Community Occupational Therapist-Early Intervention Dementia Service

Job summary

Come and join our dynamic and innovative team, dedicated to delivering high quality, evidenced based dementia assessment and post diagnostic interventions to people presenting with early symptoms of dementia. We are continuously looking to develop and enhance the service we offer, and this includes many opportunities to develop as individuals through both formal an informal training and supervision. Some of our previous team members have become Team Leaders and we have also been able to commence the development of 2 team members into Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

The teams base is in Kidderminster Hospital, but we offer a county wide service with the flexibility of working from home or other trust bases around the county. Staff are aligned to geographical areas and this post will be in the south of the county (to be confirmed at interview).

If you would like an informal discussion about whether this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager who can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for either an Occupational Therapist with a special interest and experience in dementia assessment and post diagnostic interventions. You will play an integral role in supporting patients and their families through a dementia assessment and co-ordinating post diagnostic interventions. This will include delivering pre-diagnostic counselling, taking a detailed clinical history, undertaking cognitive testing and where appropriate formulating a diagnosis with the Consultant Psychiatrist and communicating this back to the patient. Following a diagnosis, we offer a time limited period of post diagnostic intervention. You will co-ordinate this care for your patients and can utilise your individual specialism depending on the patients needs. This may include carrying out detailed functional assessments or facilitating our psychoeducational groups.

About us

We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.

We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.

We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.

We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.

At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.

We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

F Block, Kidderminster Hospital

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

DY11 6RJ

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

F Block, Kidderminster Hospital

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

DY11 6RJ

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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