COMMUNITY REHAB OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST BAND 6

Job Description:

Band 6 Community Rehab Occupational Therapist:

In the community Rehabilitation Team, you will work alongside other experienced Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Social Workers, Dietitians, Speech and Language Therapists and Re-ablement Support staff to deliver rehabilitation in a variety of settings including:

• Home Based Rehabilitation
• Falls Prevention Service
• Reablement and Home-First Service
• Urgent Community Response Service
• Long Covid Service
• Rehabilitation within Care Homes (Discharge to Assess)
• Motor Disorders and Vestibular Services

Clinical Duties:

• To use highly developed and advanced specialist skills to screen, prioritise and delegate referrals to the service following service standards and referring to other agencies where necessary.
• To act as a specialist clinician in intermediate care within the community and carry a complex diverse case load which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopaedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric condition.
• To be highly skilled in using and reporting on standardised and non-standardised Occupational Therapy assessments and/or a single assessment process to diagnose and analyse highly complex patient needs in the context of the daily activities following department standards and protocols.