Specialist Occupational Therapist (IMC at Home) in Wigan

We have an exciting opportunity for rehab-focused Occupational Therapists to join the Community Division in the Wigan borough. We are aiming to recruit suitably qualified, enthusiastic, and experienced individuals to our Intermediate Care at Home Team. The Team provides assessment and rehabilitation for patients in their own place of residence, and other community settings. You will work with health and social care partners to support safe discharge utilising a Home First approach, to maintain and improve people’s functional abilities within their own homes and encouraging independence. The ideal candidates will have a forward-thinking mindset, be innovative and be willing to support the development and establishment of this newly developing service. You will have excellent communication skills and thrive on working as an effective team member.

You must meet the following criteria to be considered for this post:

• NHS experience is essential whether voluntary/placement/employment.
• As the role involves visiting patient homes & clinics across the Trust every day, postholders must state in their application if they have access to a car with suitable business insurance. If you do not mention this in your application, you will not be considered for the post.
• Working pattern is Monday to Sunday.
• Enhanced DBS with Adults’ Barred List will be required - obtained during pre-employment checks.
• Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job include:

• To complete functional and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of people in community settings, in order to facilitate earlier discharges, support people to remain in their own homes and to improve functional abilities.
• To plan and implement effective interventions, work closely with community services, while effectively managing risk.
• To act as a source of knowledge on the management of a varied range of conditions providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, healthcare professionals and social care.
• To assist the Team Leader in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the intermediate service provided on a day-to-day basis.
• Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team and the integrated team within Health and Social Care.
• To manage a defined caseload using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To regularly supervise students on practice placement.
• To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by supervisor.
• To support team leads in the development and delivery of in-service training for MDT colleagues.
• To consider and support service development alongside senior colleagues including data collection, audits, service review etc.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Person specification includes:

• Qualifications: Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC Registration, Evidence of Post Graduate Study and relevant post graduate qualifications.
• Experience: Post registration experience in rehabilitation and condition management, NHS Experience, Experience of working with multi-agencies, Experience of working in an inter-disciplinary team and independently, Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working, Experience of supervising students and staff from different professions.
• Skills: Evidence of working without direct supervision and being able to use own initiative, Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, Good literacy in computer use, Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, Excellent time management skills.
• Knowledge: Specialist knowledge in relevant clinical skills and approaches to patient management, Knowledge of research/audit, Working knowledge of Evidence Based Practice.

Additional requirements include the ability to travel independently within the requirements of the post and the ability to work flexibly according to service needs.