley Rapid Response Greenwich Joint Emergency Care Clinical Governance and clinical support will be provided to rotational staff by the Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead in each specialty. In conjunction with the Team Lead, the post holder will participate in a rolling programme of education, clinical evaluation, audit and research across the speciality. The rotations associated with this post may change in response to future service demands and the postholder may be required to work at any of the sites within the Trust. 7-day working for Therapies is under development within the Trust and it is anticipated that the postholder will be required to work at weekends on a roster basis during some of the above rotations. KEY RELATIONSHIPS Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Team Lead Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Inpatient Site Lead, Heads of Therapies, Therapy Support Workers, Medical Consultants, Physiotherapists / Speech and Language Therapists /
Dietitians, All Occupational Therapy Staff Trustwide, Nursing Staff, Referring Hospitals, Social Services, Community Services, GPs, Voluntary Services, Academic Institutions, Specialists external to L&G. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical To undertake all aspects of clinical duties and to carry a significant caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex presentations To work at an advanced level and to be professionally and legally accountable for a specialised patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, and the work of staff under the postholders supervision. This will include the management of clinical risk, clinical governance, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in line with National and Trust clinical guidelines and protocols where they
exist. To assess patients capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where such capacity is lacking/absent to work within a legal framework in the management of the patient To undertake the comprehensive assessment and accurate diagnosis of patients, including those with complex presentation, using investigative, palpatory, analytical and clinical reasoning skills To undertake physical treatment techniques utilising highly developed manual skills To formulate individualised clinical management programmes, utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to plan a specialised programme of care To use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of Occupational Therapy interventions and ensure that treatment programmes are progressing appropriately. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies. To promote understanding of the aims of Occupational Therapy and to
ensure continuation of the treatment programme. To be consulted by staff under the postholders supervision To participate in and where indicated, initiate multidisciplinary/multi-agency team meetings and case conferences to ensure the co-ordination of patient care. This may include the review of patient progress and discharge planning To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with Trust guidance and professionally agreed criteria To identify and employ suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients where there may be barriers to understanding or the inability to accept diagnosis. To facilitate the best possible communication outcome in every situation and use appropriate services e.g. interpreters, SALT To ensure that individual practice and that of the local pathway team is user focused and patient views are incorporated into treatment planning To employ appropriate skills such as persuasion,
motivation and negotiation to gain co-operation in the continuation of the agreed treatment programme