Specialist Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

To provide specialised Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment to patients with highly complex neurological conditions as an autonomous practitioner.

Main duties of the job

To carry out complex standardised and non-standardised assessments of functional ability, cognition, home situation and psychological issues liaising with senior staff as required for highly complex patients.

Prioritise and organise own patient caseload and develop individualised treatment interventions under the supervision of the Highly Specialist OTs

To carry out discharge home visits in liaison with health and social care agencies to identify equipment and care needs for discharge and identify and refer to appropriate onward services

Job description

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB: To provide specialised Occupational Therapy assessmentand treatment to patients with highly complex neurological conditions as anautonomous practitioner. Staff are supported and guided by Highly SpecialistOccupational Therapists and a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist. To clinically supervise junior Occupational Therapy staff, assistants, technicalinstructors and students To assist the Lead OT and Highly Specialist OTs in the provision, monitoring and ongoing development of the service to ensure it continues to meet the needs of theservice users and responds to government and trust initiatives

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.