Senior Occupational Therapist

CHD Rehabilitation services are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Occupational Therapist for our Neurorehabilitation Centres, covering both Kingston Upon Thames and Bagshot.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist multidisciplinary team to develop your skills in neurorehabilitation. You will work alongside highly specialist physiotherapists, speech and language therapist, Clinical Psychologist, specialist nurses, a neurorehabilitation consultant and rehabilitation assistants.

At CHD we deliver comprehensive, neurological rehabilitation packages which include complex nursing care, intensive therapy packages, long term disability management and slow-stream rehabilitation. This is an opportunity to work with a diverse and complex caseload, which include individuals with prolonged disorders of consciousness, traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury and progressive neurological conditions.

The post holder will deliver a wide range of assessment and interventions including complex postural management, ADL rehabilitation, upper limb rehabilitation, cognitive rehabilitation, community reintegration and complex discharge planning.

You will have an opportunity to participate in regular in-service training, with access to specialist courses to meet your personal development plan. You will be supervised by an experienced Occupational Therapist and supported by the onsite multi-disciplinary team

• To develop and maintain Occupational Therapy (OT) services leading on planning, development and evaluation of OT services, ensuring a consistently high standard of assessment, treatment planning and documentation
• To assess and treat own caseload of people using our services and to maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner.
• To manage a varied caseload of people using our services including supporting those with Acquired Brain Injury, complex long-term disability and general rehabilitation using evidence based, person centered principles to assess, clinically reason, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To provide knowledge, skills and advice to people using our services, and be a source of expertise for therapy staff, the care team, other members of the MDT and outside agencies.
• To support neuro-rehabilitation pre-admission assessments alongside the multidisciplinary team
• To identify, initiate and implement service development in line with local and national guidelines
• To work collaboratively with care and wellbeing staff to achieve rehabilitation using a holistic approach
• To be professionally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of people using our services
• To maintain your registration through compliance with registration requirements and follow HCPC code of conduct

Established in 1984, CHD Living are proud to be an award-winning, family-owned and operated group of care home, rehabilitation & home care services in Surrey, Hampshire & South London. CHD Rehabilitation are established and NHS preferred providers for acquired brain injury and neurorehabilitation. We have a strong focus on facilitating the very best possible recovery of those in our care, combined with enabling patients to live as independently as possible in a stimulating and home-like environment.

Kingston Rehab Centre is committed to providing the very highest level of rehabilitation through individually tailored and goal driven programmes.

Benefits of working at CHD Living

• Competitive rates of pay
• Study Leave Allowance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a friend scheme

Jobtitle: Senior Occupational Therapist

Location:
Kingston Rehabilitation Centre / Bagshot Rehabilitation Centre

Responsible to
:
Therapy Team Lead / Clinical Head of Rehabilitation Services

Occupational Therapist Role/Job Purpose

To develop and maintain Occupational Therapy (OT) services leading on planning, development and evaluation of OT services,ensuring a consistently high standard of assessment, treatment planning and documentation

To assess andtreat own caseload of people using our services and to maintain ownrecords as an autonomous practitioner.

To manage a varied caseload of people using our services including supporting those with Acquired Brain Injury, complex long-term disability and general rehabilitation using evidence based, person centeredprinciples to assess, clinically reason, plan, implement and evaluateinterventions.

To provide knowledge, skills and advice to people using our services, and be a source of expertise for therapy staff, the care team, other members of the MDT and outside agencies.

To support neuro-rehabilitationpre-admission assessments alongside the multidisciplinary team.

To identify,initiate and implement service development in line with local and national guidelines and ensuring any initiatives are maintained through regular review.

To work collaboratively with care and wellbeing staff to achieve rehabilitation using aholistic…