Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist in Neurology & Rehabilitation 
Permanent | Full time

Competitive salary

London

Our client are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their team on a full time basis.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Responsible for complying with legal and professional confidentiality guidelines at all times.
• Develop clinical pathways for people who are referred to the service.
•  Work with consultants and practitioners in specialist rehabilitation to identify, agree and implement rehabilitation goals.
• Perform specific assessments of physical, cognitive and psychosocial skills and the impact of impairments on performance of functional (ADL) tasks.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work.
• Contribute to the education and training of staff, family and carers in meeting the specialist needs of the neurology patient group. To facilitate realistic expectations about client’s prognosis. To communicate complex condition related information from assessment through treatment and discharge to clients and families.
• Demonstrate skills on motivating patients and in the management of conflict across a range of situations in verbal, written, formal and informal manners.

Educational Responsibilities:

• Act as a specialist Occupational Therapist, providing education, training and advice to junior Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants and staff from other disciplines through formal and informal training, advice and joint assessments.
• Participate in clinical evaluation trials and audit.
• Provide clinical supervision and competency attainment for the junior staff and students by providing clinical training, theory and practical education sessions and advice on client needs and treatments.

Management Responsibilities:

• Manage all junior Occupational Therapy staff, providing appropriate levels of supervision as required.
• Responsible for monitoring progress on relevant clinical governance objectives and delegating tasks to junior staff members.
• Manage staffing levels to ensure seamless service in instances where sick leave is required by staff members and or staff members are on annual leave.
• Initiate and undertake research/clinical governance initiatives /audit projects within neurology with the assistance of the audit and research department.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in both clinical and operational supervision sessions to identify and develop professional, clinical and service needs.
• To be responsible for recording your own statistics and ensuring junior members of staff are doing this in accordance with the company's policy.
• Work as a lone practitioner, within the guidelines of the Lone Working Policy, when performing  community visits.

Effort and Environmental Factors:

• Comply with local risk assessments when dealing with complex clients with challenging behavioural needs and high risk extreme environments.
• May be exposed to adverse or extreme weather conditions on a regular basis.
• Perform objective assessments of such things as balance, muscle strength, range of movement, transfers and mobility with moderate to high physical effort on a daily basis.
• Demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity to patients who may have complex emotional and physical conditions such as fear of falling, anxiety, pain and other physical and social concerns requiring moderate emotional effort on a daily basis.

Education and Qualifications:

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC registration.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to the treatment of people with neurological disabilities.
• Up to date CPD portfolio.
• Training in appraisal / supervision.

Experience:

• Experience working in community or outpatient rehabilitation.
• Experience at a senior  level working with patients with acquired brain injury neurological conditions, including those with an acquired brain injury.
• Experience working within a multi-professional team.
• Experience of clinical audit and / or research.

Skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of complex neurological conditions and their rehabilitation
• Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of people with acquired brain injury neurological conditions, including those with an acquired brain injury.
• Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning.
• Skills in supervision and appraisal of assistants, junior therapists and students.
• Knowledge of research and audit processes.

To apply please email your resume to (url removed) or call Chloe on (phone number removed)