A locum Occupational Therapist post placed by Military Medical Personnel with the Ministry of Defence at the Aldershot Occupational Health Team, for eight weeks. The work covers assessing service personnel, running caseloads and plans of care, and advising the consultant, including functional capacity evaluations. The role is peripatetic and cannot be done by public transport, with possible work at other sites outside standard hours. Applicants need a driving licence and an existing right to work, as no visas are sponsored.
What the job involves
- Assess service personnel with a range of diagnoses, interpreting biopsychosocial factors that affect return to work
- Hold direct responsibility for a caseload, with accurate plans of care reflecting assessments and recommendations
- Carry out standardised and non-standardised OT assessments, including workplace adaptations, functional capacity evaluations and job demand analysis, and write specialist reports
- Assist the occupational medicine consultant with timely OH advice to key stakeholders, referencing policies and guidance
- Work autonomously and be accountable for own professional actions, supporting a peripatetic OT service
- Provide clinical advice and training on OT input in OH to the multidisciplinary team and external organisations
- Assess individuals and identify population trends using a range of assessment and intervention methods
- Apply human factors and vocational rehabilitation principles in ergonomic and workplace assessments
- Deliver complex specialist OT and OH interventions with service personnel and the CoC
- Use advanced clinical reasoning to develop intervention plans supporting return or retention to work
- Provide specialist advice, guidance and training to service personnel, the CoC and other healthcare professionals after intervention
- Work outside standard hours and at other DPHC sites where business need requires, within the travel distance set by MoD policy
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Registration & licences
- Work to HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Allied Health Professionals
- Adhere to the RCOT code of ethics and professional conduct
Checks & eligibility
- Current driving licence, as the role cannot be done by public transport
- PVG membership (Disclosure Scotland) or Access Northern Ireland certificate
- Right to work in the UK with no restriction on hours
- Satisfactory compliance requirements before placement
Other
- Current immunity certificates for Hepatitis B, rubella, measles and varicella
- Current Safeguarding Children and Young People and Safeguarding Adults certification up to Level 3
What’s offered
- Attractive rates of pay with weekly payments and a choice of payment model
- Refer a Friend bonus scheme
- Flexible long- and short-term assignments to suit availability
- Free uniforms, if required
- Free mandatory training
- Assigned experienced consultant who supports the candidate through application and assignment
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
