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Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 30 June 2025
To work as part of the Sutton Health and Care Reablement Unit Team service to provide an inpatient rehabilitation service for service users within South West London. Post holders will be working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team including nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, rehabilitation assistants, and administrators, as well as the voluntary sector. The post holder will be primarily based on the SHC reablement unit with some community visits in order to provide a rehabilitation over a 7 day period.
Main duties of the job
To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of a caseload of clients.
To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs.
To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population within South West London.
To promote effective teamwork within the Sutton Health and Care Reablement Unit, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the service users and service delivery.
As a therapist within Sutton Health and Care there may be the opportunity to work closely alongside and potentially rotate into other sectors of the organisation, such the rapid response hospital hub (the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit and Acute wards of St Helier Hospital), rapid response community and intermediate care (home based care).
To supervise junior colleagues and assistants
The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (please see attached job description)
Clinical
Communication / Relationship Skills
Organisation and management
Health / Safety and Security
Educational
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
* Relevant postgraduate qualifications and training.
* RCOT member
* Clinical Educators Course
Experience
* Post graduate experience covering core rotations including community, rehab, orthopaedic, medical
* Experience of supervising and conducting appraisals for junior staff
* Experience of service development and change management
* Experience of using EMIS and iClip pro clinical system.
* Appreciation of constraints to working in the community
Skills and knowledge
* Effective written and spoken communication skills
* Ability to manage time and own caseload effectively
* Evidence of training, teaching and participation of in services
* Comprehensive knowledge of equipment and manual handling
* Ability to demonstrate ongoing CPD and the use of evidence based practice
Personal Attributes
* Valid UK driving licence Access to car for work purposes
* Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share
* Demonstrates flexibility and ability to cope with change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
£42,939 to £50,697 a yearpa incl HCAS Outer pro rata
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