Job summary
Job overview:
Planned Therapy Team South Sefton service provides therapy and rehabilitation in patients homes. We aim to promote independence and improve quality of life for people with physical problems caused by accidents, ageing, disease or disability. These include respiratory conditions, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility issues, neurological conditions and those receiving palliative care.
We're looking for an experienced Occupational therapist to join our multidisciplinary team across South Sefton. If you're motivated, with therapy experience and skills, a passion to be part this service, and share our aim for perfect care, we'd like to hear from you.
The role involves working in Planned Therapy South Sefton community team to provide support to our patients in their homes and other community settings, which will enable you to develop skills and flourish within your career. If this interests you, come and join our fantastic team.
We're a very supportive team with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and assistant practitioners.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for responding to referrals along with other health professionals, completing a holistic assessment of need and associated risk assessments and completing initial follow up visits, as well as referring patients on to other services. You will also participate in the supervision of junior and support staff and at times assist senior staff and the service with a range of other tasks to maintain and improve a quality and evidence-based service.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Occupational Therapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team in community care setting to provide a seamless service to patients. The post holder will be expected to 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 of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.The post holder takes a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice. The post holder will work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment. The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients. The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery, and will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Occupational Therapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team in community care setting to provide a seamless service to patients. The post holder will be expected to 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 of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.The post holder takes a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice. The post holder will work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment. The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients. The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery, and will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Qualification / equivalent experience as a mentor / teacher
- Enhanced DBS disclosure
Desirable
- Member of professional body
- Practice placement education qualification
- Evidence of post-registration study in a field relevant to the post
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement o Accountability o Respectfulness o Enthusiasm o Support o High professional standards o Responsive to service users o Engaging leadership style o Strong customer service belief o Transparency and honesty o Discreet o Change oriented
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
- Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Experience of successful team working o Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
- Demonstrate experience of functional and holistic assessment of patient in their own home
- Knowledge of and ability to express an understanding of clinical need for urgent and routine therapeutic intervention and the formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning
Desirable
- Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Records
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload being able to assess, set goals and evaluate the progress of the treatment plan
- Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy and the relevant area practice
- Application of appropriate outcome measures and models of practice
- Application of the process of standard setting, audit, evaluation, and review
- A sound knowledge of the core skills of Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy and their application in this field
- Be able to communicate effectively with patients within the specific client group
- Have good listening skills
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of Health and Care Profession Councils Standards of Proficiency and the responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
- Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of mentorship and supervision
- Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
- Experience of group and individual interventions with the specific client group
- Experience working in a collaborative way with the MDT and patients/carers
- Good time management skills
- Apply and promote skills to include carrying out assessments, setting clear goals and facilitating a wide variety of therapeutic interventions
- Able to apply Person Centred approaches
- Apply clinical skills and able to reflect on own and others practice
- Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff
- Ability to facilitate presentations.
- Self Management and motivation skills
- Risk assessment skills
- IT Literate
- Ability to travel between variety of bases and patient homes according to the needs of the service
- Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with the organisational public health policy
- Understanding of partnership working
- Awareness of local agenda in health and social care
- Ability to meet the moving and handling requirements of the post
Desirable
- Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully participate in the development of service delivery
- Apply professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Qualification / equivalent experience as a mentor / teacher
- Enhanced DBS disclosure
Desirable
- Member of professional body
- Practice placement education qualification
- Evidence of post-registration study in a field relevant to the post
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement o Accountability o Respectfulness o Enthusiasm o Support o High professional standards o Responsive to service users o Engaging leadership style o Strong customer service belief o Transparency and honesty o Discreet o Change oriented
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
- Having an understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- General knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Experience of successful team working o Experience of liaison with internal and external services and agencies
- Demonstrate experience of functional and holistic assessment of patient in their own home
- Knowledge of and ability to express an understanding of clinical need for urgent and routine therapeutic intervention and the formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning
Desirable
- Experience of service development audit and research practice relevant to the clinical area
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and/or research
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Records
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and manage own caseload being able to assess, set goals and evaluate the progress of the treatment plan
- Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy and the relevant area practice
- Application of appropriate outcome measures and models of practice
- Application of the process of standard setting, audit, evaluation, and review
- A sound knowledge of the core skills of Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy and their application in this field
- Be able to communicate effectively with patients within the specific client group
- Have good listening skills
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of Health and Care Profession Councils Standards of Proficiency and the responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
- Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of mentorship and supervision
- Evidence of active participation in supervision and the appraisal process
- Experience of group and individual interventions with the specific client group
- Experience working in a collaborative way with the MDT and patients/carers
- Good time management skills
- Apply and promote skills to include carrying out assessments, setting clear goals and facilitating a wide variety of therapeutic interventions
- Able to apply Person Centred approaches
- Apply clinical skills and able to reflect on own and others practice
- Excellent range of communication skills, able to motivate and support other staff
- Ability to facilitate presentations.
- Self Management and motivation skills
- Risk assessment skills
- IT Literate
- Ability to travel between variety of bases and patient homes according to the needs of the service
- Awareness of factors contributing to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with the organisational public health policy
- Understanding of partnership working
- Awareness of local agenda in health and social care
- Ability to meet the moving and handling requirements of the post
Desirable
- Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully participate in the development of service delivery
- Apply professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
