Senior Community Occupational Therapist

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to work within our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, improving quality of life for service-users and committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we would love to hear from you!

In return, we will be fully committed to supporting your continued development. We will give you the opportunity to develop specialist community skills and enhance your multidisciplinary working as well as your ability to support/supervise other team members and develop key leadership skills.

The INTs are an innovative and dynamic service. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise their functional potential and support them to remain independent within their homes. Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live better lives in their home environment.

You will be working within a friendly and supportive INT alongside other Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Paramedics, Nurses and Nurse Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators. We offer a flexible service which covers extended hours operating 7 days a week.

• Initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs.
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient-centred intervention programmes using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care.
• Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management.
• Responsible for allocation of work and efficient service/team coordination.
• Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships to prevent avoidable admissions and facilitate timely discharges.
• Collaborate and negotiate with service users, carers and family in identifying achievable goals as part of the overall care plan to maximise quality of life and independence.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services based on your assessment.
• Assess and arrange the provision of equipment within scope of practice; reporting any issues.
• Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff, and students.
• Maintain accurate, informative and legal records.
• Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery.
• Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, colleagues and service users.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you’re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Cartwright Job title: Integrated Neighbourhood Team Manager Email address: hannah.cartwright10@nhs.net Telephone number: 01934 529152