An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join the Post COVID Rehabilitation Team in Central Manchester, within the Integrated Community Rehabilitation Services(ICRS).

We are looking for a candidate with variety of experience as an Occupational Therapist, including community rehabilitation and are keen to develop clinical and service development skills in the field of Post COVID Rehabilitation. You will be supported by the ICRS Leadand will have excellent peer support from the other Post COVID leads across the city.

This post provides a unique opportunity to use your specialist rehabilitation skills and will involve delivering high quality care to patients in their own homes/ clinic setting or virtually as appropriate.

The ICRS currently provides therapy across the areas of Home-Physiotherapy, Post COVID Rehabilitation Service, Falls, Orthopaedic Outreach and Community OT. You will be leading the Post COVID Rehabilitation Service whilst providing support as needed across the ICRS. This therefore provides an excellent varied opportunity to use your clinical skills across different areas.

If you are an enthusiastic and well-motivated HCPC registered occupational therapist with good communication, clinical, organisational skills and with an interest in specialising in Post COVID Rehabilitation, this is an exciting opportunity for developing skills within a specialist area.

UK driving license and access to own vehicle are essential for the post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for patients referred, ensuring appropriate input and pathways of care and communications via liaison and referral to other agencies as required. The post holder will particularly focus on leading Post COVID service delivery along with other ICRS services as demand rises.

The post holder will be responsible for allocated aspects of leading and developing the Service with a focus on Long COVID service to ensure delivery of a high quality, evidence-based Post COVID service across the MLCO Footprint.

The post holder will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work, and work to agreed KPIs, national and professional standards.

The post holder will participate in continuing professional development, clinical audit and in-service training.

The post holder will supervise and support more junior occupational therapists, assistants and students.

The postholder will provide clinical and managerial support to MDT colleagues in team.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants can drive and have access to a car for business purposes.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with the HCPC
• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Clinical Educator Qualification

Desirable

• Active member of relevant specialist interest group

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post graduate experience in variety of specialities at band 6/7 level
• Skills in adult rehabilitation
• Experience in providing clinical leadership and problem solving skills
• Line management of staff and students, including teaching, supervision, appraisal
• Experience of MDT working
• Knowledge and experience of implementing new policies and procedures at service level.
• Community experience working with people with complex pathology/social needs/ mental health needs

Desirable

• Audit Experience
• Research Experience
• Good understanding of current guidelines, frameworks and priorities in the NHS

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to manage a highly complex caseload
• Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
• Awareness of benefits and challenges of partnership and multiagency working
• Ability to manage crisis and reorganise workload at short notice
• Awareness of national guidelines relating to Post COVID area
• Specialist knowledge and advanced clinical skills relevant to Post COVID

Desirable

• Change management
• Service development

Attributes

Essential

• Self motivated
• Ability to work on own initiative and within a team
• Valid Full UK driving licence and access to a car for business purposes to enable travel across manchester
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alexandra Park Health Centre

2, Whitswood Close

Manchester

M16 7AW

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