Locum Occupational Therapist (Band 6)
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Jobs ID 35843
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Band Band 6
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Profession Occupational Therapist
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Role type NHS
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Profession Category Allied Healthcare
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Job Description
Locum Occupational Therapist (Band 6)
Location: South West London, Greater London
Contract: Locum – ASAP start
Hours: Full-time – Monday-Friday, 9-5
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist for Locum work as part of a Community Rehab Team, aiming to deliver specific recovery focused interventions to people with a severe and enduring mental illness, enabling individuals to maintain / develop their daily living skills and to understand and develop strategies to manage the symptoms they may be experiencing.
This will include medication management and monitoring physical wellbeing. In this setting, the OT will act to support the staff of the residential units to ensure effective risk management, the development of personal goals and skills to maximise daily living, and support for move on to further independent living.
Key Responsibilities:
– To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of disability on occupational performance and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment.
– To promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture physical health and age.
– To promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence based practice. This is underpinned by the principles of hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention.
– To independently manage a clinical caseload of service user with complex mental health needs, liaising closely with the care co-ordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
– To identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessments, including MOHO tools.
– To exercise clinical professional judgement in complex clinical cases and difficult clinical situation, referring to senior staff when necessary.
– To consider both physical and mental health needs as part