Occupational Therapist job at South Croydon Full Time

Make A Difference Everyday

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to join our team!

This will be a dual role with Southleigh Community Hospital and also Battersea Bridge Hospital.

We support each service user’s journey and ensure that it is underpinned by personalised care plans that incorporate evidence-based psychological interventions, robust risk assessment, occupational therapy, and social inclusion measures.

Key Results Areas

• Inform all Patients of their right to access their treatment plan, and to actively encourage them to read and evaluate their treatment plan.
• Demonstrate effective leadership, providing appropriate advice and guidance to members of the team.
• Undertake thorough assessments of care needs which lead to the development of detailed and relevant care plans, positively encourage patient involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
• On a planned basis, uses appropriate evaluation techniques to assess the effectiveness of packages of care, which have been offered.
• Ensure that the development and maintenance of an effective system for assessing, managing and minimising levels of clinical risk.
• To work as an integrated member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and facilitate effective team working in providing excellent care to Patients.
• To ensure the effective implementation of the care programme approach, ensuring relevant and up to date communication between all those involved in supporting individual Patients.
• To be involved in planning, providing, evaluating therapeutic groups and activity programmes as appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Ensure clinical and professional development needs are met by the PDP process.
• To take an active role in the development and implementation of audit and evidence based practice within a clinical setting.
• Take responsibility to maintain professional registration by meeting COT and HPC standards and support adherence to these within clinical settings.
• To ensure that treatment areas and equipment used for Occupational Therapy interventions are safely maintained and are in good order and condition.
• To work in an autonomous way with Occupational Therapy specific interventions based on clinical reasoning.
• To take the clinical lead for promoting occupation within the ward environment and support the team in enabling the environment to be occupationally focussed.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• HCPC Registration
• BHSC (OT) /Dip COT.
• Two years post graduate mental health work experience.
• To demonstrate and apply a highly skilled level of clinical and professional supervision. (Utilising a variety of techniques underpinned by a variety of models and experience).
• To have completed all education required of a Professional Lead OT.

Why Join Us?

• Access to mandatory training with opportunities for further professional development and career growth
• Auto enrolment Pension
• Career development opportunities
• Eligibility for blue light card