Children's Occupational Therapy Assistant
London, Greater London, England
EC2V 8AF
- Pay
- £ 24938.0 - 26385.0 Per year
- Hours
- Full time
- Type
- Permanent
- Job level
- Qualified (non-manager)
- Posted
- 22 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 22 Jul 2022
Job Description
Clinical
- To carry out and prioritise own caseload of patients with simple predictable conditions as delegated by the therapist
- To provide competent treatment/rehabilitation to patients within set clinical protocols as appropriate
- Ability to work with minimal or no immediate supervision - using initiative
- To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or adapting treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters
- To assist with the care of patients as appropriate
- To assist the therapist with individual and group treatments/exercise and/or clinics
- To be able to recognise change in the condition or reaction of a patient with guidance from therapists and to watch the patient response to any treatment undertaken
- To demonstrate an awareness and an ability to manage clinical risk
- To work within national and local policies and procedures relevant to Band 3 (including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, ethics, health and safety, risk management, complaints, data protection, equality and diversity policies, service user involvement)
- To comply with the Health and Safety Regulations
- To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner
- To attend mandatory annual training
Physical resources
- To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of all equipment used, to report defects in equipment
- To maintain spreadsheets, processes and stocks of equipment
- Handling of monies as appropriate and required by clinical area
Human resources
- To assist with non-clinical induction of assistants and students as required
- Able to take action when performance and practice of self and others should be recognised, reported or improved with support from senior staff.
- Identifies and reports practice that discriminates against an individual or group of people (speaking up)
Information resources
- Responsible for maintenance of accurate patient records using appropriate/current information systems
- Responsible for maintenance and storage of OT Video/IT data and uploading to electronic records.
- To be able to share information effectively and concisely in different situations e.g. answering phone, completion of reports/referrals
- Maintain clear and accurate records
- Immediately report to a senior member of staff any changes or concerns you have in a person's condition.
- To be able to motivate and persuade patients through effective communication skills.
- See the patient or visitor as an individual and have a warm, approachable manner to help put them at their ease.
- Understand that people are different. Pay attention to their different needs so that everyone is treated fairly.
- Ability to communicate information where there may be barriers to communication and or understanding
- To report regularly to clinical team lead
- To liaise with members of the MDT (multi disciplinary team) with regard to patient care.
- To liaise with managers, other administrative and support staff as necessary to ensure the smooth running of the department
- To attend any meetings and seminars/case conferences as appropriate
- Protect the privacy and dignity of patients, clients, visitors and colleagues.
- To participate in the Personal Development Reviews utilising knowledge and skills framework
- To participate in the assistant and as appropriate, the department education programme.
- Record relevant learning and development activities to identify the impact and benefit of your learning for yourself and those accessing you services.
- Contribute to a culture where everyone is encouraged to learn from mistakes, receive and give constructive feedback and learn from and with each other.
- Support people to learn new techniques or regain pre-existing ones (the correct use of mobility and adaptive equipment, delivery of developmental programmes)
- Contribute to the delivery and evaluation of educational resources (e.g. for students, patients etc.)
- Able to follow set protocols, read different types of materials and summarise key findings, recruit research participants and record routine research /service evaluation data with guidance from more experienced colleagues.
- Support clinical audit and quality improvement.
- To carry out assessments and treatments, with moderate to intense physical effort on a daily basis
- To prioritise workload to manage frequent disruptions by patients, clinical staff, students and administrative support staff
- To sensitively deal with distressing or emotional circumstan
Ref: LIS6771
Children's Occupational Therapy Assistant
London, Greater London, Englandd Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust- Pay
- £ 24938.0 - 26385.0 Per year
- Job level
- Qualified (non-manager)
- Hours
- Full time
- Posted
- 22 Jun 2022
- Type
- Permanent
- Closes
- 22 Jul 2022
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