Bury Community Occupational therapy are looking to recruit 1 Full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to assist in the assessment and treatment of patients in the community who have a wide variety of health needs.

The post holder will participate in the delivery of specialist assessment and rehabilitation programmes to community based patients across a range of acute and long term conditions including Palliative care and Rheumatology.

They will work as part of an interdisciplinary team within the community therapy service.

An ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs is required. A full UK driving licence and access theirown vehicle is therefore essential for this community role.

Main duties of the job

• To work as an autonomous practitioner, to be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of work including the management of a varied community caseload.
• To perform high quality responsive specialist assessment and treatment of Community Patients accessing the Adult Community OT service either in their own homes or other appropriate clinic locations in the community.
• To be responsible for empowering and enabling patients in the community to manage their condition and develop and meet their goals.
• To lead on service developments relating to relevant professional areas for development and support with other team initiatives.
• To provide clinical supervision, as per the team structure for other members of the team. Also, to supervise individual students and undertake the practice educator role and to provide assessment and support to other staff taking students on placement with the service.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Registration / Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Member of HCPC
• Member of RCOT
• Evidence of CPD / post-graduate training.
• Full UK Driving licence.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Training in use of standardised cognitive assessments.
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Additional training. ( splinting)
• Membership of special interest groups.
• Community clinical experience.
• Experience of MDT working.
• Experience of lone working in the community.
• Skills in assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment.
• Audit experience.

Skills & Abilities.

Essential

• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Excellent written communication skills
• Time management skills
• Good understanding of clinical governance and risk.
• Contribution to staff and service delivery.
• Appraisal skills.
• Basic understanding of computers.
• Presentation / teaching skills.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Radcliffe Primary Care Centre.

69 Church Street West.

Radcliffe

M26 2SP

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