occupational therapist Chichester, England
Job description
Main duties by factor: Communications and Relationship skills - (Factor 1) To liaise with health and social care professionals, family, carers and other related private, statutory and voluntary organisations, providing written reports, recommendations and referrals where appropriate. To communicate effectively with patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies, demonstrating developed verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate often complex concepts, managing barriers to communications such as dysphasia, learning difficulties, cognitive or sensory difficulties, other languages etc. Analytical and Judgemental skills - (Factor 3) To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to inform accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a range of clinical conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive goals and discharge plans. To use activity analysis techniques in conjunction with patient centred practice (patient choice and patient priorities), to select and grade activities in order to achieve therapeutic goals.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of interventions. Planning and Organisational skills - (Factor 4) To support and assist senior staff in the planning and delivery of the Occupational Therapy service in line with departmental development strategies. To provide support, guidance, teaching and supervision to non-qualified staff. To ensure that written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and trust standards.
To have a basic knowledge of good resource management and budgetary constraints. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
