Job summary
SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST OR PHYSIOTHERAPIST 36 HOURS - OTHER PART TIME HOURS CONCIDERED
The Discharge to Assess team is an innovative and exciting service, aiming to facilitate timely discharges to the residents of Stockport and surrounding areas. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they will facilitate timely discharges from a non-acute community bed and provide assessment and support planning to meet a person's needs in the community. The post holder will provide and/or arrange appropriate support interventions in the community via Discharge to Assess collaboratively working closely with colleagues across all sectors.
Working as part of a lively and dynamic multi-professional team, you will deliver holistic support and interventions to improve the health and well-being of individuals in a bed based facility. In joining our team you will be helping us to drive our ambition of improving the health and well-being of people by working across organisational boundaries.
This is an exciting time to join our lively and diverse team, as the service expands and develops we require enthusiastic staff to shape our evolving service using skill, motivation and person centred care to provide an innovative service to the communities of Stockport.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated, forward thinking and experienced clinicians with a specialist interest in frailty who will work alongside an integrated Multidisciplinary Team to improve flow and quality of the patient's journey. You must have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to work autonomously, whilst being flexible and adaptable to supporting the service leads in developing and changing the service as it evolves.
You will be part of an integrated therapy team and we have a strong commitment to support all staff members with CPD opportunities. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal with a regular in-service training programme.
The post requires a commitment to weekend working which is underpinned by teaching and a competency programme.
The post requires working hours over a 7 day service.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
The Discharge to Assess team continually develop and enhance the seamless transfer of care from a D2A community bed to a patient's usual residence. The successful candidate will therefore embody trust values, in supporting and facilitating safe discharge to individuals who are deemed medically optimised. The successful candidate will be passionate in providing community based interventions, demonstrating a high level of holistic care independently and as part of a team.
The Multi professional team consists of highly skilled, registered Nursing staff, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, Pharmacy and Discharge Coordinators. Complementing our registered staff, we excel in providing a large team of Health Care Assistants, Admin, Discharge Trackers and Therapy Assistants. As a valued member of the team, you will be expected to liaise with colleagues across all sectors to facilitate discharge but also work independently to plan care and implement from a patient centred approach.
The team provides a seven day service, therefore this entails working some weekend and bank holidays. The post is community bed based delivering assessments and interventions where required; therefore independent travel with use of your own vehicle, business insurance and a full driving licence to deliver the role is essential.
We promote a positive ethos on personal and professional development, providing access to training and supervisions. You will be offered induction, supernumerary working and full access to mandatory training, furthermore CDP training is full supported and very much encouraged. Regular PDRs and reflective supervisions are provided, alongside peer support sessions in the form of multidisciplinary and profession specific team meetings.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
The Discharge to Assess team continually develop and enhance the seamless transfer of care from a D2A community bed to a patient's usual residence. The successful candidate will therefore embody trust values, in supporting and facilitating safe discharge to individuals who are deemed medically optimised. The successful candidate will be passionate in providing community based interventions, demonstrating a high level of holistic care independently and as part of a team.
The Multi professional team consists of highly skilled, registered Nursing staff, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, Pharmacy and Discharge Coordinators. Complementing our registered staff, we excel in providing a large team of Health Care Assistants, Admin, Discharge Trackers and Therapy Assistants. As a valued member of the team, you will be expected to liaise with colleagues across all sectors to facilitate discharge but also work independently to plan care and implement from a patient centred approach.
The team provides a seven day service, therefore this entails working some weekend and bank holidays. The post is community bed based delivering assessments and interventions where required; therefore independent travel with use of your own vehicle, business insurance and a full driving licence to deliver the role is essential.
We promote a positive ethos on personal and professional development, providing access to training and supervisions. You will be offered induction, supernumerary working and full access to mandatory training, furthermore CDP training is full supported and very much encouraged. Regular PDRs and reflective supervisions are provided, alongside peer support sessions in the form of multidisciplinary and profession specific team meetings.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council.
- oCommitment to lifelong learning - evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.
Desirable
- oExperience as clinical educator.
Knowledge
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessment and interventions.
- oAbility to use and interpret a range of standardised assessment.
- oUse of OT outcome measures
- oBasic I.T. skills.
Desirable
- oAppraisal Skills training.
- oClinical Supervisor training.
- oIntroducing management training.
- oClear vision of role/commitment to specialty.
- oEvidence of some area of special interest.
Experience
Essential
- oPost-registration experience of working with a variety of conditions.
- oSupervision of junior staff, assistants and students.
Desirable
- oInvolvement in relevant audit.
- oLeadership and first hand management experience.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExtensive clinical experience in OT.
- oHigh level of rehabilitation skills.
- oAbility to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- oAbility to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- oAbility to provide spontaneous and planned solutions to complex problems.
- oAbility to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
- oAbility to communicate with patients where there may be significant barriers to understanding.
Desirable
- oAbility to support/motivate OT colleagues and lead by example.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council.
- oCommitment to lifelong learning - evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.
Desirable
- oExperience as clinical educator.
Knowledge
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessment and interventions.
- oAbility to use and interpret a range of standardised assessment.
- oUse of OT outcome measures
- oBasic I.T. skills.
Desirable
- oAppraisal Skills training.
- oClinical Supervisor training.
- oIntroducing management training.
- oClear vision of role/commitment to specialty.
- oEvidence of some area of special interest.
Experience
Essential
- oPost-registration experience of working with a variety of conditions.
- oSupervision of junior staff, assistants and students.
Desirable
- oInvolvement in relevant audit.
- oLeadership and first hand management experience.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExtensive clinical experience in OT.
- oHigh level of rehabilitation skills.
- oAbility to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- oAbility to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- oAbility to provide spontaneous and planned solutions to complex problems.
- oAbility to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
- oAbility to communicate with patients where there may be significant barriers to understanding.
Desirable
- oAbility to support/motivate OT colleagues and lead by example.
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
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).
