Occupational Therapist - Urgent response

Our client Barnet Council is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join their Urgent response Team.

This is an OT role in an Urgent Response OT team - excellent manual handling experience and working autonomously is required as it is the main part of the role.

• 1 day duty OT per week

Urgent Response Occupational Therapy team referral criteria

We complete Occupational Therapy and Moving and Handling Risk assessments for referrals that meet the following inclusion criteria:

• Moving and handling cases where there is no equipment or current equipment is no longer appropriate
• High risk of physical injury to carers (e.g. Involved in inappropriate transfers)
• A safeguarding concern that relates to equipment or manual handling
• The client is at immediate risk of injury as they are not able to transfer safely on and off the bed, chair, toilet or walk up /down ...