Senior Community OT (Community Rehab) - Fleet - ref. s65832219
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to advertise for this Senior OT position within our Community Therapies (rehab) team.
Specialising in long term disease management, rehab, complex equipment, posture and positioning and moving and handling, you will be supported by your team's MDT and B7 OT and PT Team Leads. You will receive regular supervision and be supported with a comprehensive induction to the team and community.
You will manage your own caseload, get involved in service development and provide clinical & operational supervision to junior staff. We will support you with your ongoing CPD including specialist study days, Masters modules in relevant subjects and clinical supervision to name but a few.We are proud of our accomplishments, our strong MDT approach and our constant evolution and development.
We are a 7 day, 8am-9pm service, although our clinicians usually finish by 6pm. Ability to drive is essential for this Community role.
We would happily welcome your visit to meet the team and Team Leads, talk to the other clinicians and non-registered staff in the teams prior to your application and/or interview.
Full time or part time would be considered for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job- To undertake holistic OT assessment, clinical diagnosis and individualised treatment plans for patients on the caseload. These patients may have complex and/or chronic presentations and diagnoses, with varied rehabilitation potential, including palliative patients
- Case management, providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care
- To provide OT supervision, support and line management to junior staff, and mentorship to students
- To work with senior staff to develop a comprehensive service in partnership with Integrated Care Teams and all relevant stakeholders.
- To work on a rota basis covering 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To provide holistic OT assessment, goal setting, individualised treatment programmes, care planning and delivery.
- Regular review and discharge of patients.
- To manage a varied caseload, seeking support from senior staff where necessary to ensure the provision of a timely, clinically effective service based on evidence-based practice.
- To provide services to support discharge of patients from acute hospital and to provide an admission avoidance service for patients in crisis within community settings.
- To undertake in-reach to acute and community settings.
- To be actively involved in, and lead on, projects towards the development & delivery of the service and to contribute to new developments and initiatives.
- To provide standardised cognitive assessments and treatment programmes as required.
- To provide comprehensive environmental and functional assessments and treatment programmes.
- To educate and provide necessary interventions around management of anxiety and fatigue.
- To provide comprehensive manual handling care plans in a timely manner to ensure the effective and safe delivery of care plans.
- To identify, assess and manage risk.
- To triage new referrals, manage handovers and allocate work accordingly.
- To contribute to interdisciplinary working by teaching and education of professional skills & techniques as defined by an agreed competency framework, both personally and for other staff and students.
- Where appropriate to take responsibility for the application of new skills to rehabilitation programmes.
- To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and practice placement students as appropriate.
- To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed.
- To work closely and jointly at times with Physiotherapy and Nursing colleagues to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient.
- To be responsible for the day-to-day management and prioritisation of your caseload and be able to respond to urgent referrals and an unpredictable workload. This could require prolonged concentration in an unpredictable environment.
- To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner when imparting bad news regarding rehabilitation potential. To ensure this is communicated sensitively to all parties concerned.
- To keep yourself well at work both physically and emotionally, to access peer, clinical and management support when needed and to be aware of own limitations and escalate accordingly.
- To report risks and harm to patients using the Trust reporting system.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered OT
- Clinical educators training
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant post registration experience
- Experience of complex moving and handling
- Experience within a physical health setting
- Community experience
- Experience of clinical audit
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge in assessing for and prescribing appropriate equipment required in enabling patients whilst promoting safety
- Understanding & application of effective communication processes, where complex information will need to be delivered to clients and their carers, requiring communication skills in relation to empathy and reassurance
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.