The post holder will undertake comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments of patients by using both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify deficits in the patients occupational performance. The timing of the assessment will be driven by clinical need and with an awareness of targets. The postholder will decide the best setting for assessment.
Through analysis and synthesis of findings develop individual goal and task orientated treatment plans in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues. This will include the application of skills to assess motor, sensory and cognitive function and will consider National standards for Treatment, Trust priorities and Occupational Therapy Department priorities.
To assess, prescribe and arrange provision and installation of specialised equipment and adaptations including wheelchairs and pressure relieving equipment.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
Ensure patient reviews demonstrate clinical reasoning and problem solving techniques to determine agreed discharge outcomes across health and social care.
To undertake risk assessments to determine appropriate management, specifically related to moving and handling, safe use of equipment, pre-discharge access assessments and home visits. To ensure the safety of self and others during all occupational therapy interventions in hospital, patients home and other appropriate environments.
The post holder will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work. They will ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients in their care and ensure junior Occupational Therapy staff, Assistants and Technicians provide the same high level of care.
The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of patients referred to the Occupational Therapy Service and they will be required to work flexibly across wards, to take a key role on the ward in discharge planning, this will involve making recommendations about timing of discharge, discharge destinations, advising the patient/family/team about safety/risk issues and identifying needs prior to and post discharge from hospital. As part of this process, the post holder will make recommendations and implement an action plan to facilitate an appropriate discharge, taking positive risks when required. The post requires specialist knowledge supported by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
The post holder will be expected to advocate for the needs of the patients under their care. This may include assessment of mental capacity in relation to safety at home which could conclude that the patient is not safe to return to their home, or alternatively that the person does not meet the needs for a bedded facility.
The post holder will be expected to advise patients, relatives and carers of how to manage their condition, which could involve helping them to come to terms with an ongoing deterioration in their functional abilities and independence, lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patients home environment.
The post requires highly developed physical skills, mental effort and concentration to therapeutically handle patients.
The post holder will use moving and handling equipment, specialist therapeutic equipment such as wheelchairs, hoists and plinths, as part of treatment programmes on a daily basis. The post holder will be responsible for completing their own documentation relating to equipment use and issue and must ensure other team members are aware of and comply with procedures related to equipment prescription.
The post holder may be alone during home assessments in unpredictable environments where there may be an element of risk. This may include working in unclean surroundings and coming into contact with dirt, fleas and lice.
To be an active member of the weekend rota, which currently provides an Occupational Therapy Service Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. During this period the post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner without direct support of Occupational Therapy colleagues and will assess and treatment patients from a wide range of specialities.
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Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Ageing Well in Taunton employer: Tal
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