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 7 Palliative Care Occupational Therapist to take on a new locum role.
Location: Sheffield
Contract Type: Ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £30 per hour (assignment rate)
Shift Pattern: Part time/full time
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 an Occupational Therapist 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 Occupational Therapists 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:
- Accountable for the delivery of high quality therapy care within a defined clinical area or pathway
- Responsible for providing expert clinical practice with advanced clinical reasoning and support to staff
- Provide clinical leadership to develop staff within the remit
- Lead evaluation and development of clinical practice within the specialism ensuring compliance with National and local guidelines and frameworks
- Develop the evidence base for practice through audit, clinical effectiveness and research activity and support
- Assist and support Clinical Service Managers and Lead Therapists in the service in the improvement and modernisation of Therapy Services
- Carry a clinical caseload including complex cases requiring advanced clinical reasoning and highly specialist therapy, planning and prioritising own work
- Delegate clinical duties to therapists and/or assistants ensuring they have appropriate knowledge, understanding and competence
- Provide training and supervision for the task if required
- Gather, analyse and evaluate information to identify problems in partnership with the patient, carer and colleagues
- Select and use appropriate assessment techniques in hospital, the patients own home and/or in the community
- Make clinical diagnosis and apply clinical reasoning
- Negotiate, agree expectations and set appropriate, realistic and individualised therapy goals in partnership with the patient, carer and colleagues
- Set up equipment for therapy and ensure it is used safely by patients, carers, staff and/or students
- Teach, guide and supervise patients as individuals or in groups
- Teach therapy techniques to carers including safe use of equipment, manual handling and management of the patient’s condition
- Treat, monitor, develop each patient’s therapy programme, measure outcomes and discharge appropriately
- Apply learning from post-registration courses to provide highly specialised therapy interventions
- Refer to other agencies
- Assist ill or dependant patients during therapy by responding to medical emergencies, operating wheelchairs, changing continence appliances and/or performing other activities involving manual handling and personal care
- Maintain confidentiality
- Communicate complex , sensitive, distressing and contentious information effectively with patients, carers, and staff in the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies
- Explain therapy, gain consent and motivate the patient to achieve goals
- Participate in multidisciplinary case review meetings to discuss progress and to plan treatment and safe discharge
- Complete assessment forms, write comprehensive patient treatment records and produce written transfer and discharge reports in line with Therapy Services guidelines
- Carry out clinical duties that contribute towards integrated patient care as part of therapeutic practice
- Carrying out and recording clinical observations, pressure area assessment, intentional care rounding and blood sugar testing
- Participate in 7 day working rosters where criteria apply
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 Alex Blackwell; 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.
