About the role
Salary: £39959.00 to £48117.00
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Occupational Therapist within the urgent care response and intermediate care service in Torbay. This opportunity allows you to undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients and carers.
Responsibility for managing an intensive actue caseload.
Triage and prioritise work according to urgency and establishing presenting risks.
Assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of community settings, which is mainly the patient's own home, but could incluse nursing homes and residential homes.
Working with a patient centred approach, taking responsibility for planning , implementing and reviewing OT interventions for patients and making autonomous decisions/recommendations regarding packages of care, equipment provision and ongoing treatment to maintain patients at home, thereby preventing hospital admission. Interventions include manual handling assessment and equipment provision, simple and complex equipment and adaptation prescription.
To carry out home assessment visits with patients from temporary places of safety, thereby contributing to the planning and facilitation of discharge to their own homes as appropriate.
Supervisory responsibility for a Band 5 post , Assistant Practitioner or support worker as required.
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
Valid state registration with Health Professions Council
Proven post-graduate experience
- Evidence of ability to make decisions under pressure and in stressful situations
- Moving and handling protocols and procedures to include provision of hoists and specialist slings
- Experience of supervision of junior staff and/or OT students
- Highly developed communication skills to include negotiation andexperience of communicating sensitive information e.g. unfavourable assessment outcome
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification