Occupational Therapy Assistant London, England
Job description
Occupational therapy support workers work alongside the Occupational Therapist to enable the delivery of the Occupational Therapy intervention. To ensure that the service users receives intensive and practical support to reach their goals.
They can support by carrying out practical elements of the OT intervention and actively support the service-user with the established plan or goals.
The role will involve providing a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, within the local services working with multi-disciplinary team members.
You will actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.
You will work under the supervision of a senior or professional lead/head occupational therapist, to apply clinical skills in occupational therapy assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation, which include individual and group orientated approaches.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To ensure that the professional standards and ethics as set out by the West London NHS Trust are adhered to at all times.
Clinical:
- All interactions with service users should be underpinned with empathy and a clear understanding of the effects of disability in the areas of productivity, leisure and activities of daily living (ADL).
- All interactions should be sensitive and responsive to the service users’ ethnic, cultural and social background, using a range of communication and engagement skills as appropriate to the context.
- To ensure that immediate concerns regarding service users are verbally reported to the relevant professionals and documented in medical/ MDT files.
- To communicate effectively verbally, in writing or electronically with all relevant MDT members, service users, carers, voluntary and statutory agencies, being mindful of confidentiality.
- To work as an active member of the MDT understanding profession specific roles and attending relevant clinical and case planning meetings.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effective intervention.
- To facilitate clinical sessions with occupational therapists, other professionals and, other agencies.
- To undertake generic duties as needed to fulfil the role and support discharge of service users
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder on a regular basis. You may be required to work at other locations within the Trust as determined by the duties of your post. You may be required to undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
- To complete, record attendance and participation in Trust and Secondary Induction.
- To ensure that mandatory training is kept up to date.
- To understand and adhere to policies and procedures of the department, team, directorate and Trust.
- To ensure that links with statutory and voluntary agencies are maintained.
- To be a role model of professional behaviour and practice.
- To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
