We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic and supportive Frailty Team. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is comfortable completing holistic assessments but who can also provide specialist intervention in for example long term conditions, cognition & capacity, moving & handling.

As a frailty team, we are able to support front door frailty and start patient assessment from their initial admission. As well as working with the front door frailty team, we have a short stay ward where we aim to assess and discharge patients within 72 hours if possible this is to reduce the potential for hospital acquired functional decline or deconditioning.

If a patients needs are more complex and a longer period of assessment is required we have the ability to transfer patients to a ward where this is possible to achieve.

Throughout this process, we work closely with MDT colleagues to ensure thorough assessment and open communication.

Our service is innovative and forward thinking with a commitment to quality improvement and service development. We are fully committed to the training, education and development of our staff.

We can support applicants returning to practice.

We will consider developmental band 5 to band 6 applications.

Main duties of the job

As a key member of the Occupational Therapy Team, you will be involved further developing this role within a Frailty specialism. We have state of the art frailty block that has been purpose built for the frailty pathway.

You will be working closely with MDT colleagues to develop the Frailty pathway across our in-patient service, to prevent admissions and facilitate early discharge. You will be committed joint working with our community teams to provide a care closer to home approach to discharge planning. Supervising and engaging in the development of our Therapy Assistant Practitioners across the team.

In the future this post will form part of a Band 6 rotational programme within Occupational Therapy as this develops.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifcations

Essential

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail

Experience

Essential

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Road

Hereford

HR1 2ER

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