Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you looking to develop your Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation skills across specialist community rehabilitation settings? This exciting rotational post is based within the inner London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham. The role offers excellent opportunities to work within specialist multi-disciplinary teams delivering high quality evidence - based rehabilitation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our established band 6 rotation across the following specialist settings:  Community Neuro Rehabilitation, Children and young people, Learning Disabilities and Bedded rehabilitation.

You will have an opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy practice and deliver evidence -based rehabilitation in a variety of settings including; client’s own homes, clinics, community facilities and an inpatient rehabilitation unit.

All the rotations are supported by senior clinicians who are passionate about training and developing band 5 and 6 colleagues.  All post holders have regular supervision, in-service training, quarterly professional practice workshops and yearly appraisal as well as help to attend external courses.  All rotations have a strong MDT focus and give candidates the opportunity to work alongside Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Nurses, Doctors, Consultants, Speech and Language Therapists and Psychologists.

Main duties of the job

To provide an Occupational Therapy service of the highest possible standard for clients referred to the service by:

• Carrying out assessments to establish clients physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning and to determine their level of function and suitability for admission to programmes for rehabilitation.
• Agreeing goal orientated programmes in conjunction with the client, his/her family and other professionals involved and planning and implementing appropriate intervention.
• Demonstrating skills in the management of conflict with clients who are having difficulty understanding and accepting diagnoses and long term conditions
• Regularly monitoring and reviewing client progress

Come join us and be part of a rotation and Trust that prides itself on delivering high quality care and creating a positive, friendly working environment with a focus on personal and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.