Occupational Therapist (Dementia) inYork inYork PUBLISHED 17 OCT 2024

£29,000 to £33,000 a year  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 

Take a 'whole person' approach to each patient's physical and mental wellbeing by considering all their needs physical, social, psychological and environmental.

As the Occupational Therapist (Dementia), you will be responsible for assessing and treating patients for professional occupational therapy services in a specialist setting. They will manage the caseload whilst prioritising patient needs and will provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines where needed. This role may also take part in departmental research.

Undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the patient in all areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. Work with patients to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan. Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. Monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

Clinical:

  • Work with peers and patients to provide and receive complex and sensitive information concerning patients history

  • Recommend special equipment, such as wheelchairs and sensory equipment, and instruct patients on how to use that equipment

  • Take a 'whole person' approach to each patient's physical and mental wellbeing by considering all their needs physical, social, psychological and environmental

  • Plan and organise straightforward activities for patients

  • Develop a treatment plan for patients, laying out the types of activities and specific goals to be accomplished

  • Follow departmental, hospital and organisational policies

  • Work within the parameters of current mental health legislation (e.g. utilising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 20

  • Supervise the work of OT assistants, OT students and, where appropriate, support workers

  • Ensure any concerns with or changes to a patients care are communicated to the appropriate member of the clinical team

About us

Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Occupational Therapist Dementia Job Description' for further information about this role.

As the Occupational Therapist (Dementia), you will be responsible for assessing and treating patients for professional occupational therapy services in a specialist setting. They will manage the caseload whilst prioritising patient needs and will provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines where needed. This role may also take part in departmental research.

Undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the patient in all areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. Work with patients to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan. Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. Monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

Clinical:

  • Work with peers and patients to provide and receive complex and sensitive information concerning patients history

  • Recommend special equipment, such as wheelchairs and sensory equipment, and instruct patients on how to use that equipment

  • Take a 'whole person' approach to each patient's physical and mental wellbeing by considering all their needs physical, social, psychological and environmental

  • Plan and organise straightforward activities for patients

  • Develop a treatment plan for patients, laying out the types of activities and specific goals to be accomplished

  • Follow departmental, hospital and organisational policies

  • Work within the parameters of current mental health legislation (e.g. utilising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 20

  • Supervise the work of OT assistants, OT students and, where appropriate, support workers

  • Ensure any concerns with or changes to a patients care are communicated to the appropriate member of the clinical team

About us

Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Occupational Therapist Dementia Job Description' for further information about this role.



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