Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job overview

A unique opportunity for an Occupational Therapy Assistant who wants to gain more experience and work in the community with service users in crisis.

This Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant post will enable a person to move on to the apprenticeship scheme, gain skills working with this client group. In-house training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

Your will work under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Occupational Therapist and in the MDT.

You will be working autonomously and supporting patients in the ward environment

You will be able to develop and deliver interventions that can make a real difference to people's life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ROLE SUMMARY

The post holder will assist in the overall delivery of care, treatment and therapeutic activity as determined by the lead practitioner/OT; ensuring prescribed treatment is carried out according to the agreed treatment plan and in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will provide an intensive level of support to patients admitted to the Woodlea Clinic. They will be responsible for the delivering therapeutic sessions under supervision, and on their own initiative, delivering treatment plans to service users within a wide range of settings.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work in collaboration with the service user, their support network and the MDT to manage their mental health and related risks
• To work with the service user to achieve their identified goals.
• To work both individually or on a group basis with service users as indicated
• To communicate with a range of people including service users, colleagues and other healthcare professionals on a range of complex and sensitive matters, using the appropriate and relevant methods of communication i.e. verbal, written and IT.
• To observe patients behaviour, verbal and non-verbal communication and act on and report on complex risks and record as necessary.
• To ensure that service user confidentiality is kept at all times and that all records and communications are kept in line with Trust policy.
• To be familiar with patients risk assessment, plan and develop interventions reflecting it.
• To ensure that all relevant information required is recorded accurately in the appropriate record system and that all records are completed in line with the organisation’s record management procedures.
• Act when necessary in the service users best interest when this may not be their expressed wish
• To liaise with outside agencies, family, carers, community agencies etc
• To effectively deal with any adverse situation.
• To work effectively with multi-disciplinary team.
• To use evidence based interventions and approaches