Exciting opportunities have arisen for the Integrated Care Service (iCARES) to recruit dynamic Band 6 Occupational Therapists. You will have a passion for community rehabilitation and maximising peoples independence. You will join the iCARES service working across Sandwell Community working collaboratively with our partners to provide holistic assessement and treatment. We have vacancies within the Home Based Intermediate Care team and the Locality Rehab team.

There is the opportunity to bring your leadership and clinical skills to help the continuing development of the services including integrated Town Teams to deliver patient centred care.

Within the Team we have Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Support Workers, delivering integrated care and supporting in promoting independence and avoiding unnecessary admissions to hospital for people in their own home.

Main duties of the job

To work with the senior clinical staff and provide leadership and oversight of the team.You will work closely with your peers, senior clinical staff, and Service Lead.To be a core member of the team, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the care provided to patients on a daily basis.To provide specialist assessment and treatment of patients within community settings, including the patients own home.To supervise, assess and educate team members including bank or agency when needed and and students.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately �600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information on the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Portfolio evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Membership of COT

Experience

Essential

• Experience must include working within a community service / rehab / neurology or long term conditions
• Experience of working as part of a Therapy team and the wider MDT
• Experience of delegating to and supervising Assistants. Contribution to the clinical education of less experienced staff or undergraduate Physiotherapy students
• Participation in emergency duties

Desirable

• Involvement in audit and research

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

Lyng Centre For Health

Frank Fisher Way

West Browmwich

B70 7AW

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