Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7780626
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Villa St Michaels Site
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 Outer London HCAS pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Highly specialised occupational therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The post holder will provide specialist Post Covid and Post Infection Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention with a personalised care approach within the Post Covid and Post Infection service within the borough of Enfield. The post holder will assist in continuing to develop this specialist area of the team and provide the Occupational Therapy intervention for this group of patients accepted into the service.
The post will be an evolving one and there will be some opportunity to support the operational and Clinical lead in continuing to develop the pathway so will involve both clinical and service development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
To encourage and enable a personalised care approach for patients with Post Covid and Post Infection to identify what matters most to them, utilising a wide range of assessment and intervention skills including activity analysis, collaborative goal setting, pain and fatigue strategies such as pacing and grading. The patient may have complex medical, cognitive and psychological presentations and needs, and the Occupational Therapist will be required have a wide knowledge and experience of medical, respiratory, neurological, cognitive and mental health conditions.
To provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers, relatives and others. To undertake all aspects of clinical responsibilities as a skilled, autonomous and advanced practitioner managing a diverse and complex caseload requiring high levels of problem solving, clinical reasoning skills and exercising independence of judgment alongside the patient to empower and encourage self-management using up to date information and modifying approach to support the patient’s personalised plan.
Working for our organisation
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See JD and PS for further information to include the following:
1.1 The Post Holder will provide highly complex and specialist assessments and interventions which promote optimum recovery using a personalised care approach to support patients to achieve their goals, addressing physical and emotional well-being needs - ensuring that a high-quality holistic service is delivered in an area with a fast developing evidence base.
1.2 To determine the most appropriate setting for assessment and or treatment e.g. community, clinic, home.
1.3 To be responsible for organising and planning workload and manging caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations develop.
1.4 Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about functional, cognitive, emotional well-being, motor and social recovery with a focus on fatigue management and enhanced coping strategies.
1.5 Use evidence-based practice and client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
1.6 To demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills, experience and knowledge of evidence-based practice to determine treatment plan using a wide range of treatment skills and options.
1.7 To be able to identify own professional limitations and seek professional advice when necessary.
1.8 To undertake responsibility and leadership for completion and implementation of clinical projects, audit or research.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and on the HCPC Registration
- • Evidence of attendance on post-graduate courses and advanced training to Masters level equivalence or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive experience working within related field of physical or mental health recovery and rehabilitation
- • Experience of working within healthcare systems, pathways and services
- • Experience of conducting formal and informal teaching
- • Inter-professional and multi-agency team working
- • Experience of delivering and interpreting a broad range of standardised and non- standardised assessments
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • Professional confidence to represent OT and Post Covid syndrome service in meetings
- • Ability to use highly specialised clinical reasoning skills to facilitate appropriate pathway management to maximise patient independence and functional ability
- • Advanced assessment and intervention skills relevant to the clinical setting
- • Must be able to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- • Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues when required.
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- • Self-motivated and capable of motivating others.
- • Ability to work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
- • Able to set priorities and deliver against targets.
Other
Essential criteria
- • Car for work use
- • UK Driving license
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Littler
- Job title
- respiratory consultant nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02045535693
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