There is currently an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 to join the Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home in H& R. You will work within a large multidisciplinary team offering specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and Therapy intervention.

You will need to be able to work as part of a team and on your own, frequently using your own initiative. Excellent communication skills, organisational skills, enthusiasm, commitment and ability to negotiate across a wide range of agencies are also vital in this post.

and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7

Main duties of the job

The role will require being involved with clients with a range of multiple medical, social and emotional problems, as well as a substantial amount of home visits. The ability to travel independently is therefore an essential part of this post.

The team currently provides a 7 day service so there is an expectation for the successful candidate to be included in the cover for weekend working.

The service aims to enable individuals to maximise their independence at home and to support timely discharge and prevent avoidable admission to hospital or long term care.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• To hold a Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence of post graduate training/experience in a variety of clinical specialties
• Evidence of working within a Community Therapy services within the NHS
• To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
• Demonstrates sound organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations
• Demonstrates competent IT and system skills
• Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations
• Teaching skills and previous student supervision experience
• Evidence of post registration training at a higher level in a specialist subject matter

Desirable

• Leadership course

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

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