Occupational Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established therapy team, working with other OTs, physiotherapists, trusted assessors and rehab support workers, assessing and providing interventions to Newham residents in their own homes., To provide a specialist client centered occupational therapy service to patients

To work as an autonomous practitioner in managing a defined caseload of complex cases independently, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based/ client centred principles

To apply specialist occupational therapy knowledge and skills to the assessment of the needs of a given client group. From the assessment, to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan designed to reduce the impact of disability and ill heath

To provide supervision, teaching and appraisal for junior occupational therapists, assistants, students and other members of the multidisciplinary team

To contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy service

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.