Occupational Therapist - Community Care in Somerset, Winscombe

Hours: 30 hours per week (exact working pattern negotiable)

Pay: £23.47 per hour

Summary responsibilities:

• Occupational Therapy assessments of clients in our 13 D2A pathway 2 beds.
• Setting and reviewing rehab goals and rehab programmes, determining accurate discharge dates and post-discharge equipment and care requirements, and ordering equipment from the local NHS community equipment stores (Medequip).
• Attending MDT meetings.
• Home visits.
• Working in a team with other OTs, physios and support staff.
• Assessing permanent residents of the care home and residents in the retirement village to reduce the risk of falls, support rehabilitation, posture management, and promote movement, independence, social engagement, and general wellbeing.
• Implementing therapy treatments including ADL training, equipment provision and training, education, transfers education/practice.
• Residents-centred multidisciplinary team working.
• Helping residents to manage acute and long-term conditions.
• Safely and appropriately delegate therapy tasks to therapy assistants.
• Maintain accurate records necessary for the role.
• Communicate readily and effectively with residents, their families, colleagues, and other individuals from outside the organisation.
• Take an active role in the development of the Therapy Service.

Essential:

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy.
• Member of RCOT and registered with HCPC.
• Good IT skills.
• Experience in working with older people - including frailty and dementia care.
• 2 years post-graduate experience.
• Experience working with therapy assistants.
• Experience working in NHS.
• Up-to-date professional knowledge.
• Evidence of personal development.
• Excellent team worker.
• Motivated and enthusiastic worker.
• Orthopaedics experience.
• Community/home visit experience.
• Enthusiasm for improving the wellbeing of older people.
• Approachable.
• Experience in hospital discharge planning and rehabilitation.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within a care home.
• Experience working in BNSSG, especially North Somerset.
• D2A experience.
• Experience ordering equipment using TCES Community.
• Experience in wheelchairs and/or seating.
• Accredited referrer for BWCS.
• Neuro experience.
• Driving license and a car.

Communication:

• Interprets and explains information to others.
• Provides and receives some complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Persuasive, motivational, empathetic, reassuring skills.
• Confident negotiator.
• Shares knowledge and trains others on the job.
• Communicates openly and often with immediate and related teams.
• Objective review of complex matters.

Thinking Style:

• Analyses complex facts or situations.
• Plans and organises a range of complex and interlinked activities and tasks (project planning).
• Uses sophisticated technical and problem-solving skills to enhance service area/discipline.
• Regular report writing, data analysis and recommending actions.
• Develops and maintains policies and procedures in own discipline.
• Aware of longer-term impact of decisions.

Well-being and Values:

• Demonstrate sensitivity to individuals' needs.
• Strong emphasis on colleague engagement and well-being.
• Successfully embeds strategic/values-based goals of service area.
• Considers impact of initiatives on well-being and engagement of stakeholders.
• Understand the needs of older people and people with dementia.
• Aware of cultural and individual differences in all interactions and service areas.

Working with others:

• Seeks, responds to and acts upon client feedback regularly.
• Builds relationships internally and externally.
• Strong personal network inside and outside organisation.
• Establishes a collaborative culture for team and those who use their services.
• Collaborative approach.

Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.