London
Social Care & Health
Contract
16-01-2025
30-01-2027
RQ1431914
£neg
Occupational Therapy Practitioner, this is a weekend position with Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Occupational Therapist, who has a minimum of two years’ experience. We are also looking for someone who is experienced in undertaking manual handling assessments in peoples home on an urgent basis, as we can have a 2 hour response time. The right candidate will need to be adept at utilising their own initiative, has a creative approach to problem solving and thrives in an integrated team that is fast paced.
JET is a multi- professional team consisting of expert practitioners in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapists, General Practitioners and Social Workers, as well as an extensive supporting staff team. The team provide medical and nursing interventions, manual handling and mobility assessments, urgent social care packages and safeguarding responses for people over the age 18 years, who are registered with a Royal Borough of Greenwich GP and live within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. These referrals are received via our Virtual Ward, 111, GP’s, D2A’s and LAS as well as urgent referrals from the Front Door Service in Greenwich called the Contact and Assessment Team. JET is dynamic and as such provides a robust service to these crisis referrals, 7 days per week, from 8am to 8:30am. A significant aim of the Team is to ensure that people are supported within their own homes, avoiding the need to go to Hospital