Occupational Therapist

Trident Healthcare are looking for multiple Occupational Therapists to join a leading NHS Trust in the Surrey area, this is a fantastic 3 month locum for an experienced OT to join a dynamic and compassionate team dedicated to enhancing lives through occupational therapy.

Based in a fast-paced paced hospital, you will be required to:

• Identify activities and motivations that might help patients work towards their goals.
• Helping people with disabilities perform different activities such as dressing, eating and walking
• Demonstrate exercises that could potentially help improve the patient’s conditions or relieve pain.
• Evaluate patients’ home environment in an effort to identify potential improvements to be made to improve their conditions.
• Educate the patients’ families and friends about the right way to accommodate and care for them.
• Recommend special equipment and medication, as well as instructing patients on how to use the equipment and take medications.
• Document and assess patient’s activities and progress, as well as creating reports for billing and evaluations.
• Generate reports for patients and their physicians and families.
• Report a patient’s progress to Physicians and other healthcare providers.

What do you need to hold?:

• HCPC registration
• BSc (or equivelant) in Occupational Therapy.
• At least 1 years' UK hospital experience.
• Experience in ortho, surgical wards, general medicine or MSK.