Recruitment – Job Summary



|Post Title |Community Occupational Therapist |

|Job Family | |

|Line Manager |Community Occupational Therapy Business Manager |

|Location |Countywide |

|To work as part of a friendly, innovative and supportive team and be involved in providing a responsive, equitable and high quality community |

|occupational therapy service to adults with a long term condition in Buckinghamshire. |

|To be committed to life-long learning, support the development of others and contribute to best practice and service improvement. |

|To work closely with our health, housing and social care colleagues to deliver effective partnership working, alignment and integration. |

|Job Context (key outputs of team / role to provide some specific examples of role profile accountabilities) 6-8 bullet points max |

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|To undertake comprehensive and holistic assessments of adults with long term conditions and their carers (formal/informal) within the home |

|environment. |

|To be responsible for organising and managing your own caseload; to ensure assessments and reviews are performed and documented in a timely way. |

|To develop good understanding of the important role of equipment, minor and major adaptations and appropriate housing play in enabling and promoting |

|functional independence. Develop understanding of the legislation and criteria that inform our practice. |

|To provide support and input to the OT assessment clinics across the county. |

|To develop competent moving and handling skills and learn techniques to enable single-handed care. |

|To contribute to case resolution through input to the OT Triage function. To gain knowledge and experience of how referrals are managed from the |

|first point of contact and how innovative interventions are used to reduce risk, meet clients’ needs and effectively manage the demands on our |

|service. |

|To develop and consolidate areas of clinical interest, input into project work focused on service development and improvement, audits and reviews, |

|evidence-based practice and raising the profile of community OT within adult social care and wider community. |

|To engage in regular supervision and ongoing professional development; to have good self-awareness and be able to identify own limitations and |

|training needs and apply this to practice. |

|To be responsible for supervising and supporting OTA staff. |

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|Knowledge, Skills and Experience |

|(N.B. Only Essential criteria taken into account for job evaluation purposes) |

|Role Profile requirements. |Job specific examples. |Essential |Desirable |

| |(if left blank refer to left hand column) | | |

|Minimum of a 2:1 BSC degree in Occupational Therapy or COT| | |√ |

|Diploma qualification. | | | |

| |Minimum of one year experience as a qualified OT. | | |

|Experience working as an Occupational Therapist |Experience of working in a community setting would be |√ | |

| |desirable but is not essential. | | |

|Knowledge of long term physical conditions |Able to assess current impact on function as well as consider| | |

| |long term needs and potential for further | |√ |

| |deterioration/relapses. | | |

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|Excellent assessment, clinical reasoning and reflective |Ability to undertake a comprehensive and holistic approach to| | |

|practice skills. |assessment, being able to use reflection as a development | | |

| |tool for learning. | | |

|Knowledge of OT practice, best practice frameworks and |Knowledge of HCPC, COT professional code of ethics and |√ | |

|guidance, relevant legislation |conduct, NSF frameworks, NICE guidelines, evidence based | | |

| |practice, Care Act 2014 | | |

|Knowledge of equipment provision, moving and handling | | | |

|techniques and minor and major adaptations. | | |√ |

|Excellent planning, organisational and time management |Ability to work independently and seek appropriate support. |√ | |

|skills | | | |

|Experience in supervising staff |Does not have to be OT specific supervision but experience of| | |

| |supervising others. | |√ |

|Excellent communication and record keeping skills. |Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. |√ | |

| |Able to adapt communication style appropriately according to | | |

| |client’s level of understanding. Understand the importance | | |

| |of accurate and pertinent record keeping. | | |

|Good ICT skills and use of Microsoft and specialist | |√ | |

|systems. | | | |

|Other Requirements: |

|Car driver, with full and valid driving license and access to a vehicle is essential. |

|Post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore a DBS check will be required. |

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