Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.
Location: Ealing, London
Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £26 - £28 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
Duties of the Occupational Therapist:
- To work as a clinically independent and autonomous practitioner , participate and manage a defined caseload as an Older People’s AHP Practitioner in ED/CDU/Same Day Emergency Care Frailty beds, OPRAC clinic.
- Carries out patient assessment ,implements and evaluates best course of action through the following activities: physical examination, health assessment and diagnosis, therapeutic consultation skills ,requesting, monitoring and analysing appropriate diagnostic and or therapeutic investigation/treatment, care and pharmacology.
- To provide expert clinical practitioner assessment and plan ,implement and evaluate comprehensive programs of care ,providing specialist advice and maintaining associated records. Utilizing AHP Practitioner knowledge and skills for high levels of decision making , expert problem solving abilities and disease processes.
- To work with multidisciplinary team and liase and refer on as necessary to appropriate health care professionals within primary and secondary care.
- To act as a source of expertise and knowledge for Elderly patients ,their carers and their families within LNWH NHS Trust, within the remit of Frailty Practitioner.
- Undertake Comprehensive Geriatric assessment in line with the British Geriatric Society Standards
- To facilitate the development of Older peoples AHP skills and knowledge for own CPD and for other members of the Ambulatory Care and Emergency Departments and Department of Medicine and to meet other specific education and developmental needs, to meet Frailty service needs.
Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Recent UK experience working as an Occupational Therapist
- Recent NHS experience
- Registered with the HCPC
Contact:
This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Reece Golding; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists aswell as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS experience is very desirable for many of our jobs.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
