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TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CV TO [email protected] OR CALL ON 0333 006 2170

Job title: Senior Occupational Therapist

Location: Plans4Rehab, Barclay House, 165 Barclay Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 0JE

Rate Of Pay: £45,000 to £50,000 per year

Shift Patterns: Days, 40 hours per week

Information about the Role:
As an Occupational Therapist at Barclay House your duties will include the following:

• Composing and articulating occupational therapy reports based on assessment and treatment.
• Responsible for the clinical Occupational Therapy provision for patients.
• To oversee the activity needs of the patients in and beyond care, ensuring that support is offered to care workers and activity staff to ensure adequate activity provision for patients.
• To undertake occupational therapy assessments and treatment.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records in line with company and professional standards and provide activity/audit reports as required.
• To support the organisation, delivery, and monitoring of the service.
• Carry continuing responsibility for the coordination and assessment of patients' occupational therapy needs, along with the planning, implementation, and evaluation of therapy.
• Assess and provide equipment to aid rehabilitation and improve quality of life, ensuring that appropriate instruction, training and safety awareness is given where needed.
• Promote maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to needs

Information about the Service:
Barclay House is a specialist neuro rehab unit, providing adult person-centred services that span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex neuro rehab and disability and their families.

Barclay House provides a safe and therapeutic environment in which a dedicated team will support service users on their Brain Injury Rehabilitation journey.

We provide services for people who are in need of:

• Acute services
• Assessment and Treatment under the Mental Health Act
• The management of violence and aggression
• Support and risk management during periods of suicide and/or self-harm behaviour
• Assessment and treatment following transfer from other services such as prisons, police custody, community services and other Acute services.

We have designed our care programmes to assist in the prompt reduction of acute symptoms with an emphasis on the individual’s health and well-being and can further offer environments within our services that operate within a successful rehabilitation framework.

Necessary Experience or Qualifications:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the appropriate professional body (HCPC)
• Someone who has a real passion for caring and helping people.
• At least 6 months experience of working as an Occupational Therapist.
• Ability to work on shift/rota pattern.
• Have the right to work in the UK

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