Specialist Occupational Therapist - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Description

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist who is passionate about community working to join our Hospital and Community Team, based at the Gorton Hub.

This is an exciting new post for someone who is person centered in their practice and who has a particular interest in supporting elderly, frail patients to progress and remain at home following hospital.

The Hospital and Community Team is well-established team, consisting of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and rehabilitation assistants. You will work with a wide variety of patient presentations, including those with multiple pathologies and complex needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively alongside other community teams within Central Manchester, particularly the Discharge to Assess Team to support patient flow and hospital discharges.

You will provide ongoing support and short- term community rehabilitation to patients, following their hospital discharge aiming to assist them to reach their desired potential in their home environment.

You will work closely with acute therapy colleagues at Manchester Royal Infirmary to facilitate hospital discharges for patients with more complex manual handling and seating needs.

You will continue to support and follow up these patients into the community.

You will benefit from working in a friendly team with experienced staff who are committed to high quality patient care and undergraduate education.

You will supervise/support more junior staff including students and provide clinical and managerial support to MDT colleagues.

You will also be responsible for leading and developing aspects of the service in agreement with senior staff and you will be supported with learning objectives as part of an established appraisal process.

Our core hours are currently Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm. The post is full time, however, part-time may be considered.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of 2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.

What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings.

Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.

If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Relevant post graduate experience in variety of specialities at band 6/7 level
Experience with undergraduate education

Community experience
Experience and interest in manual handling risk assessments to support patient pathways
Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
Access to a car for business purposes to enable travel between sites and to patients' homes

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The Gorton Hub, Hospital and Community Team