Job summary Are you an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who would like to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team?Do you enjoy the challenge of a wide variety of work?
Our coastal Intermediate care and community therapy team are recruiting to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our integrated community team, as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist working hours per week, visiting people in their own homes.
Our focus is patient driven carrying out holistic assessment, providing a rehabilitation approach and promote self-management for patients with long term conditions and palliative care.
Aiming to prevent hospital admissions and supporting patients discharged from hospital.
You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients in their own homes.
To be eligible for this role, you must be a state registered occupational therapist with the HCPC and have full access to a vehicle for work and possession of a full driving license is essential.
Main duties of the job Undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients and carers.This role will include Intermediate Care, Community Hospital cover and Community therapy work.
There is a division between these areas of work within the team and staff have an opportunity to work within both areas, according to demand.Explore innovative ways of collaborative working between general practice, health and social services and the private and voluntary sector in line with the Care Trust's integration agenda.Undertake specialist clinical Occupational Therapy assessment and provision within the community setting.Manage a personal caseload of complex, highly complex and statutory work.
Act as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high levels of problem solving, decision making and independent judgement in a variety of community settings and situations.You will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service; this including seven day working involving weekend and bank holiday working, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service.
About us Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and Volunteering in Health.
You will be based at Teignmouth Hospital and provides a community service to the residents in the Coastal Locality.
The team are a supportive and friendly, adapting to the ever changing demands on the service.
We are proactive and have a forward-thinking core, your role will be key in managing patients to remain in their own home.
You will participate in the development, training and support of the multi professional team and students.
In return Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust offer training opportunities to support ongoing career development.
Why work with us Job description Job responsibilities To assess patients understanding of interventions, gain valid formal consent and jointly agree goals.
To have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.Communication will include imparting sensitive and comprehensive information relating to diagnosis, prognosis, physical and functional recovery, and potential life style adjustments, to patients and their relatives.
This may involve informing patients that they may be unable to return home or return to their previous level of activity/work/leisure.To use, regularly and spontaneously, verbal and non-verbal communication tools to discuss complex information about underlying influences, prognosis, and progression of rehabilitation and treatment programmes with patients and/or carers.This will include patients who may have difficulties with regard to complex emotional/psychological/physical conditions relating to the presenting complaint.
This client group includes those who may be depressed, deaf, blind, and unable to accept their diagnosis, or have difficulty in understanding or communicating.
Communication will involve the use of skills in motivating, negotiating, counselling, training, empathising and reassuring.
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy Valid state registration with Health Professions Council CPD portfolio and evidence of recent post-graduate learning relevant to area of clinical practice Experience within the NHS including experience working in a variety of roles, for example orthopaedics, elderly care and musculoskeletal conditions Experience in the NHS working in a community setting Knowledge and Skills Essential Proven post-graduate experience Knowledge and understanding of complex legislation surrounding health and social care Understanding of National Service Frameworks for Older People, specifically aspects referring to Stroke, Falls and Intermediate Care Student Placement Educators Course Evidence of ability to make decisions under pressure and in stressful situations Knowledge of specialised disability equipment Detailed understanding of roles of multidisciplinary team members/health and social care agencies Desirable Clinical leadership skills Recruitment and selection training Appraisals and supervision training Experience of clinical audit.