Band 6 Community Occupational Therapist

Are you an innovative, organised and motivated occupational therapist with a strong interest in community rehabilitation? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive environment with a focus on further learning and developing clinical skills? We have exciting opportunities for a Fixed term Band 6 Occupational therapist to join our specialist multidisciplinary community rehabilitation service.

Please note that our service has 2 bases and interviews will be held in person at our office in Level 10 South Ealing Hospital, London or EDTC, Southall UB1 2SH.

The Ealing Short Term Rehabilitation (STR) team provides therapy-led rehabilitation to help patients improve their abilities and achieve their rehabilitation goals, through therapy led care. We focus on achieving goals and enabling people to regain independence and social integration effectively and efficiently after discharge from acute hospitals and community services in the borough. Therapists and rehabilitation assistants offer support for a period of up to six weeks, usually less if goals are achieved or care can be delivered in a different way. Our team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants. The team provide a service in a variety of community locations but mostly in the patients' own home.

The post holder will contribute to the Occupational therapy provision within the STR team and will deliver skilled OT care to patients in their own home, based on a thorough holistic assessment of their clinical and personal needs and the agreement of an individualised rehabilitation care plan to the standards set by RCOT and HCPC. The post holder will participate in service-wide seven day working on a rota basis.

We are a friendly team, based across Ealing borough, we support staff to be autonomous and will support you in developing your clinical, supervisory and management skills.

• To provide specialised rehabilitation assessment, education, advice and treatment to adult patients in the community, who have complex health and social care needs.
• To prioritise factors involved in the patients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, prognosis and other physical, social emotional and mental health issues.
• To set goals for treatment with patients and/or their carer and ensure that care is patient centred and agreed by the patient and/or their carer.
• To independently screen and assess multi-disciplinary referrals from a variety of sources. This screening will establish priority, determine needs and initiate a plan of intervention.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of needs, utilising supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff.
• To work in a variety of community locations including patients homes, nursing homes, and residential homes and provide intensive rehabilitation.
• To successfully monitor, evaluate and review Occupational therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary, taking a key worker role as indicated.
• To ensure patient and service records are recorded and maintained on IT databases and that patient documentation is according to trust and local policies.
• To prescribe, delegate and monitor the work of rehabilitation assistants and counter sign documentation.
• To actively be involved in service development, with support and guidance from senior therapy staff.
• To participate in departmental continuous professional development, education and training, audit and research projects.
• To maintain and update a Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (CPD).

Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.

Essential

• Education/Qualifications: Degree/ Diploma Occupational therapy; State registration with HCPC.

Desirable

• Membership and/or involvement in National special interest group; Member of RCOT; Post-Graduate MSc degree.

Experience

• Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy as a Occupational therapist.
• Significant post-registration working as band 5 or band 6 or equivalent in experience.
• Experience in a variety of core areas to include: Older people/elderly rehab; Medicine & general surgery; Orthopaedics; Falls; Dementia; Long term conditions.

Desirable

• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting.

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication skills, fluency in written and verbal English.
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload pressures with effective time management skills.
• Evidence of maintenance of a CPD portfolio with self-directed learning and Reflective practice.
• Knowledge of developments within NHS community rehabilitation and Occupational therapy profession.

Desirable

• Excellent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, databases etc.

Other

• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer name: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Ealing day Treatment Centre, Britten Drive, Southall, UB1 2SH.