Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

at  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Do you want to work for an outstanding NHS Trust? Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills?
If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our rotational carousel offering rotations working across the acute and community services including:
Integrated Stroke Services
A&E, Ambulatory Care and Frailty
Medicine for Older People
Acute Medicine
Critical Care and Surgery
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Burns and Plastics
Seddon Rehab Unit
Inpatient Intermediate Care Services
Community Intermediate Care
In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer a friendly and welcoming team and all the support and continuing professional development you will need to make a difference to patients and staff. We have an innovative service of AHP’s with an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves. Clinical Governance, research and audit activities are encouraged within the service.

KEY DUTIES

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use specialist clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options.
To take delegated responsibility from a senior clinician for managing patients/clients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required, reporting back to senior clinician with regular support and advice.
To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
To participate in weekend, evening working and seven day working rota’s.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain Professional Registration.
To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and BAOT guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these.
To establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with colleagues.
To be responsible for a designated area of work, as delegated by a senior clinician. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively patient/client caseload and use of time for self.
To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.
To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of treatment and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
To provide clinical advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas.
To train, supervise more junior staff and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients/clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT team) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include participating in a variety of MDT internal and external agency meetings and forums plus other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing and referrals to other agencies.
To communicate highly sensitive information effectively with all patient groups/clients/carers where there may be difficulties in accepting or understanding information.
To maintain tact and diplomacy and use highly developed communication skills when working in situations which may become hostile/antagonistic including potential complaints as per Trust Policy.
To be aware of and to be responsive to the changing nature of the trust and adopt a flexible and pro-active approach to work.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments and incorporate them as appropriate into your work. To support other staff to do likewise.
To be an active member of relevant training programmes attending, delivering presentations, training sessions at staff meetings, tutorials and by attending external courses and being a reflective practitioner.
To participate in the supervision scheme as supervisor and supervisee when appropriate.