Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor Oxford, England
Job description
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST: To work as a member of the specialist Occupational Therapy team To assist the Occupational Therapists in the rehabilitation of both in/day and out patients with acquired brain injury using the woodwork workshop as the therapeutic medium, under the overall direction of the Lead Occupational Therapist To undertake workshop duties autonomously in the workshop and within the community when appropriate To plan and provide workshop projects for patients within the framework laid down by therapists and as an integral part of patients rehabilitation goals To implement and evaluate workshop interventions in relation to their Occupational Therapy treatment programmes To record patient information To maintain and monitor workshop equipment To input any required data onto IT systems To work with all other members of the inter-disciplinary team as required. DUTIES AND RESPOSIBILITIES: Communication: To participate in regular team meetings To provide and receive routine information to/from staff, patients and family/carers To promote good working relationships with all disciplines working within the unit and Trust. To feedback patient information/progress to occupational therapists and other members of the inter-disciplinary team as required both verbally and written To facilitate patients participation in their rehabilitation programmes using encouragement, reassurance, tact, sensitivity, overcoming potential barriers to patients understanding who may have communication, behavioural and/or cognitive difficulties. To liaise with occupational therapists regarding individual patients treatment objectives and feedback when goals achieved and jointly agree goal progression within workshop.
Clinical Responsibilities: To provide individual and group activities specialising in woodwork activities under the overall supervision of an Occupational Therapist and woodwork Workshop Manager To agree, organise, set up and monitor a variety of therapeutic woodwork projects appropriate for patients, with different levels of disability under the overall direction of an Occupational Therapist and woodwork Workshop Manager To carry a caseload of in/out and day patients, who are attending workshop, designing, grading and completing projects relevant to the individual patients rehabilitation goals, under the overall direction of the Workshop Manager and Occupational Therapist To assist in cleaning, ordering and administrative tasks as required by the woodwork workshop and the Occupational Therapy Department. To work with groups of patients to design and fabricate woodwork projects To work with patients in community settings to facilitate the development of leisure or vocational activities for discharge To independently design and prepare for woodwork projects using the workshop machinery To order materials/supplies for the workshop service and to liaise with Procurement and local suppliers under the overall direction of the Workshop Manager. To physically assist other members of staff with a patients personal needs as required e.g. if a patient needs to be helped to use the toilet while s/he is attending a therapy session.
To accommodate visitors and students within the woodwork workshop under the overall supervision of the Workshop Manager and Lead Occupational Therapist. To record occupational therapy intervention in the Occupational Therapy notes in compliance with prescribed Trust and OT professional guidelines. To assess the patients response to the workshop activities in relation to their goals and adjust/adapt techniques as required maximising the patients participation in the activity. To prepare short written and verbal summaries as part of a patients progress report in advance of clinical meetings as directed by the named occupational therapist.
Planning and Organisational Skills To manage own day to day work tasks and prioritise work load with reference to workshop manager To assist the workshop manager in carrying our relevant OT and IDT in-service training in relation to the woodwork workshop To assist the workshop manager in ensuring the necessary materials/resources and workshop equipment is available and in safe working order and when not, acting quickly to resolve.
