Occupational Therapist

Location: Residential Units in 4 locations in SE London

Department: Therapy Team

Responsible to: Therapy Manager/Lead OT

Salary Scale: NHS Band 6 Equiv. dependant on experience

Hours: 32

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to engage with the service-user client base - predominantly

adult residents (aged 18 to 65) with Acquired Brain Injury and / or a history of

substance misuse by working alongside service users, members of the Therapy Team

including Rehab Coaches (NRC), and other staff at High View Care

Main Duties & Responsibilities to:

▪ To assess complex patients with a range of diagnoses, identifying, developing

and implementing appropriate specialist rehabilitation programmes based on

clear clinical reasoning, based on highly specialist knowledge and experience

of a range of procedures and conditions underpinned by sound theory and

evidence-based practice.

▪ To be skilled at assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating

to the patient’s condition which will impact on their ability to carry out their

activities of daily living and assigned to a rehabilitation pathway, being

responsible for leading and governing all aspects of the clients care depending

on the pathway you have allocated them to

▪ To support the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in the interpretation of assessment

results and recommendations based on clinical need as part of the larger

rehabilitation process.

▪ Work with internal and external therapists, stakeholders and professionals to

collaborate in order to provide the best client centred care

▪ Plan and maintain therapeutic interventions that enhance the wellbeing and/or

rehabilitation of the clients

▪ Maximise functional ability which has the desired outcome of reducing dependency

on service providers and assisting vulnerable people to optimise their

independence

▪ Contribute to initial assessment and undertake periodic assessments with service

users in order to develop and implement mutually agreed outcomes for issues

resulting from their physical/psychological impairment. This includes all admission

assessments, discharge assessments and MDT client transfer meetings

▪ Plan programmes of therapeutic/re-enablement intervention with agreed goals

and to ensure that the plan is carried through. monitoring the goals achieved

within the team and be responsible for key rehabilitation KPI’s lined to service

used rehabilitation progression, wellbeing pathways and engagement