Job summary
Specialist Occupational Therapist, Band 6 Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
We are looking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to our dynamic, integrated multi- disciplinary Rapid Response Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop our integrated collaborative working between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Bexley Adult Social Services. Would you like to help us continue to improve our provision of health, social care and community support to the residents of Bexley.
RRT has been operational since 2013, since has gown and developed, RRT was one of the 7 accelerator sites involved in the introduction and successful roll out of the NHSE Urgent Community Response (UCR) initiative. RRT/UCR is a multi- professional team consisting of Nurses, PT's, OT's and Social Workers. The team aims to respond to crisis referrals within 2 hours and avoid unnecessary presentation to hospital and residential care.
The team provide holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley GP and live in the Borough of Bexley. The team are based at QEH Woolwich and operates 7 days a week, on an 8am-8pm basis, providing urgent community response to vulnerable people in the community.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support in the leadership of Rapid Response Team, deputising in the absence of the Band 7 lead Therapist/Nurses for the clinical management of the care of patients referred to the team. The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert physiotherapy clinical resource to RRT members by facilitating high quality evidence based practise.
The post holder may be required to work across hospitals sites on a planned basis and in community when responding to urgent community referrals. Post holder will undertake delegated line management of junior staff, both informal and formal basis.
The Rapid Response Team aims to prevent inappropriate admissions to acute hospital wards, unnecessary Emergency Department attendances from the community and facilitate early discharges from hospital by acting as the gateway to Community Services within the Borough of Bexley. The post holder will conduct specialist Occupational Therapy assessments for patients in the community with some in reach into Secondary care as required . The team provides an integrated multi-professional assessment of health and social care needs.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
Oxleas NHS Trust operates a Probationary Period, further details are available on request.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients.
Work closely with other health professionals and social servicesand provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.
Conduct a thorough holistic specialist Occupational Therapy assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.
Recommend appropriate interventions topromote functional independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.
Complete individual plans of care for clients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.
Maintain effective multidisciplinary communicationwith other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.
Providespecialist Occupational Therapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.
Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation, education and demonstration of equipment.
Participate in and lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.
Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients.
To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and completeinput in a timely, seamless manner.
Seek guidance from moreexperienced colleagues when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients.
Work closely with other health professionals and social servicesand provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.
Conduct a thorough holistic specialist Occupational Therapy assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.
Recommend appropriate interventions topromote functional independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.
Complete individual plans of care for clients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.
Maintain effective multidisciplinary communicationwith other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.
Providespecialist Occupational Therapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.
Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation, education and demonstration of equipment.
Participate in and lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.
Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients.
To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and completeinput in a timely, seamless manner.
Seek guidance from moreexperienced colleagues when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable
- Registered Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post registration experience as a band 5 sufficient to meet B6 requirements
- Evidence of working as an OT in a specialist Rapid Response Team
- Evidence of recent CPD and course attendance with rehabilitation / A&E
- Evidence of working in an MDT setting
Desirable
- Experience of using standardised assessments
Knowledge / Skill / abilities
Essential
- Evidence of excellent professional and clinical knowledge and skills as an OT
- Basic computer skills and good patient record management
- Good presentation and communication skills - written
- Competent therapeutic manual handling skills
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner as well as in an MDT
- UK Driving Licence
- Access to car to use for work
Desirable
- Evidence of using outcome measures
Personal / Other
Essential
- Evidence of self reflection and self appraisal
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable
- Registered Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post registration experience as a band 5 sufficient to meet B6 requirements
- Evidence of working as an OT in a specialist Rapid Response Team
- Evidence of recent CPD and course attendance with rehabilitation / A&E
- Evidence of working in an MDT setting
Desirable
- Experience of using standardised assessments
Knowledge / Skill / abilities
Essential
- Evidence of excellent professional and clinical knowledge and skills as an OT
- Basic computer skills and good patient record management
- Good presentation and communication skills - written
- Competent therapeutic manual handling skills
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner as well as in an MDT
- UK Driving Licence
- Access to car to use for work
Desirable
- Evidence of using outcome measures
Personal / Other
Essential
- Evidence of self reflection and self appraisal
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
