Job Purpose
3 x shifts a week – Thursday / Friday will be prioritised. 08:00-16:00 – start and finish time can be flexible as long as core therapy hours are covered.
• To work as an active member of the Potters Bar inpatient team, specialising in the treatment and management of patients with multiple conditions. To support the OT Lead in developing the service to ensure integrated working with partnership organisations.
• To provide highly specialised assessment and treatment for patients with a variety of conditions, offering expert advice, guidance, and information to health and social care professionals, carers, relatives, and other non-professionals.
• To serve as a specialised resource for other Occupational Therapy staff and healthcare professionals across Hertfordshire.
• To provide clinical supervision and competency development for Band 6 OT and rehab assistants, ensuring they have an up-to-date Professional Development plan annually through the Continuing Professional Development structure.
• To oversee Occupational Therapy student clinical placements, providing training, supervision, and teaching as required.
• To participate in the recruitment and selection process alongside other senior staff.
• To be responsible for the non-clinical induction of assistants and staff as required.
Our Services
We provide community health services to over two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire. Our professionals deliver high-quality healthcare in people’s homes and local clinics, helping them to:
* Stay well
* Manage their own health with the right support
* Avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital
We support patients at every life stage, offering health visiting for newborns, community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care for end-of-life patients.
Our Vision and Mission
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence.
Additional Responsibilities
• To provide comprehensive, highly specialised assessments of clients to establish abilities, limitations, and needs regarding physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological, and social functioning.
• To set client-centred goals and use outcome measures in collaboration with clients, families, and multidisciplinary teams, providing appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions and treatment programs.
• To establish clinical priorities, determine needs, and initiate specialist treatment plans for OT referrals using evidence-based practice and complex judgment.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
• To set standards of good practice and evaluate therapy methods and effectiveness, ensuring evidence-based practice and outcome measures are used.
• To assess for and prescribe specialist assistive equipment to help clients maintain independence, including assessment and provision of equipment, custom wheelchairs, and seating devices.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025.
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