Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 5
Area: East London NHS
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing
Job details: Surgery team. Occupational Therapist required with experience within the acute setting. Able to work across surgery wards but mainly working on the HPB/Colorectal ward. Patient base covers step down ITU patients.
Patients with compromised nutrition and impaired mobility/ability to manage own care needs. Complex patients, as RLH is Colorectal centre of excellence, so patients are admitted from across the UK. Ability to complex discharge plan is essential. Able to assess and treat patients, whilst goal setting to progress their function. Complex seating management. The ideal candidate will be able to/have experience of clinically reasoning when a patient is appropriate for Inpatient Rehabilitation versus home with community input. Candidate should be used to and able to lead on complex manual handling, including the use of equipment, such as Hoists and Sara stedy.
Working hours: Full time. 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday (may include some Sunday work but with day off in week)
Code:  U. Role 220. 006012.B13776