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Key responsibilities include delivering tailored occupational therapy interventions, performing clinical risk assessments, and continuously evaluating patient progress to adapt treatment plans accordingly. The post holder will also engage in supervision and appraisal programs to maintain their professional competency through continual professional development activities. This is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about occupational therapy and making a positive impact on patients' lives.
Are you a qualified (or newly qualified) Occupational Therapist looking for a role in a Trust that really supports your career development?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are dedicated to ensuring that occupation is at the core of our practice and we would love for you to join us!
We are looking for someone to join our rotation, providing the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of specialisms and settings, both in the acute hospital and community. Come and join a friendly team with active peer support groups, new graduate training programme and opportunities to get involved in service development.
Musgrove Park Hospital, located in Taunton, provides acute health services for it's population of around 340,000 people and provides specialist services for a larger population of around 544,000 people. Alternatively, these positions are also available in Yeovil District Hospital.
If you are interested and would like to find out more / have an informal discussion, please contact Emma Maguire on .
Our Occupational Therapists are patient centred, assessing and supporting patients to retain or regain participation in their occupations and consequent independence in their day to day life.
We provide specialist assessment, goal setting and planning intervention, working closely with our support workers, physiotherapy team and our community services across Somerset.
About us
To undertake comprehensive occupation focussed, patient centred assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations and/or multiple pathologies.
The post holder will be expected to make clinical judgements which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of different interventions and treatment techniques, to optimise physical and cognitive occupational performance capabilities.
Formulate and deliver an individualised, patient centred occupational therapy treatment programme using appropriate assessment, clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of treatments and interventions. For example; activity and task analysis of activities of daily living skills, patient education, manual handling techniques and alternative options such as appropriate equipment. The patients goals, and those of the multidisciplinary team, must be taken into account to aim for achievable outcomes and recommend the best course of intervention.
The post holder will continually reassess and evaluate the persons progress through assessment and intervention. Treatment programmes may need to be altered as a result of this.
To carry out clinical risk assessments for patients on own caseload and take action to effectively manage identified risks.
The post holder will participate in the Services supervision and appraisal/career conversation programme
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining their own competency to practice through Continual Professional Development (CPD) activities
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