Band 7 Locum General Medicine Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 7
Area:  East Midlands    
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length:  Ongoing 
Job details:  Occupational Therapist required to start asap for Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre. JD available on request:

•  – To work as part of the consultant led team to provide highly specialist assessment and treatment of patient with complex physical and psychological problems with a range of MSK diagnoses
•  – To provide highly specialist assessment and treatment of complex patients with a range of MSK diagnoses.
•  – To work autonomously, without direct supervision and be accountable for own professional actions.
•  – To be responsible for planning, organising and implementing Occupational Therapy intervention.
•  – To be lead Occupational Therapist within a defined clinical team, working without direct supervision and monitoring the service against national guidelines and standards.
•  – To lead on the development and implementation policies and procedures across the Occupational Therapy service to ensure quality of service provision and evidence-based practice.
•  – To plan, co-ordinate and evaluate relevant multidisciplinary activities.
•  – To provide specialist clinical advice and teaching on MSK rehabilitation to Occupational Therapy staff, undergraduate students, other members of the multidisciplinary team, and external agencies/ organisations as requested.
•  – To plan, develop, and implement policies, procedures and working practices.
•  – To manage and prioritise a caseload of complex patients and solve complex problems.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Code: U. DMRC39106. 030006.B16918