- To work as an autonomous practitioner, you will undertake comprehensive assessments to identify the appropriate service for the clients referred.
- To contribute to a high quality service by carrying out assessment, goal setting, implementing treatment programmes and evaluation of adult clients who may have complex and/ or chronic presentations including musculoskeletal, sensory impairment, medical and mental health needs, with support and supervision from senior physiotherapists.
- To be responsible for continuing the ongoing development of high standards of clinical practice with evidence-based focus.
- To support clients to improve or maintain their level of function and quality of life and plan future care in an appropriate setting in partnership with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues, including liaising, supporting and referring on to health services, voluntary services and public sector agencies.
- To participate actively in the services training strategy, including in-service training, organisation-specific and multi-agency training.
- To be responsible for planning a safe discharge from the service, including completing access and discharge visits.
- To act as Key Worker as required.
- Responsible for Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for a defined clinical caseload appropriate to the service area.
- Work as a senior occupational therapist, supporting the junior occupational therapists and other members of the MDT.
- Lead group sessions where appropriate.
- Able to fulfil physical demands of role, including manual handling applications.
- Will be required to travel city-wide for client visits, meetings and training.
- To participate in rehabilitation treatment programmes with the MDT
- To carry out training of other members of staff.
- Support senior colleagues with the facilitation of student placements.
- To undertake day to day clinical prioritisation and work planning, including the delegation of work to junior members of the team.
- To establish positive and mutually supportive relationships with all team members.
- To promote the roles and skills of OT staff to other professionals.
- To contribute constructively to uni and multi professional team working.
- To demonstrate a can do attitude and support others to do the same.
- To demonstrate an understanding and application of the CityCare values and 6 Cs of compassionate care within daily practice, and support others to do the same.
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of clients in your care.
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the clients under your management, and support other team members to do likewise, implementing appropriate teaching, supervision and delegation skills where appropriate.
- To assess for, provide, demonstrate and fit adaptive equipment using problem solving, and analytical skills.
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of clients, and to organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time and ability to be flexible and respond at short notice to the needs of the service.
- To provide highly specialist advice, education and mentorship to the other staff and colleagues within the Reablement team and other multi-professional teams around current best practice and evidence based practice regarding the clinical management of clients. To drive quality, clinical service improvement and clinical excellence.
- To be responsible for own continuing professional development keeping abreast of new trends and developments. Attend relevant conferences and training courses, supporting junior staff to do the same. Incorporate new developments into clinical practice.
- Working within a legal framework, gain informed consent to treatment and have the ability to identify through assessment, clients who lack the capacity to consent.
- To participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and a supervisor, including the appraisal process. To be able to set own objectives and evaluate own learning and that of more junior staff.
- To be a clinical educator for undergraduate students on University placements, supervising, educating and measuring their performance against the standards set by the degree level qualification.
- To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to a work situation.
- To conduct and report on clinical risk assessments as and when appropriate.
- To work to your Code of Professional Conduct.
- To maintain a high standard of care to clients and carers including accurate and detailed documentation.
- To advocate on behalf of clients and carers, where appropriate, overcoming barriers to communication such as cultural or language difficulties, physical or mental health difficulties, using skills of empathy to facilitate or empower the client.
- To be involved in the development of good practice for physiotherapists within Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC and Social care under the guidance of senior staff.
- To complete patient/client records in line with organisation, regulatory body and legal requirements.
- To represent the service externally and actively participate in the services marketing strategy when required, conducting presentations to a wider audience, including voluntary and public sector agencies.
- To demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based practice and the use of outcome measures and make recommendations for change. To have a good understanding of the research process, and be willing to participate in local research and audit when appropriate.
- To be responsible for own Continuing Professional Development, keeping abreast of new recommendations, research and developments, incorporating them into your work as necessary. Attend relevant conferences and external training courses. Support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To maintain a high level of professional standards and work to the Professional Values and Behaviours as set by the OT professional body.
- To be actively involved in Clinical Governance, implement policies and proposing practice changes.
- To comply with organisations Lone Working Policy and local team guidelines at all times when working alone.
- To support the Team Manager and clinical lead in implementing and evaluating targets and objectives to assist in the ongoing development of the whole service.
- To advise the Team Manager and clinical lead in relation to clinical needs of the client group.
- To be responsible for own time and caseload management.
- To liaise effectively with other professionals and agencies to enhance rehabilitation within the boundaries of Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC and Social Care.
- To use information technology on a daily basis to record information and statistics, to aid communication and produce reports.
- To ensure the Health and Safety of staff and clients at all times in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Trust policy and procedures.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required.
- To comply with and complete statutory and mandatory training in line with Nottingham CityCare Partnership policy.
- To attend training events as appropriate to support your continuing professional development.
- To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio identifying learning objectives.
- To actively participate in your own supervision, annual performance review and personal development plan. Person Specification
- BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional Development
- Relevant postgraduate education and training
- Manual Handling, Safeguarding Children & Adults, Medico-legal issues training
- Relevant undergraduate/placement experience working with adults including Health Care of the Elderly and Older peoples mental health / Integrated Medicine, Orthopaedics, Neurology and Musculoskeletal
- Understanding of multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency working in a community setting
- Competence in individual caseload and time management
- Customer service skills.
- Enthusiastic and motivated. Non-judgmental attitude, motivated. Flexible, adaptable, innovative, self-reliant and with a positive attitude.
- Ability to relate well to all groups of people and to create and maintain effective working relationships within the team and externally.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage workload in terms of risk and priorities
- Post graduate experience working with adults including orthopaedics, neurology, falls prevention and musculoskeletal
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency working
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Competence in individual caseload and time management
- Evidence of working with Safeguarding and vulnerable adults
- Community experience.
- Lone working
- Professional codes of conduct
- Evidence of development of clinical skills, leading to the ability to integrate theory and practice.
- Ability to assess, plan and evaluate treatment
- Working knowledge of broad range of pathologies
- Good communication skills verbal and written
- Able to supervise and delegate to junior staff.
- Demonstrates meeting the requirements of CPD
- Ability to self-manage
- Ability to participate as an MDT team member
- IT literacy
- Awareness of diversity
- Knowledge of risk assessment
- Specific treatment skills
- An understanding of mental health policy and legislation, , Mental Capacity Act, Dementia Strategy
- Basic ability to integrate theory and practice and demonstrate creative problem solving processes
- Able to apply more complex interventions
- Awareness of modernisation agenda and its impact
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
- This post may require shift working between 8am-4pm and 12-8pm Monday to Friday and 10am-6pm at a weekend and bank holidays.
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.
- Car driver
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Occupational Therapist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work within our community beds team.
The team provide a community bed-based rehabilitation service across three community care home settings in the Nottingham City locality, often patients are admitted to the community beds directly from hospital but some are admitted directly from their own homes after experiencing a crisis that does not require acute secondary care.
The team are based within the care homes and complete assessments, rehabilitation and discharge planning in a timely manner to support patients back into the community.
The applicant will have a good knowledge of community services and an understanding of health conditions, especially those associated with ageing.
You will work closely with Nurses, other Occupational Therapists, Community Care Officers, Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Support Workers and Physiotherapists as part of a Multidisciplinary team and have developed strong leadership skills in supporting a team.
This post may require shift working between 8am-4pm, 12-8pm Monday to Friday and 10am-6pm at a weekend and bank holidays.
Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations, so access to own vehicle is essential on a daily basis for work purposes
Main duties of the job
The candidate will be responsible for Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for a defined clinical caseload appropriate to the service area. You will work as a senior Occupational Therapist, supporting junior members of staff along with facilitating student placements.
It will be your responsibility to support clients to improve or maintain their level of function and quality of life and plan future care in an appropriate setting in partnership with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues, including liaising, supporting and referring on to health services, voluntary services and public sector agencies.
The successful candidate will have the requirement to work as a key worker and be responsible, along with the wider MDT in planning a safe discharge from the service, including liaising with the client, families and other agencies to make decision on the future needs of the client.
As a senior Occupational therapist, you will carry out training to other members of the teams and support junior occupational therapist and other members of the MDT such as assistant practitioners.
There will be a responsibility for you to carry out training to other members of staff and participate actively in the services training strategy, including in service training organisational specific and multi-agency training, you will also be able to lead group sessions as we needed.
About us
We are a provider of NHSCommunity Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeingof all local people, working alongside other health and care partners toachieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence.Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health& wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trustand honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work togetherwith partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionatecare. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in thefuture of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peopleslives.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusiveworkforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled,LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they arecurrently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positiveabout employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in adifferent format please contact Human Resources on CityCare iscommitted to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
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