Specialist Band 6 Occupational therapist, Discharge to Assess, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) - Wandsworth. Fulltime

Are you a Band 6 occupational therapist or experienced Band 5 looking for an exciting, new challenge and a chance to take on greater responsibilities? We are looking for a highly specialist, dynamic and motivated Occupational therapist with excellent clinical skills and a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic community-based care. The person will join our group of AHP staff in a permanent role and supporting an MDT community therapy service.

Discharge to assess (D2A) is a 7 day a week community assessment and rehabilitation team in Wandsworth. It provides therapy services to specific types of patients upon discharge from hospital. These patients are often more urgent and/or complex upon discharge to the community. The team supports the discharge to ensure readmission is avoided. This involves risk management, disability management and rehabilitation. The team sees a wide variety of conditions/pathologies and provides therapy in a holistic way using a wide variety of knowledge and skills. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and rehabilitation assistants in a multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to work as an integral part of a D2A team. As part of the wider Occupational Therapy team, you will deliver high quality, evidence based occupational therapy intervention. The role will provide leadership in the development and ongoing quality assurance of the service, undertaking evaluation, audit and contributing to research. You will be key in being part of service development and support the team to strive for clinical excellence.

Key roles of the post:

• Experience of working within a community team
• Work as a highly skilled senior practitioner with expert knowledge and work alongside clinical lead to develop the service
• Providing highly specialist occupational therapy care to a community based caseload.
• Carrying out robust triage of patients referred to the team to ensure their safety and optimal pathway allocation
• Ability to provide leadership within the occupational therapy and wider team.
• Experience of line management and supervising others. Supporting and deputising for the Clinical Lead and Operational manager of the service
• Opportunities to take the lead on service improvement opportunities, develop your managerial skills and suggest and lead on audit and research projects.
• Highly motivated, passionate and enthusiastic team player with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care and evidence based interventions.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T& C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To undertake specialist occupational therapy and holistic assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, interpret results appropriately, use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice, in relation to the individuals clinical and psycho-social issues to determine treatment options, recommending the best course of action .

• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients receiving intermediate care including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies, in order to identify their problems and needs and implement agreed treatment plans that respect peoples privacy, dignity and individuality.

• To undertake treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal orientated intervention with client/carers.

• To contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes
  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Degree or diploma in occupational therapy
• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
• Up to date relevant knowledge through CPD
• Hold relevant right to work in the UK documentation
• Up to date CPD portfolio

Desirable

• Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy and / or relevant special interest groups
• Attendance at Clinical Educator Course

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• Appropriate post-qualifying experience in a range of areas acute care of the elderly, neurology and community
• Appreciation of constraints to working in the community
• A clear understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance and experience of audit
• Ability to assess patient conditions, establish the patients problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan
• Has some knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other legislation
• Experience of MDT working and understand their roles
• Experience of supervising juniors/assistant/students
• Experience in research / literature reviews
• Clinical Teaching
• Previous NHS experience

Desirable

• Experience of using electronic clinical system
• Using EMIS clinical system
• Previous community experience within rehab
• 2 years post graduate experience

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Ability to assess patient conditions, including those of a complex nature, and formulate a specialized treatment plan, from a range of modalities
• Realistic about ability and can seek help appropriately
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety issues
• Ability to assess, set SMART goals and evaluate
• Effective written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritize own caseload
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Ability to conduct training/teaching in services
• Ability to work autonomously
• Proficient with basic computer skills (excel, word)

Desirable

• Car owner with Valid driving license

Other Requirements

Essential

• Demonstrates appropriate use of initiative
• Highly motivated
• Flexibility and able to cope with changes
• Sensitive to the needs of others
• Demonstrates empathy, respect and compassion

Desirable

• Own transport for business use i.e. Car / Motorbike / bicycle (fit and able to cycle/walk to visits across the Borough as required)

Physical

Essential

• To demonstrate physical ability/fitness to carry out occupational assessment and intervention with appropriate manual handling +/- equipment
• Able to get to all sites required for the post and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
• Ability to transport light pieces of equipment from peripheral stores and office bases to patient homes via your desired means of transport.
• Demonstrate physical ability to be able to carry a standard backpack with medical supplies/laptop required to fulfil essential clinical duties.

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Battersea Studios

London

SW8 3HE

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