Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist
Location: North West
Pay rate:  £35 per hour
 
We are looking for experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist to join a dedicated Adult Locality Team in North West.  In this role you will assess the needs of people within the community who are ill or have a disability and by the provision of specialist equipment or adaptations and appropriate advice, to help them to become more independent and remain at home. 

The team aims to provide appropriate equipment and adaptations so that people can enhance independence, prevent falls and hospital admissions and reduce reliance on care services.  The aim is to offer a comprehensive, co-ordinated and streamlined service to our customers. This covers children, adults and moving and handling.

The Perfect candidate will:

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Experience of ‘physical’ disability aspects of Occupational Therapy
• Ability and willingness to travel
• Committed to personal development
• Able to work under pressure

 
In this role you will:

• To assess the needs of ill and disabled Service Users for the provision of material assistance such as equipment or adaptations and determine the nature and extent of adaptations in relation to diagnosis and prognosis.
• Provide appropriate information and advice.
• Provide assessments for Service Users returning from hospital or nursing homes and provide equipment to facilitate discharge.
• If needed, obtain funding from other agencies such as charities, NHS and other Social Services Teams.
• Check plans in liaison with architects and Service Users to ensure best outcome and approve plans for further processing.
• Liaise with other agencies such as Housing, NHS, voluntary organizations, to ensure information dissemination is maximised.
• Negotiate with Service Users and agencies about the most appropriate way to provide adaptations having regard to budgetary needs.
• Check that completed adaptations meet the assessed need and if appropriate provide equipment to enable best use of the adaptations.
• Assess for equipment provision when this can alleviate the effects of disability.
• Keep abreast of developments within the Occupational Therapy equipment field and when appropriate arrange visits to Service User’s homes by company representatives to ensure correct equipment is purchased.
• Keep abreast of specialist knowledge related to moving and handling techniques and other developments within the Occupational Therapy field to enable the teaching and supervision of care staff.
• Assess Service Users for potential rehabilitation and refer to the relevant agency.
• Ensure that Continuing Professional Development is pursued and maintain professional portfolio to meet ongoing Health Professions Council registration needs.

 
Notwithstanding the detail in this job description, in accordance with the Council’s Flexibility Policy the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the Director/Corporate Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the Principal Responsibilities of the job and in any location within the Borough.
This role is ideally located for those travelling from Manchester, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Skelmersdale, Wigan, Warrington, Bolton, Altrincham, Cheadle, Stockport, St Helens, Widnes, Crewe, Stoke-on Trent, Winsford,  Runcorn.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to, easy registration process, referral schemes and incentives, ongoing compliance managed for you, prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
 
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), Occupational Therapist, MASH, Children Looked After, MASH, Safeguarding, Duty & Assessment,  Children in Need, Child protection,  EHCP, children in care, Children’s Social Work, Children with Disabilities, Fostering, youth justice practitioner,  Adult Social Work, Long Term, Mental Health,  Hospital Discharge,   Homeless Intervention, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.