OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST: Walsall Council
Any relevant experience and qualifications that you can bring to this role will be advantageous. Walsall Council will provide a competitive benefits package in line with the industry, and is an equal opportunities employer. Please visit the website for further information about this role.
Position: Occupational Therapist
Location: Dudley
Hours: Full Time
Salary Guide: £20,000 – £50,000
Last Updated: 26 May 2025
Job Category: Health & Medicine
Occupational Therapist Role:
An Occupational Therapist, or Physiotherapist is a healthcare worker who helps individuals with impairments, reach their career potential. Duties include evaluating patients, designing treatment plans and monitoring patients progress.
Other Duties:
- Identifying the set of activities and motivations that might help patients work towards their goals
- Helping people with disabilities perform different activities such as dressing, eating and walking
- Demonstrating exercises that could potentially help improve the patient’s conditions or relieve pain
- Evaluating the patients’ home and workplace environments in an effort to identify potential improvements to be made to improve their conditions
- Educating the patients’ families and friends about the right way to accommodate and care for them
- Recommending special equipment and medication, as well as instructing patients on how to use the equipment and take medications
- Documenting and assessing the patient’s activities and progress, as well as creating reports for billing and evaluations
- Generating reports for patients and their physicians and families
- Reporting a patient’s progress to Physicians and other healthcare providers
