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Occupational Therapy Assistant
The closing date is 25 June 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Occupational Therapy team, to support qualified staff in delivering activities of daily living interventions. This potential rotational post enables the successful candidate to gain experience in a variety of specialities across the Community Hospital sites (Nicol and Campion Wards)
The candidate will be required to assist in the provision of OT for patients following assessment by an Occupational Therapist, under their guidance and supervision. They are expected to liaise with clients, carers and external agencies regularly, therefore require excellent communication skills. They should demonstrate the ability to multi-task in a busy environment and be able to manage their workload flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
The service offers structured Personal Development Review and Supervision and actively promotes Continued Professional Development through in-service and other training. For further information regarding the post, please email kristina.gilbert@swft.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
To assist in the provision of an effective service delivery within the speciality.
To provide agreed interventions within the service speciality area under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
To follow the recognised professional standards, the agreed therapy pathway and best practice in your designated area of speciality under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Job responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
To provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy intervention and assist in maintaining service delivery.
To have knowledge of and apply the principles of the Mental Capacity Act in order to gain consent for intervention for those patients who have capacity or best interest decision for those who lack capacity to consent.
To assist with non-standardised Occupational Therapy under instruction from the Occupational Therapist.
To implement agreed patient centred individual and/or group assessments, interventions, using meaningful graded activity under the instruction of the Occupational Therapist.
To have knowledge of relevant external agencies eligibility criteria.
To have knowledge and be safe and competent in the use of all equipment for daily living, evidenced in the individual Medical Devices Log.
To have knowledge of appropriate legislation and comply with the Professional Code of Ethics, Conduct and Standards for Occupational Therapy.
Measurable Result Areas
To be responsible for the day to day preparation and tidying of designated therapy and office areas maintaining these in a professional manner.
To comply with Health and Safety guidelines, Medical Devices Policy and maintain safe environment, equipment and working practices.
To maintain verbal and non-verbal, written and electronic patient records, reports and activity data contemporaneously and reported back in appropriate forums, in accordance with professional and Trust record keeping standards under the supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
To contribute to the Key Performance Indicator targets and ensure that they are recorded for the designated speciality area in line with the Trust policies and service protocols.
To order equipment for daily living under instruction of the Occupational Therapist, in line with the policies and procedures of the Integrated Community Equipment Service within the authorised budgetary limit.
To identify stock and non-stock in line with the OT service procedures and in line with the Trust financial instructions.
To observe patients and their responses to treatment under the supervisor of line manager.
Communications and Working Relationships
To develop an effective therapeutic relationship through the use of a good range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
To contribute to and support the Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Placements.
To assist and support opportunities for teaching and training of staff, other students for example medical, nursing, work experience and other professionals.
To assist in the induction of all new Occupational Therapy staff and students.
To notify the Principal Occupational Therapist of staff absences when senior staff are not available.
To respect the equality, dignity and diversity of the individual, and be responsible for the provision of a service which is sensitive to these needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Education to GCSE level or equivalent
Experience
* Willing and able to undertake on the job training applicable to the role
* Experience working in healthcare or people centred environment
* Experience of working within a team
Skills
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Basic keyboard skills and computer literacy
* Knowledge of Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions
* Knowledge of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety legislation
* Basic understanding of Occupational Therapy
Personal Qualities
* Ability to build effective working relationships
* Ability to work as a team member
* Understanding of professional conduct
* Willingness to work flexibly to meet service needs
* Willingness to adapt to change
* Able to prioritise own workload
* Demonstrates tact and sensitivity when communicating with others
* Ability to work in an environment which can be emotional
Other
* Willingness to work in a variety of locations
* Independent means of transport
* Commitment to personal development
* Physically able to carry out the duties of the post (e.g. some moderate lifting)
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.
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