Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Jobs

Job Title:  Senior Physiotherapist – Band 6
Area:  Derbyshire NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job Details:  MSK Physiotherapy – Women’s Health.
Code: U.MX-7743.022007.B12448

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Location:  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust – Royal Shrewsbury Hospital – Rehab and Recovery Ward 18
Area:  Shropshire NHS
Salary:  £negotiable  
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job Details:  Occupational Therapist required for Rehab and Recovery ward. A registered Occupational therapist is required to assess and treat patients requiring ward-based rehabilitation and assessment for discharge planning. Experience of working independently and at pace is required to ensure proactive discharge planning and robust and effective treatment plans are in place.
The person will be part of a therapy team including a rehab technician and a physiotherapist. Experience of community-based pathways would also be desirable to ensure length of stay is optimal.  
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday (may include some weekends/bank holidays)
Code:  U.018007.B12447
 

Job Title:  Physiotherapist – Band 6
Area:  Shropshire NHS
Salary:  £negotiable  
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job Details:  Rehab and Recovery ward. A registered Physiotherapist is required to assess and treat patients requiring ward-based rehabilitation and assessment for discharge planning. Experience of working independently and at pace is required to ensure proactive discharge planning and robust and effective treatment plans are in place.
The person will be part of a therapy team including a rehab technician and an occupational therapist. Experience of community-based pathways would also be desirable to ensure length of stay is optimal. Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday (may include some weekends/bank holidays)
Code:  U.018007.B12446

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Location:  Mid Cheshire Hospitals – Leighton Hospital, Crewe
Area: North West NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Role working in A&E, Clinical Decisions Unit, Front of House Frailty Unit and Medical Admissions. Working hours: Flexibility with longer days/days off in the week and weekend working.
Code:  U. 019007.B12445
 

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist
Location:  Reading Borough Council
Area:  Berkshire Social Services
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Adult Social Care.
Code: SC/PD.018007.B12444
 

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Location:  East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust  
Area:  Suffolk/Essex NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing                     
Job details:  Occupational Therapist required to:
Deliver a high standard OT service in designated clinical areas.
Manage a defined complex caseload under the management of the Team Leader, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan and evaluate OT interventions, ensuring compliance with HCPC, RCOT, CQC and Trust clinical and quality standards.
To ensure as far as is reasonably practical the safety of the patients in your care.
To plan and organise a designated caseload of complex patients within the designated service and own professional activities under the management of Team Leader.
To work with the patient and carers to identify and meet OT goals, using standardised and OT assessment tools to assess their skills deficits, occupational needs and achieve functional fitness for timely discharge.
In collaboration with the patient, to plan and implement single or a programme of interventions using treatment techniques to meet the patient’s needs re; timely discharge.  These will be achieved using professional and theoretical knowledge, and specialist clinical reasoning skills.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment interventions to measure progress and ensure effectiveness, involving patient, carer and MDT as appropriate.
To ensure Therapy goals are integral to the multidisciplinary care plan re: safe and timely discharge.
To apply an enhanced understanding of effects and impact of illness, frailty and disability on patient’s abilities and provide advice and education regarding lifestyle changes / adaptations to their physical and social environment.
To use frequent periods of light / moderate physical effort to carry out interventions with patients depending on their health status and needs.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties, as an autonomous practitioner.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care. 
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and carers and contribute to the provision of a service that is sensitive to these needs.
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment and patient appliances and aids by patients and by junior and student therapists, through teaching, training and supervision of practice.
Experience:

• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Comprehensive range of junior rotations with experience of complex caseload management.
• Experience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community.
• In-service training and reflective learning
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Prioritisation of workload

Qualifications:

• BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist

Knowledge:

• Broad knowledge of; respiratory, neurology, elderly and trauma and orthopaedic conditions and their management.
• Principles and practices of rehabilitation / reablement
• Sound clinical reasoning
• Literature search/review
• Current evidence-based practice
• Detailed anatomy and physiology relevant to the speciality
• Health and Safety and risk awareness

Code: U.019007.B12443
 

Job Title:  Paediatric Occupational Therapist – Band 7  (Part time)
Location:  Whittington Health NHS Trust – Islington
Area:  North London NHS
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing.
Job details:  Paediatric Occupational Therapist required with experience of supporting the set up of a new service and working jointly with local authorities and other partners.
Code:  LW/LA.018007.B12442
 

Job Title:  Advanced Practice MSK Physiotherapist – Band 8a
Area:  Shropshire NHS
Salary:  £negotiable  
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job Details:  MSK. Expert knowledge and specialist clinical skills manage, assess, and treat own highly specialist caseload of complex musculoskeletal patients in clinic as an autonomous practitioner. Perform advanced assessment including requesting and interpretation of appropriate diagnostics for patients with diverse presentations. To use expert clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and then develop, deliver, and adapt individualised treatment programmes for patients within a specialist clinical area. Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Hours to be confirmed.
Code:  U.018007.B12441

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist– Band 6
Location:  Barts – Newham Hospital
Area: East London NHS
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job details:  To start asap. Acute discharge planning. Ward assessment and early rehab. Equipment prescription. Cognitive assessment. Working hours: Full time.
Code:  U. Role 141. 019007.B12440
 

Job Title:  Specialist Occupational Therapist– Band 6
Location:  Barts – Newham Hospital
Area: East London NHS
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job details:  To start asap. Neurology. Skills/experience: BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy, or equivalent qualification. Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Experience in Stroke and Neurology rehabilitation, demonstrating advanced clinical knowledge. Experience in mentoring and supporting junior staff is advantageous. Working hours: Full time.
Code:  U. Role 150. 019007.B12439