Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

About the Role

At King’s, we value your career and are committed to supporting your professional development. We pride ourselves on helping our Occupational Therapists (OTs) build their skills, broaden their experience and progress through the bands, with opportunities to develop and grow your career within our service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-established Band 6 rotational programme. You will gain broad clinical experience across a range of specialist areas, working in both acute and rehabilitation settings, supporting your development into a confident and skilled clinician. Rotations are typically 7-9 months in length.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, contributing to assessment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for patients with complex needs.
• Identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention.
• Assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated MDT assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
• Competent in the administration of OT assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.
• Assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
• Write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing OT intervention.
• Liaise and work with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure OT service is maintained.
• Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
• Communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.