Job summary
Job Purpose
- To provide a highly specialist Community Occupational Therapy Service as part of Unplanned Care (RR/D2A) Therapy Team, to adult clients who are diverted from hospital admission or being discharged early to the community.
- To work as a fully integrated team member sharing in administrative, co-ordination and liaison responsibilities.
- To undertake the assessment of clients' referred to the teams to determine suitability for equipment and rehabilitation and communicating outcomes to referrers.
- To deputise for the team leaders as requested.
- To regularly supervise OT staff and other members of the team in Bands 5 and below, to ensure high quality service provision that meets standards for practice.
- To supervise OT students on practice placement by providing support aimed at maintaining and developing standards of practice.
- To undertake a community occupational therapy role with adults who have complex health and social needs referred to the Team.
Main duties of the job
To complete specialised OT assessments in patient's homes, using evidence based tools and approaches to identify physical, cognitive and psychosocial skills and the impact of impairments on functional (ADL) tasks.
To collaborate and negotiate with clients to formulate goals as part of the overall care plan using a client centred approach, advanced clinical reasoning skills, analysis of the outcomes of assessment and specialist outcome measurement tools.
To develop and implement treatment plans for clients based on a goal setting approach, in conjunction with other members of the rehabilitation team. These clients will present with a variety of complex multi-pathologies that may include falls, trauma, neurological conditions, organ failure, musculoskeletal conditions, age related disorders, osteoporosis.
About us
We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
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stay well
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manage their own health with the right support
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avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a defined caseload of complex and highly complex cases as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high level problem solving, clinical reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
To prioritise OT cases for intervention within an agreed framework, delegating appropriate cases to more junior OT staff.
To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions in order to measure outcomes and quality of intervention.
To be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions and sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines. To be able to interpret and follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.
To assess clients referred to the team to determine suitability for team interventions and safety at home, liaising with the team and referrers, communicating outcomes of assessment and offering advice on resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a defined caseload of complex and highly complex cases as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high level problem solving, clinical reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
To prioritise OT cases for intervention within an agreed framework, delegating appropriate cases to more junior OT staff.
To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions in order to measure outcomes and quality of intervention.
To be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions and sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines. To be able to interpret and follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.
To assess clients referred to the team to determine suitability for team interventions and safety at home, liaising with the team and referrers, communicating outcomes of assessment and offering advice on resources.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of philosophy and key issues within the profession
- Able to appraise staff
- Skills in managing complex cases and advising other staff on management
Desirable
- Participation in recent NHS Leadership training programme or similar
Education/Qualification
Essential
- OT with appropriate Diploma/ degree
- Current registration with HCPC
- Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation, Neurology, Older People Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
- Member of BAOT
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of philosophy and key issues within the profession
- Able to appraise staff
- Skills in managing complex cases and advising other staff on management
Desirable
- Participation in recent NHS Leadership training programme or similar
Education/Qualification
Essential
- OT with appropriate Diploma/ degree
- Current registration with HCPC
- Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation, Neurology, Older People Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
- Member of BAOT
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Finchley Memorial Hospital, 2nd Floor
Granville Road
London
N12 0JE
Employer's website
https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
