Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley. We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This job is a rotational post and the post holder will rotate through areas stipulated above. The jobholder will be responsible for the provision of Occupational Therapy services and will develop links with other departments to facilitate a multidisciplinary team approach. The jobholder will instruct and supervise students and junior and support staff. The post requires a flexible approach to working and requires the post holder to undertake weekend commitments as required.

Rotation Schedule:

• Older Adults – acute short stay admissions
• Stroke – Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and Stroke Rehabilitation
• Trauma Orthopaedics & Surgery
• Specialist Medicine
• Emergency services (ED)
• Palliative care and Post-acute services
• Level 1B Consortium Neurological Rehabilitation unit
• Frailty rehabilitation unit
• Acute Frailty Assessment unit
• Neurosurgery and level 2B neuro rehabilitation

Main duties of the job:

• Identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy (OT) intervention.
• Assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated multidisciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
• Competent in the administration of OT assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
• To develop and implement remedial and preventative treatment programmes addressing motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.
• Assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
• Write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing OT intervention.
• Liaise and work with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure OT service is maintained.
• Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• Communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• To identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention.
• To assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated multidisciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
• To be competent in the administration of specific Occupational Therapy assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
• To be competent in the development and implementation of remedial and preventative treatment programmes addressing motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas, both individually and in group settings.
• To work closely with patients and carers to incorporate service users views in the setting of goals, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes.
• To conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.
• To assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
• To advise carers on the safe use of equipment.
• To write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing Occupational Therapy intervention.
• To liaise and work with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• To assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure Occupational Therapy service is maintained.
• To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• To communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.

Management:

• To participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within the Occupational Therapy Service with a view to measuring efficiency and ensuring high quality standards.
• To participate in the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service development plan.
• To supervise and provide support for Occupational Therapists (Band 5), Occupational Therapy Students, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Technicians as instructed by the Head of Occupational Therapy.
• To carry out administrative duties as required e.g. assist in ordering, receiving and maintaining stock and managing petty cash.
• To be aware of and implement the Health and Safety Act, Occupational Therapy Departmental policy and Trust policies.
• To comply with the RCOT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, local and national procedures.
• To respect the individuality, values, and cultural and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

EDUCATION:

• To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
• To instruct and supervise Occupational Therapists (Band 5), Occupational Therapy Students and Occupational Therapy Assistants and Technicians according to their training and development needs, as identified through regular supervision and performance appraisal.
• To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research, apply them to practice and disseminate findings at a local level.
• To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.
• To demonstrate ongoing personal and professional development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording outcomes in a portfolio.
• To keep in touch with new developments and changing trends in Occupational Therapy and participate in wider issues of providing an Occupational Therapy service i.e. quality assurance, public relations including liaison with the community; planning and policy making.
• To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.
• To participate in and present on the in-service training programmes, multi-disciplinary trainings and external conferences.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate within the grade.

The postholder will carry out their duties as an employee and service provider with due regard for the Authority’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Person specification:

• Dip RCOT or Degree
• State Registration
• HPC Registration

• Experience of working as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist
• Worked in multidisciplinary teams

• Communicate with others in the multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrate understanding on the role of supervisor and supervisee
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the nature of illness and models of treatment and how these impact on the patient
• Demonstrate an understanding of the systems within departments for the management of patient assessment and treatment

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.