Locum Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join their Community Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm / 8a, - 6pm
Job Purpose
Our client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
To work within a generic or specialist rehabilitation team managing a caseload of clients providing a high quality, appropriate cost effective and efficient intensive rehabilitation service for adult patients in the borough outside of acute care empowering clients to manage their conditions effectively and maximise their potential to reach their goals of self-management, access to their environment and return to previous occupations and involvement in the community.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Care
• To deliver a safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system delegating duties as appropriate.
• To participate in the hands-on delivery of patient care.
• To work flexibly across localities and at weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met.
• To be visible and accessible to patients, relatives, and colleagues in order to work effectively within the team.
• To work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient specific programmes of care/rehabilitation, analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
• To work with multi-disciplinary teams to optimise care packages and performance ensuring appropriate and effective interagency liaison.
• To undertake more complex assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence-based practice and professional expertise. Determine appropriate care plans utilising expert treatment skills and options.
• To involve patients in goals and treatment proposals gaining valid informed consent whilst working within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity for informed consent.
• To communicate effectively with all patients, and their families/carers using an advanced range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools ensuring their understanding of the diagnosis and treatment plan which may be complex and sensitive.
• To accurately document and record all assessments within organisational and professional guidelines.
• To evaluate patient progress and alter treatment programmes as and when appropriate.
• To develop comprehensive discharge plans and work with relevant professionals to arrange ongoing care.
• To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and provide support to junior colleagues undertaking risk assessments.
• To ensure patient dignity is enhanced throughout service delivery.
• To undertake a rotation to the Integrated Locality Single Point of Contact referral desk to assess and fully triage all clinical referrals as an autonomous practitioner using own clinical expertise and clinical advice from a health and social care professionals and forward referral to the appropriate team within the locality.
• To support the audit of clinical, non-clinical care and patient/carers experience within the locality as requested taking appropriate action where necessary.
• To support the collation and monitoring of performance data as required implementing corrective action where appropriate.
• To work co-operatively with the Infection Control Team and others in promoting infection prevention and control best practice.
• To adhere to and work within the organisational Accountability Framework and Clinical/Corporate Governance.
• To implement legislation in relation to vulnerable adults, safeguarding and The Mental Capacity Act, as required.
• To be responsible for safety and cleaning of specific equipment in line with organisational policy prior to use or issue.
• To manage the health and safety implication of frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular (daily basis) e.g. bodily fluids, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice and occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like to find out more, please call 01322 282470. Alternatively, you can reach the recruitment team via e-mail at recruitment@westmeriarecruitment.co.uk
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