Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS Jobs Banbury
Main Duties and responsibilities Communication To be able to communicate your recommendations and clinical reasoning in a timely and concise manner. To consistently deploy excellent communication and engagement skills enabling effective working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team.
To effectively communicate with patients and their carers/family members, including the sensitive management of complex issues. To overcome barriers to effective communication, such as those caused by pathological impairment or language differences, by deploying effective mitigating strategies.
To engage and build relationships with external agencies and providers to enhance patient care, continuity and outcomes. To be able to motivate and positively influence others through effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Be able to write complex reports accurately describing patients clinical status and management.
Clinical Responsibilities To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice. To carry out comprehensive assessments for individuals attending the Emergency Department and on inpatient wards.
This will include using frailty and risk assessment tools. To formulate and deliver comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation and discharge plans, based on clinical skills and evidence-based practice. To evaluate patient progress on inpatient wards against agreed treatment goals and be able to modify plans accordingly.
To determine a patients mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent and are deprived of their liberty. To maintain accurate written records using an electronic patient record system and maintain fidelity to professional standards.
To determine and mitigate for risk of patient and staff harm using the agreed risk assessment frameworks and the Trusts manual handling policy. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling.
To represent Occupational Therapy and/or individual patients at multi disciplinary team meetings, to ensure delivery of co-ordinated care. To contribute to the provision of a seven-day service. Leadership and management To be responsible for the competent use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment and support others in the effective and safe use of this equipment.
To assist in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior staff and assistants. To undertake delegated tasks and roles from the team lead and be able to deputise for them on occasions. To effectively plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and be able to adjust plans as required according to staffing levels and unpredictable factors.
To assist in the planning of junior staff, students and assistant timetables and deputise for senior staff in organisational duties. Education and training. To organise and contribute to the teams training and education programme. To contribute to the education of multidisciplinary groups, patients, families and carers as appropriate.
To be responsible for individual undergraduate student supervision and practice-based learning. To adopt a proactive approach in learning from others within, and outside of the physiotherapy profession. To be responsible for continuing professional development and maintain a portfolio record to evidence this.
To maintain contemporary knowledge to apply and maintain best practice in acute and general medicine and rehabilitation. To actively participate in the departments quality improvement and clinical audit programme through the completion of authorised projects To implement and maintain evidenced-based practice through continuing professional development.
To effectively communicate with patients and their carers/family members, including the sensitive management of complex issues. To overcome barriers to effective communication, such as those caused by pathological impairment or language differences, by deploying effective mitigating strategies.
To engage and build relationships with external agencies and providers to enhance patient care, continuity and outcomes. To be able to motivate and positively influence others through effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Be able to write complex reports accurately describing patients clinical status and management.
Clinical Responsibilities To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice. To carry out comprehensive assessments for individuals attending the Emergency Department and on inpatient wards.
This will include using frailty and risk assessment tools. To formulate and deliver comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation and discharge plans, based on clinical skills and evidence-based practice. To evaluate patient progress on inpatient wards against agreed treatment goals and be able to modify plans accordingly.
To determine a patients mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent and are deprived of their liberty. To maintain accurate written records using an electronic patient record system and maintain fidelity to professional standards.
To determine and mitigate for risk of patient and staff harm using the agreed risk assessment frameworks and the Trusts manual handling policy. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling.
To represent Occupational Therapy and/or individual patients at multi disciplinary team meetings, to ensure delivery of co-ordinated care. To contribute to the provision of a seven-day service. Leadership and management To be responsible for the competent use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment and support others in the effective and safe use of this equipment.
To assist in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior staff and assistants. To undertake delegated tasks and roles from the team lead and be able to deputise for them on occasions. To effectively plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and be able to adjust plans as required according to staffing levels and unpredictable factors.
To assist in the planning of junior staff, students and assistant timetables and deputise for senior staff in organisational duties. Education and training. To organise and contribute to the teams training and education programme. To contribute to the education of multidisciplinary groups, patients, families and carers as appropriate.
To be responsible for individual undergraduate student supervision and practice-based learning. To adopt a proactive approach in learning from others within, and outside of the physiotherapy profession. To be responsible for continuing professional development and maintain a portfolio record to evidence this.
To maintain contemporary knowledge to apply and maintain best practice in acute and general medicine and rehabilitation. To actively participate in the departments quality improvement and clinical audit programme through the completion of authorised projects To implement and maintain evidenced-based practice through continuing professional development.
To ensure good working knowledge and application of national and local clinical standards.
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