Occupational Therapist

at  Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational therapy will be delivered in accordance with the COT standards of practice and the Code of Ethics and Professional national guidelines. Duties will include: - Undertake (or work towards) comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or occasional complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to establish a prompt and viable management plan. Formulate and deliver occupational therapy treatment plans based on sound knowledge and evidence based practice, evaluating patients’ progress and tailoring treatments to meet their needs. Use a range of interpersonal skills such as motivating, negotiating, counselling and reassuring skills along with excellent communication skills to communicate often complex related information effectively.
You will have freedom to act as an autonomous practitioner you are responsible for planning your own realistic and achievable treatment interventions with supervision as required from senior staff to enable the patient to regain skills. The patients you will be supporting will often be leaving hospital sooner than traditional models of care and at an earlier stage of the rehab process. Therefore, your skills will be needed to not only provide short term intervention but also for establishing sustainable and achievable levels of function that will help to minimise the risk of readmission to hospita

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