The Community Neuro Rehab Team is a multidisciplinary team working to provide specialist Neuro Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Vestibular intervention to adults (18+) in patient's homes and appropriate community settings. We maximise independence and aim to provide patient centred, evidence based holistic care.

We're looking for an Occupational Therapist with Neuro experience to join our multidisciplinary team.

If you're motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we'd like to hear from you.

The role involves working in the Neuro team to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.

We're a very supportive team with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Assistant Practitioners.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for responding to referrals along with other health professionals, completing a holistic assessment of need and associated risk assessments and completing initial follow up visits, as well as referring patients on to other services. You will also participate in the supervision of junior and support staff and at times assist senior staff and the service with a range of other tasks to maintain and improve a quality and evidence-based service.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Occupational Therapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team in community care setting to provide a seamless service to patients. The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patients co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

The post holder takes a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice. The post holder will work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment. The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients. The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery, and will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Enhanced DBS disclosure

Desirable

• Member of professional body
• Practice placement education qualification
• Evidence of post-registration study in a field relevant to the post

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate experience of Occupational Therapy functional assessment including activity analysis
• Experience of successful team working
• Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
• Knowledge and ability to express an understanding of Occupational Therapy Process including activity and task analysis and the formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning
• General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
• Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
• Evidence of CPD/short courses
• Demonstrate experience of post-graduate working in relevant field

Desirable

• Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
• Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
• Familiar with Electronic Patient Records
• Demonstrate experience of working as an autonomous practitioner within a community setting

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload being able to assess, set goals and evaluate the progress of the treatment plan
• Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy and the relevant area practice
• Application of appropriate outcome measures and models of practice
• A sound knowledge of the core skills of Occupational Therapy and their application in this field
• Be able to communicate effectively with patients within the specific client group
• Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of mentorship and supervision
• Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process, demonstrating self-awareness of learning needs
• Experience of group and individual interventions with the specific client group
• Experience working in a collaborative way with the wider MDT and patients/carers taking an integrated care approach
• Apply and promote skills to include carrying out assessments, setting clear goals and facilitating a wide variety of therapeutic interventions
• Able to apply Person Centred approaches
• Apply clinical skills and able to reflect on own and others practice
• Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff
• Ability to facilitate presentations.
• Self Management and motivation skills
• Risk assessment skills
• IT Literate
• Ability to travel between variety of bases and patient homes according to the needs of the service
• Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with the organisational public health policy
• Awareness of local agenda in health and social care
• Ability to meet the moving and handling requirements of the post

Desirable

• Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully participate in the development of service delivery
• Demonstrate mentorship / supervisory skills

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Zetland Street

Southport

PR9 9DL

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