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Bank B6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist ONW – Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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Job details
Job Purpose: 18.7 hours a week / No weekends
Responsibilities
* Be an active member of the Brent Falls Prevention Service.
* Provide comprehensive multi-factorial falls assessment, treatment and evidence-based programme of rehabilitation to all clients who have fallen as part of an inter-disciplinary service.
* Hold a clinical caseload delivering client-centred, evidence-based occupational therapy interventions.
* Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines; promote best practice and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload and maintaining professional documentation.
* Build and maintain key relationships with referring services across CLCH, including the Falls and Bone Health Services, Frailty Clinic at Northwick Park Hospital, Intermediate Care Teams, GPs, District Nurses, A&E, Ambulance Services and other community service providers to facilitate referrals and understanding of the OT role in the Falls Intervention Service.
* Understand the rationale behind multi-factorial falls prevention programmes and the evidence base supporting their delivery.
* Undertake specialist uni-professional and multi-professional detailed multi-factorial falls assessments for clients with a variety of falls risk factors and complex multi-pathologies (e.g., neurological, musculoskeletal, age-related conditions, osteoporosis, learning disabilities, mental health diagnoses).
* Maintain working knowledge of up-to-date practices (e.g., FRAX assessment, environmental and home safety assessment, NICE guidelines, OT practice guidelines, Falls Prevention Guidelines, AGS & BGS falls guidelines).
* Be proficient in the assessment of clients with a wide range of pathologies and develop and implement treatment plans; use evidence-based outcome measures in line with The College of Occupational Therapists guidelines.
* Lead community evidence-based strength and balance groups and deliver educational talks around falls prevention and risk management; responsible for follow-up after group completion.
Organisation and context
We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire. Our professionals deliver high-quality healthcare in people’s homes and local clinics, supporting patients to stay well, manage their health with the right support, and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home. Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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