Senior Occupational Therapist in London

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to work within the Adult Integrated Therapy Service. The post holder will provide a specialist occupational therapy service to clients living in their own home or a residential care setting for complex cases, formulating and implementing intervention plans aimed at reducing the impact of disability and ill health. This role is Monday to Friday covering the Bromley Borough.

Main duties of the job:

• Independently manage a caseload of clients with complex needs including Moving and handling assessments.
• Provide and contribute to the development of an effective Integrated Adult Therapy Service by demonstration of clinical reasoning through assessment and management of patients referred to the service ensuring a high professional standard of care.
• Perform occupational analysis and risk evaluation leading to the formulation of intervention options which reduce the consequence of disability and optimise the service users functional ability and independence.
• Use a range of standardised and non-standardised assessment tools and techniques to identify presenting strengths and difficulties.
• Refine treatment techniques in line with the most recent evidence of clinical effectiveness by evaluating and implementing key developments and promoting discussion within the Integrated Therapy Service.
• Devise occupational therapy programmes which may be implemented and supported by other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Fulfil legal requirements and demonstrate clinical reasoning within documentation.
• Actively ensure the implementation of and adherence to issues associated with clinical governance, policies and procedures of Bromley Healthcare and the Standards of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
• Use a client-centred goal-focused approach using a range of specialist treatment interventions, and continually evaluate these in order to determine further needs.
• Offer assessment, advice and recommendations to clients, carers and/or other professionals regarding specialist Occupational Therapy equipment for the promotion of independence and safety.
• Instruct clients and their carers in the safe use of this and either arrange provision via Social Services or advise re private purchase or provision by other agencies.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential criteria: Degree in Occupational Therapy, or equivalent relevant qualification.
• Desirable criteria: Training relevant in physical rehabilitation.

Professional Registration:

• Essential criteria: HCPC Registration.
• Desirable criteria: Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Training:

• Essential criteria: Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Desirable criteria: Moving and Handling and Specialist Seating expertise.

Skills:

• Essential criteria: Knowledge of primary and secondary occupational therapy in a community setting, current driving licence, knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention relevant to client group, knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to current practice, able to work autonomously and set own priorities, understanding of clinical governance.
• Desirable criteria: Knowledge of skills used in a community setting, evidence of contributing to Audit and evaluation.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Post qualification experience in a range of clinical settings, experience of multiprofessional working, documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development, moving and handling experience.
• Desirable criteria: Appraisal of junior staff.

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. We strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination. At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include remote working, compressed hours, part-time, and job shares.

Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.