Occupational Therapist

Community Band 6 Occupational Therapist Role Intermediate Care Job Title: Locum Occupational Therapist Location: Peterborough Start Date: ASAP End Date: Ongoing • To work across Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (Health Interim beds and Inpatient Rehabilitation units) for the Intermediate Care service. • To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team. • To be responsible for patients on the shared caseloads of community and/or inpatient settings. • To undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills. • To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes. • To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times. • To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. • To provide support and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students. • To supervise and support education of junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensure that Band 5 Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Care Workers deliver high quality patient care. • To be accountable for a delegated task and activities undertaken by Band 5 Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Support Workers. • To prioritise all patients’ according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost tasks appropriately. • To always provide a high standard of care. • To provide resilience and cover to other locality teams as required due to operational demands and system pressures. * Qualified Occupational Therapist IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE, PLEASE STILL GET IN TOUCH AS WE HAVE MANY OPEN VACANCIES! Benefits of working with Tripod Partners * £350 refer a friend bonus * £500 loyalty bonus for continued service * £50 bonus for registering * £150 find your own job bonus * Free DBS and compliance service including paid for Mandatory Training * Excellent compliance processes and department making it a smooth and enjoyable process * Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector * Daily payroll and in-house payroll system