Occupational Therapist Team Lead for the Urgent care Team
Job overview
Exciting opportunity for a band 7 Occupational therapy lead position within the MDT environment of the Urgent Care Team. Managing a team to support early hospital discharges and responding to urgent community response referrals to help prevent admissions to hospital.
To lead the multi-disciplinary Team in providing an Urgent Care Response Service to patients to promote faster recovery from illness, prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions, support timely discharge and maximise independent living.
Working towards ensuring the national targets for urgent care response are met by providing timely interventions in line with the 2 hour and 2-day response times.
Main duties of the job- The main duties of this role will be to manage and clinically work within the urgent care team, predominantly in the Paignton and Brixham locality however may include Baywide working if required.
- Completing assessments within patients’ homes, providing clinical supervision and support to the MDT, completing staff appraisals and supporting with the daily triage and prioritisation of new referrals linking in with the acute/ community wards as well as GP’s and community teams.
- The main focus will be around hospital avoidance rapid assessment to prevent hospital admission or facilitate early discharge.
- To include occasional weekend and bank holiday working to support the 7-day service between the hours of 8am and 7pm
Working for our organisation
Why Work With Us
The new team will be multidisciplinary and will have a home first ethos working closely with the GP and community nursing services.
This will be a supportive and professionally stimulating environment and an exciting opportunity for the new post holder.
Our vision is to provide safe, seamless high-quality care incorporating our Trust values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria- • Occupational therapy degree
- • HCPC, NMC or SW(England) registration
- • Evidence of continued professional development
- • Leadership experience within a health or social care setting
- • Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma or equivalent in a relevant subject
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria- • Good understanding of aims and priorities of Urgent Care Response.
- • Significant clinical knowledge in area of own profession
- • Proven ability of complex case management
- • Extensive experience as a senior clinician/practitioner
- • Evidence of effective staff and resource management
- • Evidence of multi- disciplinary team working across agencies
Specific Skills
Essential criteria- • Ability to deliver high quality services with good understanding of performance monitoring systems, quality measures and professional governance arrangements
- • Strong interpersonal skills
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capability
- • Excellent IT skills
- • Ability to work effectively across organisations, cultures and systems to integrate services
- • Patient and quality focussed
- • Able to motivate and inspire others
- • Ability to effectively communicate complex information within a range of settings
- • Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- • Excellent organisational skills
- • Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
- • Flexible approach to change
Physical Skills
Essential criteria- • Daily work includes driving
- • Lift and carry equipment (wheelchairs, health care equipment) and furniture on a frequent basis
- • Moving and handling of patients on a frequent basis in relation to assessment, treatment and rehabilitation Treatment may necessitate restricted positions or limited space
- • Work in the community where appropriate equipment may not be available. (e.g. Moving and handling equipment)
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
- Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
- Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
- Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
- If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
- It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
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