Job description
Are you an Occupational Therapist who wants a new challenge in your career? Join our multi-disciplinary team as an Occupational Therapist to provide occupational therapy input with the neurobehavioral model to patients with acquired brain injury.
Why Minerva?
As one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers, we support NHS Trusts, Schools, Prisons, Nursing Homes, Private Hospitals, Mental Health Organisations with good quality healthcare staff and have fantastic testimonials from our clients who have worked with us.
Benefits
· 38 days annual leave (inclusion of bank holidays)
· Plus 5% location allowance.
· Competitive salary.
· Golden Hello Bonus.
· QiCN Sponsorship and supervision.
· Excellent training and support.
· Company Pension.
· Free parking.
· Nationwide employee staff discounts.
· Blue Light Card.
Who we are looking for:
· HCPC Registered
About the role:
We are seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our team. The successful candidate will:
· Work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional, using and developing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation with support and supervision of a more senior OT. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
· With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to manage and prioritise a caseload of complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour.
· With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement, and evaluate intervention.
· Address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.
· With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioural model.
· Delegate tasks appropriately according to the competence of colleagues and take responsibility for handover, monitoring, and review.
· With the support and supervision from a senior OT, to use interpersonal skills and empathy to engage those families who may be resistant to the rehabilitation process or may be distressed.
· Carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure that these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
About the company:
You will be working for a leading charity helping people to thrive after a brain injury. They provide innovative rehabilitation and ongoing support to ensure life after a brain injury can be a life well-lived. They support people living with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions in the UK to access the best specialist rehabilitation available to achieve their goals and exceed expectations.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £29,970.00-£36,483.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
Schedule:
Experience:
- occupational therepist: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
