Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner - Band 4 Wyberton, England
Job description
Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner
Join one of the biggest acute hospitals trusts in the country! We have an opportunity for a Band 4 Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston to work in the Integrated Health Care of the Older Person Team. The successful applicant will undertake evidence-based and holistic Occupational Therapy interventions enabling people to gain and or maintain independence in their chosen occupational performance activities within the inpatient setting. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing compassionate and excellent care. There will also be a requirement to undertake home visits either with or without the patient present to assess the environment for new equipment essential for discharge. You will be expected to hold their own caseload of patients and see them from admission to discharge. The post holder must be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of older adults within the acute setting. The service requires the post holder to have a passion for working within the busy hospital environment and community and demonstrate compassion and understanding of the Occupational performance needs of the patient group.
To work with a degree of autonomy and as part of a team to manage a designated workload, maintaining appropriate records, within a scope of practice and accept accountability and responsibility for own actions. To accept patients within a scope of practice and carry own patient caseload. To evaluate patient’s progress and use own judgement to make amendments to the treatment programme within their scope of practice. To undertake administrative and some house-keeping duties to support the Occupational Therapy service.
You will assess people’s occupational need, taking into account their occupations, role, environment and lifestyle. We work in partnership with the person to agree priority areas for intervention which address problems with performing and managing occupations and also evaluation of progress towards goals. The focus of intervention is to promote individuals’ independence, choice, dignity and wellbeing whilst in hospital and upon their return to the community.
This post requires the appointed candidate to meet the essential requirements of the post and to work over a seven day roster.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!!!
