Looking for an OT?
Are you looking for an Occupational Therapist for a role within Occupational Health or vocational
rehabilitation? We offer job advertisement services for employers seeking specialist Occupational
Therapists. In the interests of making this service accessible to all services, we offer a flat fee of £450
for each job role. This will be advertised to our existing members via email, our WhatsApp group, and our LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (previously Twitter) social media pages.
Email: admin@OTforOH.com to request this service or find out more.
Why OT?
There’s a reason the ‘O’ in OH and the ‘O’ in OT both stand for occupation! The OT profession was created because of a societal need for vocational rehabilitation.
We are experts in understanding the interactions between an individual (person), the occupation (task) and the environment.
We are dual trained in mental health and physical health as well as neurodiverse and cognitive conditions. There is growing evidence of the efficacy of OT within OH settings and the specialist skills they offer.
What can OTs offer?
Dual trained:
Within the OT degree, we receive training in a vast range of diagnoses. Most healthcare professionals are usually either comfortable with mental health OR physical health. Whereas OTs are trained in mental health, physical health, neurological and cognitive conditions, neurodiverse conditions, learning disabilities and many others. The benefit of this is that an employee can be thoroughly assessed by an occupational therapist in one session, rather than requiring two separate assessments with a nurse and a physiotherapist or psychologist.
Capability assessments:
We have the ability to assess an individual’s functional capacity in order to advise definitively on their ability to carry out any task safely.
Rehab specialists:
We are able to provide longer-term support (vocational rehabilitation) which evidence shows is often more effective than traditional, one-off assessments.
Workstation assessments (DSE – display screen equipment – assessments):
Within the OT degree, we receive training in ergonomics and posture management as well as adaptive equipment, perfectly placing us for workstation assessments.
Workplace assessments:
OTs are equipment and environment specialists so can provide recommendations for larger workplace adaptations such as ramp access, accessible toilets, grab rails or adaptations to an office kitchen.
Specialist assessments:
OTs are comfortable with ANY condition. Our expertise is to understand how a condition impacts that particular individual, the task (or ‘occupation’) they are required to do, and the environment in which they do it. Examples of these kinds of conditions are provided here:
o Severe and enduring mental health conditions (including psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorders).
o Cognitive conditions: (including brain injury, stroke or
post-concussion syndrome).
o Complex / chronic conditions (including CFS/ME - chronic fatigue syndrome, Long Covid, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome.
o Neurodiverse conditions: (including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia
and dyscalculia).
Further information about what OTs can contribute to OH settings can be found here in a webinar presentation delivered with the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) in 2022 and in an excellent article in iOH published in 2023