Occupational Therapist - Young Adults

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6/7 Young AdultsOccupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.

Location: North London

Contract Type: Locum - Ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £30 to £40 per hour (Assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
• Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
• Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Occupational Therapist roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
• Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
• Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
• Professional Development: Working as a locum Occupational Therapist provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Duties of the Occupational Therapist:

• Provide a high quality Occupational Therapy service for Young Adults adolescent (18-25) with a range of neuro-diverse, neurological conditions and learning disabilities and profound learning disabilities based at college.
• Provide clinical leadership, across adolescent therapy service and team within the college.
• provide specialised assessment and treatment of patients who have highly complex needs, and to provide expert advice, guidance and information to carers and health & social care professionals to ensure optimum delivery of care.
• Work with the MDT to deliver high quality clinical outcomes and autonomously managing OT specific interventions and treatments plans
• Develop training programmes for support staff and teachers,
• Develop collaborative treatment plans with learner, teachers and colleagues, demonstrating high level clinical reasoning and problem solving techniques to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Regularly undertake complex risk assessments and to advise others in determining appropriate management specifically relating to moving and handling and safe use of equipment both in the college.
• Contribute to EHCP meetings and annual review meetings
• Write OT assessments and provide recommendations to support the learners within the college including sensory based equipment
• Effectively liaise with various external agencies within a wide geographical area, including social services, schools, charitable bodies, wheelchair services, splinting clinics, safeguarding teams and specialist seating organisations.
• Responsible for providing clinical leadership in the delivery, co-ordination, and development of the adolescent Occupational Therapy service at the college This involves incorporating evidenced-based practice in the management of patient care.
• Provide effective leadership, management, induction and supervision to Occupational Therapists, support staff, and students.
• Responsible for planning, evaluating and developing the team and service in conjunction with the Team Lead Physiotherapist and Clinical Lead
• Maintain high professional standards, continuously promoting and developing the Occupational Therapy service and profession.
• Responsible for the maintenance and development of your own continuing professional development (CPD), identifying, implementing and contributing to the evidence base of Occupational Therapy.

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.