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Specialist Occupational Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 pa inc
Profession
Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
15 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Jul 2025

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to our dynamic, integrated multi- disciplinary Meadowview team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop our integrated collaborative working within our team and the directorate.  Meadowview  is a multi- professional 36 bedded unit consisting of Nurses, PT's, OT's, care coordinators, admins. and rehab assistants.   The team aims to provide rehabilitation,  holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley  or Greenwich GP.

Main duties of the job

You will work with specific OT caseloads following the care pathway providing a high standard of service user focused interventions around occupational roles. This role also provides an opportunity to carry out generic and care co-ordination roles as an agreed percentage of your casework.

In applying occupational therapy models, you will work from an evidence base and draw upon current developments in Recovery and Social Inclusion. You will need to be committed to a service user focus and be creative in finding ways to help people develop and achieve personal goals. You will also contribute to a forward-thinking group programme and lead on implementing particular groups.

You will work alongside OT and multi-disciplinary colleagues, as well as working with a range of other agencies. The Oxleas Occupational Therapy Service is committed to the continuing professional development (CPD) of its staff. A well-developed supervision structure, CPD activities, and a variety of training opportunities underpin this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients.

Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.

Conduct a thorough holistic specialist Occupational Therapy assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.

Recommend appropriate interventions to promote functional independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.

Complete individual plans of care for clients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.

Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that client’s needs are met.

Provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.

Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation, education and demonstration of equipment.

Participate in and lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.

Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients.

To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner.

Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required.