Band 5 Occupational Therapist - EICT South in Birmingham

This job advert describes an opportunity to join a community team during a major Health and Social Care transformation. The role focuses on preventing avoidable hospital admissions, reducing premature admissions to long-term care, and facilitating early hospital discharge. You will work within a self-motivated, aspirational MDT daily, leading and promoting a culture of home first rehabilitation so people in Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. You will work multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions, and delivering high-quality care to patients in their own homes and other community settings.

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country. Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77,000 fewer acute bed days used, 19,000 fewer non-acute bed days, and 11.5 fewer days spent in the system. Overall, an impact of £25.8 million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments. Six health and social care organisations joined forces to deliver this truly integrated service: BCHC, Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull CCG, and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG.

Responsibilities

• Lead and promote a culture of home first rehabilitation, working multi-professionally to deliver assessments and interventions.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality interventions to patients within their own homes and other community settings.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support junior staff and students, and drive service development projects and quality patient care.
• Contribute to and support the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily.
• Participate in opportunities for leadership and career development, including Inspire leadership training and other development activities.

Requirements / Qualifications

• HCPC/NMC registrations are a requirement for registered staff roles.
• Excellent communication with a flexible approach and the ability to establish links with Health and Social care partners; a passion for "trusted assessor" principles is advantageous.
• Be prepared to work shifts as required over 7 days per week in line with service delivery.

Additional Information

Be Part of Our Team and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities. We have more than 5000 staff across Birmingham and the West Midlands, delivering a wide range of clinical services in homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities, including services for children, young people and families, adults and community services, community hospitals, learning disabilities services, the West Midlands Rehab Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly, as this is how we will communicate with you during shortlisting and selection. Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully and provide full details of referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

An excellent communicator with a flexible approach and existing, or eagerness to establish, links with Health and Social care partners and a passion for trusted assessor principles will be advantageous when working in this team. We run an Inspire leadership training programme for staff with line management responsibilities, alongside other opportunities to develop your career.