Job Description

Are you:

Ready for a new challenge,

Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,

Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future

Do you want to:

Learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,

Grow your knowledge about equipment provision and your clinical skills,

Work with the Medical Team with an opportunity to collaborate with both internal and external multidisciplinary partners

Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders



We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and welcoming team.

Upon completion of your competencies, you will:

Assist in the assessment and treatment of patients with guidance from a qualified staff



Assist in the assessment, provision and installation of equipment



Assist in completing onward community referrals



Contribute to the planning and implementation of therapy programs



Participate in training, supervision and appraisal



Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.



Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.



We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.



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Assist in the provision of care to patients, supported and supervised by a qualified therapist.

Carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction/supervision and prescription of individual exercise programmes), delegated by qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, manual therapy skills, as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.

To take handover and undertake discharge planning

To manage a specified patient caseload, to include patients with complex rehabilitation goals

To provide high quality group exercise sessions to patients and conduct Gym induction sessions to patients

To provide and order patient equipment from NRS (or equivalent supplier) within set competencies or as directed by an appropriate qualified therapist

Participate in continued personal development

To contribute in the induction and training of new therapy staff, therapy students and other non-qualified health care staff within the therapy team

To order and monitor stock of disposable therapy equipment.

To contribute to the supervision and training of other therapy assistants