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Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

About

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status. As such, CLCH is at the forefront of changing the way healthcare services are provided to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Over 3,000 community health professionals and staff provide community and in-patient services to over 900,000 local people.

Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Contact

Address: Central London Community Healthcare (Head Office); Ground Floor; 15 Marylebone Road; London; NW1 5JD
Contact Number: 01923 961201

Find out more

Jobs Website

Vacancy status: Open

Ref: 824-BANK-LIT1337 Vacancy ID: 6793788

Bank B5 Occupational Therapist - INW

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Key details

Location

Site: Athlone Rehab Unit,
Address: 7a Woodfield road, w92ba
Town: London
Postcode: W9 2BA
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Bank Ad hoc

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working
Other

Bank

Salary

Salary: £18.08 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period: Hourly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Occupational Therapy

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Job Purpose - Monday-Friday 9-5pm

To provide occupational therapy, evidenced based assessments and treatment for referred clients, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions for groups or individuals in conjunction with senior occupational therapists. This will include providing visible and professional support to ensure the delivery of high quality care and rehabilitation

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To be responsible for the planning and delivery of occupational therapy to assessments and interventions to patients within the rehabilitation unit, prioritising clinical needs to provide an effective service.
To undertake occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance, impairments identified and enabling the client in areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure.
To work with a caseload of patients of varying complexities and needs
To independently carry out rehabilitation programmes aimed at improving or maintaining independence.
To formulate intervention plans which are aimed at maximising independence and reflect the clients' own goals.
To work pro-actively with other professionals in providing group and individual interventions.
To work with clients and other professionals to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan.

Working for our organisation

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

stay well
manage their own health with the right support
avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance.
To support with the delivery of supervision of rehabilitation assistants and support staff.
Any other duties commensurate with the grade.
Financial Management- To access petty cash when required and be responsible for providing receipts.
To be mindful of relevant budgets when prescribing equipment and requesting supplies.
To complete expenses claim forms for reclaiming mileage in accordance with policy
To be responsible for organising placements for work experience students giving support and guidance during the placement.
To actively participate in the training and development programmes of Health Care and Assistant staff, Rehabilitation Support Workers, and other disciplines.
To provide, in liaison with other OT staff, a support group for occupational therapy students on practice placement.
To undertake training of occupational therapy students on practice placement as delegated by the clinical supervisor.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.