Permanent, 30 hours per week
Role Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join STEPS as part of the Specialist Spinal Rehabilitation team.
STEPS has recently been awarded “spinal injuries team of the year” at the SIA awards 2024 and provide specialist rehabilitation for individuals from all over the UK and abroad who have sustained spinal injuries. Clients are admitted at different stages in their recovery, from major trauma centres, spinal injury units or other providers.
In this role you will have access to, and training with the latest rehabilitation technologies to enable an innovative and creative approach to rehabilitation.
The role of the Specialist Spinal Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist (OT) is to provide high quality holistic therapy to our clients throughout their journey alongside the inter-disciplinary team.
The Specialist Spinal Rehabilitation OT reports to the Lead OT.
To promote STEPS values whilst contributing to the vision and mission of the service.
Benefits
While you are supporting our clients through their journey, STEPS will support you with a fantastic benefits package:
- Free onsite parking for night workers
- Discounted travel pass scheme
- Company sick pay scheme
- Enhanced holiday entitlement of 33 days holiday (pro rata)
- Life assurance scheme (four times your annual salary)
- Private medical cover
- Critical Illness Cover (three times your annual salary)
- Income protection scheme (75% in the case of illness or incapacity for up to five years)
- Paid time to complete mandatory training
- Free specialist internal training
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Blue light card
- Vivup benefits platform
- Access to support 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme
- 1% employee pension contribution with 7% employer contribution
- Benefit from supernumerary shifts as part of onboarding before commencing with your usual shift pattern
Specific Responsibilities
- To deliver specialist OT assessment and intervention to clients within specialist clinical area
- To assess and provide OT assessment and intervention, addressing occupational performance in the areas of self-care, leisure and productivity
- To undertake the client key worker role within STEPS Rehabilitation
- To involve clients and carers in the development and delivery of goals within the rehabilitation plan
- To assess, implement and monitor individual client rehabilitation plans
- Carry out community visits to support a client’s goals and transition from STEPS, for example accessible leisure activities
- Identify a range of specialist equipment to optimise functional independence, quality of life and manage risk
- To complete required documentation including clinical notes and comprehensive reports within a timely manner
- To ensure accurate recording and monitoring of relevant outcome measures
- To apply manual handling principles as outlined by legislation and department procedures
- To adhere to and carry out individual client risk assessments
- In conjunction with the wider interdisciplinary team, to ensure personal care and nutritional needs of clients are met
- To be flexible and able to offer support to other clinical areas as required
- To have an awareness and knowledge of current evidence-based OT practice and research in spinal injuries and complex trauma
- To initiate and lead on service development projects in conjunction with the wider interdisciplinary team e.g, education, training, audits with support from Lead OT/ Head of Therapies
- To identify service equipment needs and resources to the Lead OT/ Head of Therapy
- To be compliant with the clinical governance requirements operating within STEPS procedures
- To act upon and escalate issues as required following STEPS guidance and operating procedures
- To adhere to the Royal College of OT code of ethics and professional conduct
This Job description is an outline which reflects the present requirements of the post and is not intended to be exhaustive list of duties.
Person Specification
Essential
- Registered with HCPC
- BSc in Occupational Therapy
- Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experience.
- Comprehensive post-registration experience, including experience at specialist/senior level treating Spinal Injuries
- Highly skilled in managing a complex Neurological caseload.
- Knowledge and experience in education, training and development of more Junior team members, assistants and students including appraisal.
- Specialist rehabilitation experience in treating clients with motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, emotional and psychological problems
- Knowledge in wheelchairs, seating and postural management
- Experience in assessing for equipment
- Setting and reviewing client centered goals
- IT experience including Microsoft Office packages
- Experience of working within governance frameworks e.g. clinical systems, data management, complaints, reporting incidents
- Creative, innovative, inclusive and engaging approach to client care
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Able to deal with difficult situations appropriately
- Excellent communicator both written and verbal. Able to demonstrate excellent listening skills
- Able to work as part of an dynamic interdisciplinary team.
- Excellent time management
- Adaptable and flexible
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to drive as part of role
Desirable
- Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapists and a relevant specialist section group
- Masters in relevant specialty
- Key trainer/train the trainer qualification
- Leadership, mentorship or supervisory course
- Clinical Educators Course
- Clinical experience in Neurological rehabilitation
- Experience in complex trauma
- Casting and Splinting experience
- Experience of working in a private medical setting
- Experience of writing medico – legal reports
- Experience of audit functions
- Experience using a variety of rehabilitation technology.
- Experience in research and development.
Application process
We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Please contact us at work@stepsrehabilitation.co.uk if you require any reasonable adjustments during our application process.
