occupational therapist
10 the last 270 days, recently 2024-03-11
Responsibility
- to ensure high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management and support others to do likewise
- to ensure a high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management and support others to do likewise
- to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support assistants to do likewise
Show more +54 - to carry out assessment to identify problems and treatment plan for each patient
- to undertake the detailed assessment of patients, some of whom may have complex needs, using investigative and analytical skills
- this may include specialist patients requiring more skilled intervention
- to collaboratively work with patients to develop rehabilitation goals
- to independently plan and carry out assessments in patients own home and to provide advice to basic grades
- ensure the implementation of ME/CFS service policies and any service development changes
- to develop the skills and dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients
- to formulate an individualised treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of skills and treatment options
- to develop specialised skills in relation to cognition, perception and upper limb therapy
- to be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care
- clinical To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care
- clinical To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and to monitor the standard of the clinical care provided by more junior staff
- to train and supervise more junior staff, including Specialist Occupational Therapists
- to provide advice to the MDT regarding the management of patients requiring therapy input
- to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate clinical opinion in ME/CFS, some highly complex/severely affected, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive management strategies for the patient's presenting condition
- this will include the performance of their appraisals and PDPs
- to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive management strategies for the patient's presenting condition
- to facilitate safe provision of equipment and instruct patients, family and carers in the use of equipment, as appropriate
- to accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time
- to implement and review treatment plan ensuring that each patient has an individually tailored plan to meet their assessed needs, involving them in the plan wherever possible
- to provide specialist clinical supervision in the management of ME/CFS for Occupational Therapy students at both MSc and BSc level
- to communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of condition
- to undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care
- to undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care
- to accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time
- to plan and organize student placement programs for experience in ME/CFS for both MSc and BSc student placements
- to accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time
- to have an awareness of potential psychological risk factors and the functional implications of these
- communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients
- to communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximize the rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the condition
- barriers to effective communication may include loss of hearing, cognitive difficulties, expressive and receptive asphasia, pain and fear
- to accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time
- to provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professions to promote understanding of the aims of treatment in ME/CFS and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
- to be safe and competent in the use of therapy equipment, relevant to the rotation setting, with support and training from the senior therapist as appropriate
- in co-ordination with the Specialist Practitioner Occupational Therapist, or the Associate Director of Population Health, to suggest options to cover staff shortages and to take on additional cases, prioritising own caseload
- communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation will be used with a variety of patients
- barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident, e.g
- to recommend/ prescribe equipment and minor adaptations, following assessment and use of clinical reasoning skills, in order to compensate for unresolved functional deficits, in line with local resources, guidelines and legislation
- to provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professional, to promote understanding of the aims of Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
- to help facilitate patients to self-manage their rehabilitation
- loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia, pain and fear
- clinical: To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care
- to provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, schools, workplaces and other professionals , to promote understanding of the aims of Occupational Therapy to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
- under the leadership of the Specialist Practitioner Occupational Therapist or the Associate Director of Population Health, to train, supervise and performance manage junior staff, support staff and students
- to assess, using clinical reasoning for minor adaptations, take measurements and communicate the recommendations, through reports and diagrams to adaptation providers, with support from senior therapists
- to communicate and liaise effectively with other members of the multi-professional team about patient issues in order to facilitate a team approach to patient care
- to respect the views and wishes of service users and their carers within organisation constraints
- assist more senior staff in the training of students and occupational therapy assistants
- to take responsibility for appropriate delegation of tasks
- some patients may lack the capacity to consent to treatment
- to communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the their condition
- to provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professions to promote understanding of the aims of occupational therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
- this will include the use of formal appraisal documentation
- to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service
low salary - 27% lower than the average in this position
Earnings for position occupational therapist
occupational therapist - How much money do you make working at this position?
Average salary at company COAST COMMUNITY CIC is 2658£.
The national average salary is 2900£.
1500 £
Lowest
Lowest
2850 £
Average
Average
4200 £
Highest
Highest
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