Community Occupational Therapy Assistant

Our integrated Adult Community Occupational Therapy Team at Your Healthcare is looking to recruit a new member ! We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable colleague to work as an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join this developing community service which provides discharge facilitation and admission prevention services to the residents of the Royal Borough of Kingston. This post is based in Cedars at Teddington Memorial Hospital.The ward provides a rehabilitation service for its 25 beds and the postholder would be part of the Multi-Disciplinary Nurse and Therapy Team there. The rehabilitation beds provide an important step up and step down function in the community pathway and the pathway provides a patient centred experience by minimising the number of patient transfers within our service. Although based at Teddington the postholder would be out-reaching into peoples homes in Kingston and supporting the integrated Occupational Therapy team operating in the Kingston community. The OT team now work covering caseloads including :

• Community In-patient beds
• Reablement / Intermediate Care
• Falls Prevention
• Secondary Care Hospital in-reach
• Long Covid
As part of the OT team the post holder would be working within a broader inter-disciplinary team and will have supervision from experienced existing OT colleagues.The post offers the potential for a wide variety of experiences, depending on skills and interests., Under the overall supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist the post holder will be expected to:
• Carry out duties delegated by the Occupational Therapist in either the ward, community outpatients or home settings, requiring rehabilitation/care provision.
• Supervise and instruct patients, their carers and groups in activities relating to their treatment / care plan / reviews.
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring the communication of information to all health and social care agencies involved, to meet the holistic needs of the patient.
• To promote patient independence, confidence and quality of life in activities of daily living, including personal care and functional skills.
  
  Welcome to Your Healthcare CIC, we are a not for profit social enterprise, proud of delivering patient-led, high quality health and social care community services for residents in the Borough of Kingston, as part of the NHS family.
Your Healthcare is located in the South West of London within the Royal Borough of Kingston. Working as a Community Interest Company (CIC), our status allows us to invest any surplus or profit back into front line services, where it is needed most by you, our community. Our organisation offers access to the NHS pension scheme, staff discounts, Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Your Healthcare proactively supports personal and professional development through an annual appraisal process, in-house and external training, induction and mentorship support.