Occupational Therapist - Hitchin

NHS; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job description

Occupational Therapist (Equivalent to Band 6)

Location: Hitchin

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do; you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Brainkind Stagenhoe has an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join their dedicated team of healthcare professionals working in a beautiful historical building providing care and slow stream rehabilitation to people with neurological conditions. You will provide an occupational therapy service by assessing, implementing and evaluating programmes of person-centred care as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

MAIN PURPOSE:

To work as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team providing occupational therapy input within the BIRT neurobehavioral model to service users with acquired brain injury (ABI). To liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and service users.

About us

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do; you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

REWARDS:

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

• A competitive Salary of £41,554.76 - £46,147 per annum DOE
• 35 days holiday including bank holidays.
• Pension Contributions
• Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Long service and staff awards
• Free uniform
• Free Parking

Job responsibilities

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional bringing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation but with support and supervision (which may be remote if appropriate) of a more senior OT for more complex cases. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
• To manage and prioritise a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour, with supervision from a more senior OT and regular support for more challenging service users and situations.
• To complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement and evaluate intervention, with supervision for more complex cases.
• To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education and leisure.
• With the support and supervision from a more senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioral model.
• To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
• To assess for, issue and refer to outside agencies for appropriate equipment ensuring adequate training for staff, service user and family and with all risk assessments in place.
• To plan, implement and evaluate appropriate goal directed group interventions.
• To provide intervention and advice on social and lifestyle needs including referral to other agencies and services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• ABOUT YOU:
• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the HCPC
• Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year
• Minimum of 18 months post registration experience including inpatient or community rehabilitation. Plus a further 6 months prequalification experience working in a suitable role.
• Experience of working with service users with neurological deficits or acquired brain injury
• Experience of specialist interventions used in neurological rehabilitation such as cognitive rehabilitation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience £41,554.76 - £46,147 per annum DOE