Senior Occupational Therapist / Band 6 / 37.5 hours per week
The successful post holder will be joining a team of Occupational therapists, Apprentices and Assistants covering Medical, Surgical and Respiratory wards, supporting patients, families and carers when planning for home after hospital.
Responsibilities and Expectations
* Prioritise patients who require OT to support weekend discharges.
* Provide interventions including assessing and providing equipment to enable and support on discharge.
* Provide risk assessments for care agencies for new equipment.
* Signpost and refer patients onto services to support follow up on discharge.
* Liaise with the MDT to support problem solving blocks to weekend discharges (e.g., working with transport teams and our discharge support teams).
* Provide guidance and training to patients and their families and carers to promote independence to manage at home following acute illness.
* Support team leadership roles (e.g., sickness, staffing).
* Assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
* Hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision.
* Work contracted hours over 7 days a week.
* Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* Chair team meetings, plan staffing and workloads; monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover.
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