Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job summary

We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our rotation across the Cornish Health Community. We are looking for a team member who can provide decisive and effective Occupational Therapy input.

This is an entry-level post working the equivalent of hours per week.

This post holder will join the Occupational Therapy Band 5 rotation scheme. This is a scheme, which spans across different health setting and different areas of practice.

Within this rotation you will develop specialist skills in the following areas : Physical medicine, learning disabilities and adult mental health, under the guidance of the senior staff. Work base will change with site changes.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard Occupational Therapy service topatients within each area.

To provide assessment, treatment, and goal setting of patients within eacharea. Some patients may have complex and / or chronic presentations. Todetermine clinical diagnosis and Occupational Therapy treatment indicated.

To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

This is an entry-level post.

This post is part of the Occupational Therapy Band 5 rotation scheme.

This is an entry-level rotation scheme, which involves working across thehealth community's sites, in a range of ward settings and out-patientdepartments and in the patient's own home.

You will develop specialist skills in the following areas : Physical medicine, learning disabilities and adult mental health, under the guidance of the senior staff. Work base will change with site changes.

Flexible 7 day working and commitment to the weekend rota

About us

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael's Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.

The Trust employs 5,000 staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.

The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.

We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.

Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.

To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of medical / surgical / musculo-skeletal / neurological conditions independently, and for complex conditions with the guidance and supervision of your senior staff. To recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills. To use clinical reasoning, and utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate management and treatment programmes of care that are sensitive to individual values, cultural and religious diversity. To integrate these into a multidisciplinary care work with your senior staff to provide this service for patients with complex presentations.

To delegate parts of your caseload to support staff, as appropriate. To maintain appropriate professional and legal responsibility and accountability for the work that you delegate.

To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and placatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients. You will be required to employ safe patient moving and handling techniques ( hoists / walking aids etc.) during your therapeutic handling of patients.

To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines both verbally and in writing medical notes, reports and letters

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following :

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory