Band 7, Specialist Occupational Therapist
Current•Lead Occupational Therapy community treatment team.•Triage referrals from hospitals, patient, carer, family, GP, London ambulance service and other health professionals and allocate referral to staff for urgent assessment within 2 hours.•Completed comprehensive assessment in the community to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge and identify deteriorating patient in the community.•Completed NEWS 2, initial, functional, kitchen, washing and dressing, cognitive, mental capacity, and pressure care assessment.•Provided aids and adaptations, pressure care and manual handling equipment’s (mobile hoist, gantry hoist, celling track hoist, sara stedy, rota stand, electric bed, pressure relieving mattress, bed rails, accora floor bed, raiser recliner chair, pressure cushion) a•Reviewed patient in the community with family/carer once equipment delivered and demonstrate family and carer about safe use of aids, equipment’s, and adaptations to promote safety and independence.•Referred appropriate rehabilitation service in the community with SMART goals, arranged rehabilitation therapy in the community and handover patient to community services.•Induct new staff, support new staff and their integration within the team. •Supervise junior staff and student and complete appraisal.•Participate and present in Occupational therapy in-service training, organise training for Occupational therapy team to ensure evidence-based care, service improvement and professional growth.•Organised and managed own time and that of those line managed by allocating/delegating tasks appropriately, to achieve individual’s and team goals.•To plan, implement and evaluate on an ongoing basis care delivery, using evidence based best practice. Maintain accurate and up to date patient electronic records on RIO, in line with trust policy.