Job overview
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has 300+ therapy staff from occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. Each service has a head of profession accountable to the chief of therapies who represents therapies across the trust. We focus on equitable provision and shared decision making with our patients.
We value continuing professional development and promote access to internal and external learning opportunities, including the on-site training facilities and medical school library. This ensures all staff develop skills and knowledge to reach their full potential. We have very supportive teams across all of our services who will help you to learn and develop in this role.
Working as a band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill site, in the Medical Team offers excellent opportunities to develop yourself and learn clinical hospital skills. The successful candidate will support therapists providing acute rehabilitation and supporting complex discharge planning for patients by undertaking delegated interventions with patients and administrative duties to support the functioning of the department
Main duties of the job
You will assist the occupational therapists with various tasks to support rehabilitation and discharge planning. You will also complete administrative and clerical tasks to assist with the smooth running of the service, meet legal requirements and support timely discharges.
You need to have good communication skills, both verbally to work with colleagues and patients but also good written communication to write up sessions. You also need to have good computer literacy.
You will need to manage your own time and be flexible. You will also need to engage in training for this post and application including the ability to assist in manual handling of patients.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate evidence of previously supporting people with healthcare needs and some knowledge of occupational therapy.
The post holder requires a flexible approach to working and must be able to undertake weekend commitments as part of a 7-day working rota.
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.