Job Description The role of a UCRT Senior Occupational Therapist is to carry out rapid response functional assessments and interventions to support patients to remain safe and independent in their own home and support recovery. The post holders will need to have a high degree of professional autonomy and be able to make critical/clinical judgements using expert knowledge, skills and experience in order to provide a gold standard of holistic care including complex case management. The post holder will work autonomously and in collaboration with other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to deliver excellent standards of patient care for patients requiring support in planned and unplanned care. Clinical Responsibilities Undertake comprehensive, holistic assessments of individuals, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical & clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a treatment plan.
Undertake functional assessments for patients, by using investigative and analytical skills for those with acute/complex/rehabilitation or palliative care needs Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector, to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately. Communicate effectively with individuals and their carers to maximise potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process. Empower/enable patients and carers to maximise potential for self-care. Required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the individuals cooperation in their treatment plan.
Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs. Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis. Where safe care is not able to be sustained to liaise with the wider community services and care coordination centre to plan and implement appropriate action Certificates of SponsorshipAlthough we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.