Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust's to work in Physical Health Services within the Pennine Locality Network as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within the Community Rehabilitation Team. The team includes Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioner and Community Rehabilitation and Health Care Assistants. We work with the wider multidisciplinary team and support long term rehabilitation with patients in their own home's. We attend Integrated Neighbourhood Team meetings weekly to support the health and well-being of Blackburn with Darwen residents using a multi-disciplinary approach with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. We work closely with our Intensive Home Support Service colleagues to support a patient remain at home.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our service. The role will involve assessing patients, planning treatment and coordinating support and equipment to meet the patient's needs under the supervision of senior Occupational Therapists within the team. The successful candidate will need excellent communication skills who is confident to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

Provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy input to the designated therapy team. Hours may be required to be worked over 7 days between 08.00am and 08.00pm.

To assess and treat patients within a ward or community setting as an autonomous practitioner and hold responsibility for own caseload.

Rotation options could be discussed across teams if there is a desired interest.

Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations, physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

The postholder will ensure their own personal development and participate in the development of others.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Occupational Therapy students to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the degree standard.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Date posted

06 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-PEN263-CL-B

Job locations

BwD Community Rehab Service (C)

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

HCPC Registration Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work effectively within an MDT
Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students
Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks
Excellent time management skills

Experience

Essential

Treatment of a broad range of conditions
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Excellent written and oral presentation skills
Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions
Ability to prioritise a workload effectively

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

HCPC Registration Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work effectively within an MDT
Evidence of supervision of assistant staff / students
Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks
Excellent time management skills

Experience

Essential

Treatment of a broad range of conditions
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Excellent written and oral presentation skills
Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions
Ability to prioritise a workload effectively

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).