Overview
With a commitment to multi-disciplinary working to achieve the best possible care to our patients, you'll join a dedicated integrated therapy team alongside physiotherapists, speech & language therapists, and Rehabilitation Assistants. Moreover, using your practiced knowledge of occupational therapy assessment & treatment technique, you'll provide expert advice to ensure our patients gain full understanding, cooperation, compliance, and consent.
Join MFT as an Occupational Therapist where we're proud to empower our patients to achieve their goals & enjoy life to the full. We have a vacancy in our acute Band 5 rotation based in North Manchester General, with access to community rotations in stroke, community neuro and intermediate care. Whether you favour working in the hospital or the community, it's all here for you. Come and join our rotation and gain invaluable exposure & choose the specialism for you, you'll boost your Occupational Therapy career at one of the largest NHS Trusts in England.
And, as we continually strive to improve services for our patients, families, & our teams too, you'll use the biggest digital EPR system of its kind; 'Hive' to drive a culture of exciting innovation. Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
* With a commitment to multi-disciplinary working to achieve the best possible care to our patients, you\'ll join a dedicated integrated therapy team alongside physiotherapists, speech & language therapists, and Rehabilitation Assistants.
* Using your practiced knowledge of occupational therapy assessment & treatment technique, you\'ll provide expert advice to ensure our patients gain full understanding, cooperation, compliance, and consent.
* Monitor & review occupational therapy care plans against outcome measures & adjust care plans to facilitate achievement of goals.
* Maintain accurate & comprehensive records of assessment & treatment in line with Royal College of Occupational Therapy national standards & local policy.
* Examine & assess patients, identifying their problems & needs ensuring that medical, psychological, social, environmental & cultural factors are taken in to account.
* Maintain a calm & professional approach to all duties participating in weekend rota.
* Build rapport & demonstrate compassion towards patients & carers, providing effective advice to individuals during difficult circumstances.
* Utilise examination & assessment findings to competently plan & carry out realistic programmes of treatment from a range of therapeutic options appropriate to each patient using evidence-based practice.
Qualifications
* Recognised degree in occupational therapy or equivalent & registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
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Additional context
It goes without saying, as a naturally empathetic individual with excellent communication & interpersonal skills, you\'ll build rapport & demonstrate compassion towards patients & carers, providing effective advice to individuals during difficult circumstances.
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