Occupational Therapist

Key areas of responsibilities

• - To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in the hospital setting and on home visits. - To act as the designated Disability Champion on the ward, leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required. - To promote recovery and social inclusion. - To contribute to the care pathway from admission through to discharge in keeping with the principles of the team. - To plan for robust, sustainable discharge and aftercare, involving clients and their families in this planning and evaluating the care given. - To contribute, from an occupational therapy perspective, to individual care plans. - To maintain clinical records. - To participate in the acute care forum. - To develop and evaluate the wards activity timetable - To supervise junior staff e.g the activity coordinator