Job summary

*Please note*: Candidates should have a full UK Car License and access to a vehicle*.

To deliver a high standard of therapy provision within the Urgent Community response/Virtual ward Team. To provide rehabilitation to our patients; promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission / re-admission and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the Community.

The Urgent Community Response Team aims to deliver holistic assessments and interventions to individuals who are at risk of hospital admission within their own home within 2 hours of referral to the service. The aim of the team is to enable people to stay at home, recover, and re-engage with the important aspects of their life and prevent admission to acute sectors.

The post holder will ensure access to Urgent Health Assessments, provide and monitor short term treatment programmes at home and ensure safe discharge or referral to long term health and social care interventions. Utilising clinical expertise, clinical judgement, discretion and decision making in the development of individualised treatment plans.

To work in partnership with primary, secondary and other health and social care providers, to ensure patients receive appropriate investigation, intervention and treatment with minimal avoidable delays, whilst improving the quality of care.

The post holder will be expected to work within a flexible working pattern over a 7 day week in the urgent community response team as required.

Main duties of the job

* Candidate require full UK driving license and access to a vehicle *

To deliver a high standard of therapy provision within the Urgent Community response/Virtual ward Team. To provide rehabilitation to our patients; promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission / re-admission and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the Community.

The Urgent Community Response Team aims to deliver holistic assessments and interventions to individuals who are at risk of hospital admission within their own home within 2 hours of referral to the service. The aim of the team is to enable people to stay at home, recover, and re-engage with the important aspects of their life and prevent admission to acute sectors.

The post holder will work in the Urgent community response team and Virtual Wards to assist in the prevention of inappropriate hospital admissions and the facilitation of hospital discharge in line with the overall objectives of the service.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of general education including, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
• A Levels or equivalent qualification
• Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
• Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and
• will include experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services
• Previous and on-going attendance at mandatory training
• CPD portfolio
• Previous NHS experience

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