Occupational Therapist

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently looking for Band 5 Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists to join our brand-new Community based rotations.
If you strive for excellent patient care, job satisfaction and are keen to develop to your full potential, then we would like to welcome your application to join us at Home 1 st Therapy.
We recognise that the step between student and professional needs individualised support, so we have invested fully in our Band 5 development through robust supervision, a preceptorship programme and internal training.
This post will provide a great opportunity to gain varied clinical experience, working across the Home 1 st Therapy pathways: Admission avoidance and supported discharge 2-hour response, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Staying Steady Falls Prevention, Intermediate Care Community Therapy and Inpatient rehabilitation.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Home 1 st is an interdisciplinary service who provide rehabilitation in the community to promote independence, unnecessary hospital admission and reduce length of stay of those admitted to hospital. Working with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and support workers, treatment will take place in a variety of settings such as the client’s homes, inpatient units, community venues and hospital. Working with people who may have a wide range of conditions such as post orthopaedic or general surgery, post critical care, frailty, stroke, COPD, dementia, MS, musculoskeletal or palliative needs, this learning experience will provide you with a broad knowledge on which to base your future career.
The post holder will be expected to promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective therapy service to patients in accordance with the philosophical values of CNWL by being compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership.
The band 5 post holder will manage a defined caseload, use evidence based and patient centred principles to assess, plan and deliver individual treatment plans. The post holder will undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, with support from experienced staff.
Working closely with our Practice Development Therapist to develop academic learning, clinical educator and vocational skills, your participation in staff supervision, training and completion of competencies and observation of practice is key.

Please refer the Job description for details