Occupational Therapist

Location: Residential Units in 4 locations in SE London
Department: Therapy Team
Responsible to: Therapy Manager/Lead OT
Salary Scale: NHS Band 6 Equiv. dependant on experience
Hours: 32

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to engage with the service-user client base - predominantly
adult residents (aged 18 to 65) with Acquired Brain Injury and / or a history of
substance misuse by working alongside service users, members of the Therapy Team
including Rehab Coaches (NRC), and other staff at High View Care

Main Duties & Responsibilities to:

▪ To assess complex patients with a range of diagnoses, identifying, developing
and implementing appropriate specialist rehabilitation programmes based on
clear clinical reasoning, based on highly specialist knowledge and experience
of a range of procedures and conditions underpinned by sound theory and
evidence-based practice.
▪ To be skilled at assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating
to the patient’s condition which will impact on their ability to carry out their
activities of daily living and assigned to a rehabilitation pathway, being
responsible for leading and governing all aspects of the clients care depending
on the pathway you have allocated them to
▪ To support the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in the interpretation of assessment
results and recommendations based on clinical need as part of the larger
rehabilitation process.
▪ Work with internal and external therapists, stakeholders and professionals to
collaborate in order to provide the best client centred care
▪ Plan and maintain therapeutic interventions that enhance the wellbeing and/or
rehabilitation of the clients
▪ Maximise functional ability which has the desired outcome of reducing dependency
on service providers and assisting vulnerable people to optimise their
independence
▪ Contribute to initial assessment and undertake periodic assessments with service
users in order to develop and implement mutually agreed outcomes for issues
resulting from their physical/psychological impairment. This includes all admission
assessments, discharge assessments and MDT client transfer meetings
▪ Plan programmes of therapeutic/re-enablement intervention with agreed goals
and to ensure that the plan is carried through. monitoring the goals achieved
within the team and be responsible for key rehabilitation KPI’s lined to service
used rehabilitation progression, wellbeing pathways and engagement
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed