Locum Community Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 7
Area: North East London Social Services
Salary: £39.85ph
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing.                    
Job details:  Occupational Therapist required for locality based multi-disciplinary team who deliver an integrated community health and adult social care service. Approximately 4 cases per week will be allocated. Mixture of OT complex and standard cases. 5 essential requirements for the role: Must demonstrate:
1. Excellent knowledge, skills and experience with assessing for and making recommendations for major adaptations and complex equipment. Including preparing sketches, reading plans and providing detailed specifications for major works. Manual handling.
2. Experience with working in a multi professional team and undertaking complex OT, holistic person-centred assessments, support planning and reviews of people with a range of health conditions and their carers. 
3. Understanding of the legal social care framework and housing legislation
4. Experienced with managing, planning, prioritising and progressing complex cases
5. Experience and knowledge of assessing for and recommending simple and complex equipment, reviewing their effectiveness and teaching safe use of equipment to comply with relevant legislation, policy and guidelines on safe working practice.
Essential experience: Excellent knowledge of specialist equipment, major adaptations and manual handling. Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and plan own work load. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting. Must have professional occupational therapy qualification as recognised by the HCPC
There will be regular supervision and support provided. Flexible working opportunities can be considered.
Code: U. OR2250. 024010.B13343