Our client has an Occupational Therapist seating Assessor vacancy in Hertfordshire

Occupational Therapist - Seating Assessor - Permanent
Location: Hybrid Orwell
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Hours: Full Time
Sales - Clinical

Our Client is a dynamic and innovative company dedicated to designing and manufacturing assistive medical devices that enhance the lives of people who require extra support due to age, disability or injury. Our team is passionate about creating products that enable individuals to live as fully and independently as possible, with safety and comfort at the forefront of our design philosophy.

This job is to complete clinical postural care assessments focusing on seating in care homes.

Job role:

* Postural Care Assessment focusing on Seating for residents in care homes
* Development of referral process for care homes into Accora Postural Care assessment including:
* Liaise with care home staff to obtain essential information regarding residents needs and medical condition.
* IT and recording of information on Accora IT systems
* Carry out seating assessments which may be basic or complex of residents within a care home environment.
* Work with care home staff to identify seating needs and solutions using the Configura range at time of assessment.
* Liaising with clinical team to ensure appropriate assessment/product selection/report writing
* Liaising with internal CS/ISC/PS teams etc
* Documentation / postural care assessment outcome reports
* Provide brief summary of assessment for each resident within care home records on site.
* Provide a written report outlining presenting problems, identified postural limitations and recommendations with clinical reasoning.
* Outline specification of the chair
* Use Accora online tool to raise quotation.
* Collate report and quotation, send through to identified care home funder.
* Issue equipment to resident of care home / review seating provided for residents independently or with product specialist.
* Work with product specialists
* Participate in Accora Education delivery
* Product training including bed and chair training to home managers and staff
* Interview for and write up case studies
* Online training
* Face to face training

* Respond to all requests for seating assessment visits, these may be made via email or telephone discussion, within 24 hrs
* Conduct a telephone assessment prior to any assessment visit, within 24 hrs
* Providing an assessment visit, complete with attendance from an appropriately qualified assessor or an appropriately qualified OT for the more complex cases, within 5 working days

* Includes travelling to assessments around the UK, primarily in London, Home counties and West Midlands
* Ability to collect equipment either from Accora's office in Cambridgeshire or warehouse in Dartford, Kent
* Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and participate in appropriate training activities
* Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job, whether that be on-the-job training, in-house training or external training courses
* Undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the post and as detailed in the Company's Health and Safety Policy

Requirements:

* Qualified OT with a minimum of four years clinical experience.

* Qualified Occupational Therapist
* Registered with HCPC UK
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical conditions that may impact on seating needs.
* Knowledge and understanding of postural care / 24 hour posture management
* Experience in postural care assessment including complex seating assessments and provision.
* Ability to provide clear clinical reasoning for recommendations
* Willing to travel nationwide and from time to time, stay overnight
* Strong communication (oral and written) and numeracy skills
* Effective and confident telephone skills, with an excellent level of English
* Ability to work effectively both individually and in a team
* Ability to flourish in a competitive environment
* Good ICT skills
* Smartly presented
* Confidentiality and discretion
* Ability to work well under pressure in a busy office environment and travelling
* Flexibility dealing with multiple and varying duties concurrently
* Ability to use initiative in a variety of challenging situations

Client Offers:

Company laptop provided.
Annual leave: 25 days per year + public holidays
Private medical healthcare cover
Training and development opportunities
Company van included in package for carrying chairs (Mercedes Citan/Vito or similar)


For more information, please contact parul.patel@justot.co.uk