Community Neurological Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for you to become a member of our interdisciplinary community team. You would be a part of a rewarding and developing service, committed to providing evidence based intervention. We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Occupational Therapist, who can demonstrate skills appropriate to the role, working in neurology.

CNRT offers support, advice and therapy intervention to adults who have a physical and/or cognitive impairment, due to an acquired neurological deficit. We offer community based treatments in a variety of settings including the home, group, clinic, or the wider community.

Utilising your knowledge and skills, you will work closely with the service users, their family, their carers and other professionals from statutory and non statutory agencies, to offer consultation, advice, education and goal focused episodes of therapy. You will be a competent and confident practitioner, as the team's present structure means you will be responsible for clinical supervision and education of other staff.

As a member of an interdisciplinary team, you will understand the benefits to be gained from a team approach, where each team member's contribution is valued and where experience is shared.

Our team is committed to supporting personal and professional development.

Main duties of the job

Carry out occupational therapy assessments, plan and deliver treatment and offer education and support to patients and their families, in a variety of community settings.

You will be expected to practice autonomously but work as a part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will be expected to carry a complex clinical caseload and be required to delegate work to support staff. You will be responsible for specific areas of service development and deputise for Band 7 when appropriate.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Section 1 - Main Responsibilities:

Carry out occupational therapy assessments, plan and deliver treatment and offer education and support to patients and their families, in a variety of community settings.

You will be expected to practice autonomously but work as a part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will be expected to carry a complex clinical caseload and be required to delegate work to support staff. You will be responsible for specific areas of service development and deputise for Band 7 when appropriate.

Section 2 - Knowledge and Skills:

Communications

The post holder will need to:

• Develop working relationships with the immediate team
• Communicate with a wide range of people to ensure that treatment planning and intervention is holistic and cohesive
• Use a variety of communication methods throughout the working day, eg: email, written records and telephone.
• Communicate difficult or sensitive information relating to patient care
• Ensure that all locally produced information documents are in the corporate style and that all written information complies with Trust policy

Responsibility for Patient Care

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Carrying out appropriate occupational therapy assessments, based on good practice

• Developing treatment plans, tailored to the patients need and demonstrating sound clinical reasoning
• Delivering therapeutic intervention based on the findings of your assessments
• Promoting self-management to all patients
• Supporting patients (and their carers if appropriate) by providing information which is well sourced and of good quality.
• Assist patients, carers, relatives during incidental contact

Planning and organising

The post holder will:

• Organise and plan their own day to day workload, in order to meet the demands of the service and job role
• To participate in the supervision of more junior/unqualified staff
• To supervise occupational therapy students on clinical placement within CNRT

Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources

The post holder will ensure safe and effective use of equipment, resources and consumables at all times.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation

The post holder will:

• Be aware of, comment on and actively participate in changes on policy, procedure or service development.
• To contribute to service development within CNRT
• Embrace and support line management and the department, in making service improvements effective within the work place
• To contribute to interdisciplinary training
• Attend training as identified in appraisal

Responsibilities for Human Resources and Leadership

The post holder will:

• Support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the work place

Responsibilities for Teaching and Training

The post holder will:

• Participate in training and development activities that are relevant to the job role
• Deliver education and training to patients, their carers and other appropriate agencies, in relation to the role of an occupational therapist, the patients condition, healthy lifestyle choices and self-management
• Support learners of all disciplines and be a main educator for occupational therapy learners

Responsibilities for data and information resources

The post holder will:

• Comply with the standards expected by the Organisation, in relation to the inputting of activity data

Research, Development and Audit

The post holder will:

• Contribute to departmental, local or National audits when required

Section 3 Effort and Environment:

Physical Skills and Effort

The post holder will:

• Be required to carry out activities which involve manual handling and physical activity
• Be required to drive from visit to visit when working in community teams
• Be required to switch attention between tasks throughout the day
• Be required to use a computer for parts of every day

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• OT degree
• Previous experience at junior level in the field of neurology
• Mange own caseload
• Ability to communicate with patients, carers and other professionals

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the community

Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Selbourne House

Union Street

Hyde

SK14 1NG

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