Occupational Therapist - NHS
Working in a team and in partnership with the wider MDT you will provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers to: Promote independence/self-management, increased functional ability and maintaining safety Improve health and wellbeing including mental health To provide disease/condition specific interventions Prevent and reduce health inequalities Support with admission avoidance and early supported discharge Provide palliative and end of life care Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
Putting people at the heart of what we do, empowering people to improve Care and wellbeing, delivering better health, better care in partnership. Be a Specialist Occupational Therapist and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in Community Occupational therapy.Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust in the community setting Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems. Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management. Please see attached the full Job Description and Person Specification for more details of the role.