Job overview

This role is open to the Cornwall Healthcare community only.

To  support Occupational Therapists in the assessment and treatment of patients and the day-to-day running of the therapy environment.

To accept patients referred by a Therapist, and carry as own patient caseload.  Treat patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring patient progression, make alterations (within protocols and scope of practice) to patient treatment programmes as required.

Work unsupervised regularly, reporting back patient progress and informing the  therapist of any problems.

For a defined and delegated group of patients - to undertake the assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills.  To use clinical reasoning, and utilise a range of assessment and treatment skills and options to formulate treatment programmes.

Main duties of the job

To liaise with the therapist as necessary regarding patient care.  In particular highlighting any variations to expected outcomes from treatment programmes you deliver.

To work unsupervised in a pre-operative assessment setting, joint school and on the wards, providing patients and their carers with pre-operative advice/teaching exercise programs.  To assess patient’s environmental circumstances, and consider provision of appropriate equipment and support. 

To support patients, carers, staff and relatives by providing education and advice as appropriate under the instruction of therapists.

To participate in & support the provision of assessment and  clinical treatment programmes following professional assessment and guidance. These may relate to all areas of mobility, transfers, personal & daily living, upper limb, cognitive, visual, perceptual, and sensory rehabilitation.  

To fully participate in the inter-professional evaluation of the assessment and treatment programme to ensure patients meet their ongoing health & wellbeing needs.

Working for our organisation

Please see link to our AHP recruitment video: https://youtu.be/AAw8fv32fP8

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.