Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Callington Road Hospital, Bristol

Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact

• Accountable for designated caseload, working within an evidenced based occupational therapytreatment plan and care programme approach under the guidance of the supervisingoccupational therapist.

• Undertakes occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skilldeficits.
• Assesses and manages risk effectively in clinical and community settings including the serviceusers own home
• Works with service users and carers to identify Occupational Therapy goals as part of the overall Multidisciplinary Team plan.
• Develops and implements individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with theservice user(s) and MDT to achieve therapeutic goals.
• Uses technical and creative skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities andencourages them in a compassionate manner, to support them in achieving their identifiedgoals.
• Monitors and evaluates occupational therapy treatment in order to measure progress andmodifies treatment plans to ensure effectiveness of clinical interventions.
• Provides reports on service user progress at clinical meetings and participates in the clinicaldecision-making process regarding service user care programmes as part of themultidisciplinary team.
• Provides advice, education and training to service users, carers and other healthcare staffinvolved in service users care.
• Undertakes health promotion activities.
• Assesses service users for and fits adapted equipment in the home, as appropriate.
• Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of service user harm, abuse or neglect,including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps toprotect the service user.

• Demonstrates safe moving and handling of service users, using equipment as required.
• Demonstrates safe physical interventions in the management of violence and aggression as required.

• Responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive service user records using RIO or otherelectronic systems approved by the Trust and in accordance with the Trust and professional recordkeeping standards.

• Provides training to occupational therapy assistants and students, monitoring and evaluatinglearning outcomes, providing feedback and assessing competencies to facilitate learning in practice.
• Identifies and meets the training needs of carers, volunteers, healthcare staff from otherprofessions and outside agencies regarding occupational performance of service users.
• Provides clinical supervision to occupational therapy assistants.