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SalaryOccupational Therapist (Band 5) (FTC)
Ely
Salary: £20,748 per annum - The salary for this role will be reviewed once the NHS release their 2024/25 Agenda for Change (AfC)
Hours: 21 Hours per week (Fixed Term Contract)
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
THE ROLE:
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about Brain Injury and Stroke treatment, resourceful, and ready to put their ideas into action with the dynamic current team!
Fen House is a specialist acquired brain injury rehabilitation inpatient unit in Ely, Cambridgeshire. We have capacity for up to 25 people we support, who stay with us for 8-12 weeks.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high standard of assessment, treatment and evaluation to patients, in a Rehabilitation Ward setting
The team is therapy led , and you will have the opportunity to work with clinical experts in the field. You will work in our multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Consultant Psychologist, Psychology assistant, Speech and Language Therapists, Team leaders and rehabilitation support workers. This will include setting goals, discharge plans, group work, home visits and liaising with other professionals and carers.
The OT team has a band 7, band 6 and an OTA. This is a very friendly, supportive and dynamic team with regular integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD, use of outcome measures and in service training.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical / Professional Practice
- To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional, using and developing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation with support and supervision of a more senior OT. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
- With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to manage and prioritise a caseload of People We Support with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour.
- With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement, and evaluate intervention.
- To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.
- With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioural model.
- To delegate tasks appropriately according to the competence of colleagues and take responsibility for handover, monitoring, and review.
- With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to use interpersonal skills and empathy to engage those People We Support and families who may be resistant to the rehabilitation process or may be distressed.
- To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure that these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
Leadership
- With supervision from a more senior OT manage a designated workload, identify priorities, and manage time and resources effectively.
- Act where performance and practice of self and others should be recognised, reported, or improved.
- To support and challenge others to maintain health, safety, and security at work, report actual or potential problems and suggest solutions.
- With supervision from a more senior OT, understand and work within the political and economic climate, locally, nationally, and internationally, which impacts on service delivery.
- To promote the profession and the organisation and use and develop partnerships across organisation and agency boundaries.
- To contribute to the occupational therapy and clinical speciality’s clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda including attendance at Brainkind wide OT meetings and implementing agreed outcome measures.
Rewards
You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.
- A competitive salary of £20,748 per annum
- Excellent training and support
- Company Pension
- Group life assurance.
- Eye voucher scheme
- Nationwide employee staff discounts incl. eating out and shopping.
- Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.
We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.
To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.
**Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **
*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
