Specialist Occupational Therapist (ICRAS) - Urgent Care in Liverpool

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under‑represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex‑armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

ICRAS (Integrated Reablement and Assessment Service) is a supportive multidisciplinary service providing a rapid responsive approach to support admission avoidance and early hospital discharges and reablement. We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary teams across Liverpool and South Sefton. If you are motivated, with a passion to work within urgent care therapy to develop your clinical knowledge and experience within community care division we are looking for you and would love you to join our supportive team.

ICRAS Therapy teams work to support patients in their own homes, providing an urgent care response service to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge and provide short term rehabilitation, and reablement services through delivery in our hub beds and within patients' own homes. Access to a vehicle is required for this role - being able to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential. The role will involve regular travel across health care organisation sites in the Liverpool/South Sefton catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Reasonable adjustments will be made for applicants who are unable to meet the criteria due to a disability.

Main duties of the job include:

• Effectively manage a caseload of patients’ co‑morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.
• Participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• Take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users/patients, ensuring high quality care.
• Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within ICRAS.

To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments, devise treatment plans individualised to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge. To gain consent through engaging patients/clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice and as part of their recovery. To prioritise designated Occupational Therapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patient’s social and physical environment. To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership within your team.

To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.

To liaise with family members, carers, GP’s and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan. To be a point of contact for service users and carers that have concerns regarding their care, making every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly.

To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, ensuring that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.

To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility for. Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery of Occupational Therapy activities and comply with The Royal College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions.

To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act.

Person specification includes:

• Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy relevant area of practice.
• Application of Occupational Therapy outcome measures and models of practice.
• Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff.
• Ability to travel across boundaries.
• Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change.

Qualifications required include:

• Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council.
• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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