# Bank Occupational Therapist Band 6 **Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Barnet **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: bank **Salary**: £25.76 an hour **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9391-26-1772?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_34e2e6c2-1e6 ## Description We have an opportunity for a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Therapy Team at Barnet Hospital - part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The Therapy teams at Barnet Hospital provide an integrated therapy service in various areas including Stroke, Neurology, Emergency Department and Admission Avoidance, Acute Medicine, Surgery, Acute Respiratory Care, Critical Care, Acute Cardiology, Health Services for Elderly People, Trauma & Orthopaedics. The successful applicant will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise other staff as appropriate, whilst being supported by highly skilled and experienced band 7 and 8 staff in the relevant specialty. **Main duties of the job** - Manage a defined caseload, using evidence-based/patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate occupational therapy interventions. - Provide leadership for junior staff, as delegated by supervisor. - Supervise occupational therapy students on practice placements. - Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner whilst facilitating effective multidisciplinary care within relevant clinical areas. - Work in an integrated therapy team including other occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, therapy support workers and administration support. - Provide an advanced standard of occupational therapy assessment and treatment to inpatients without direct supervision. - Work with patients' families or carers to provide an advanced level of support, education and expectation of the outcome of the inpatient stay. **Benefits** - Flexible working - Regular supervision and access to in-service training sessions **Requirements** - HCPC Registration - Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy - Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current occupational therapy or practice in relevant area - Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation - Knowledge of current NHS and local issues ## Skills ### Required - Occupational Therapy - Evidence-Based Practice - Leadership - Communication Skills - Problem-Solving Skills ### Nice to have - Transdisciplinary Working Competencies - Understanding of Clinical Governance - Experience of Working at Band 6 Level - Student or Therapy Assistant Supervision --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9391-26-1772?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)