Senior Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist
Band 6
Main area: Senior Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (With potential for full time hours.) Job ref: 351-CEN1131-CPC-A Site: Home First - Chorley & South Ribble Town: Leyland Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59 Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including: Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Lancashire South Cumbria Foundation Trust’s Central + West Network to work as a Specialist Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist. The role will be predominantly in the Home First Team, made up of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and technical instructors. With a focus on supporting discharges from the acute hospital by providing a therapy assessment of patients' function and care needs in their home environment following the principles of discharge to assess model. The Home First Team works collaboratively with the CATCH (central allocation for care and health) team which is a multidisciplinary integrated health and social care team working together to ensure the most appropriate intermediate care services are commissioned based on the patient’s needs. Main duties of the job
You will improve the experience for patients and their families in relation to the discharge process; promote continuity of care from the acute into the community by supporting an integrated approach. Enable patients to recover within their home environment after assessment of needs within their usual place of residence. In this role, there may be times where you are asked to cover across the wider community network which may include the RAPID assessment team as service needs indicate. Within the Specialist Occupational Therapist position, part of the position will be to undertake clinical triage supporting timely discharges from acute ensuring the most appropriate services are commissioned and also to support admission avoidance triage. We are looking to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our service. With excellent communication skills who can demonstrate sound assessment skills and has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team. Hours may be required to be worked over 7 days between 08.00am and 08.00pm, depending on service need. Person specification
Education/Qualifications
HCPC Registration Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy Evidence of CPD in relevant areas Knowledge
Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT Evidence of clinical topic training/staff presentations Evidence of supervision of assistant staff/students Experience
Treatment of a broad range of conditions Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service/practice Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change Skills
Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner Ability to make clinical decisions, demonstrating good leadership skills Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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Band 6
Main area: Senior Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (With potential for full time hours.) Job ref: 351-CEN1131-CPC-A Site: Home First - Chorley & South Ribble Town: Leyland Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59 Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including: Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Lancashire South Cumbria Foundation Trust’s Central + West Network to work as a Specialist Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist. The role will be predominantly in the Home First Team, made up of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and technical instructors. With a focus on supporting discharges from the acute hospital by providing a therapy assessment of patients' function and care needs in their home environment following the principles of discharge to assess model. The Home First Team works collaboratively with the CATCH (central allocation for care and health) team which is a multidisciplinary integrated health and social care team working together to ensure the most appropriate intermediate care services are commissioned based on the patient’s needs. Main duties of the job
You will improve the experience for patients and their families in relation to the discharge process; promote continuity of care from the acute into the community by supporting an integrated approach. Enable patients to recover within their home environment after assessment of needs within their usual place of residence. In this role, there may be times where you are asked to cover across the wider community network which may include the RAPID assessment team as service needs indicate. Within the Specialist Occupational Therapist position, part of the position will be to undertake clinical triage supporting timely discharges from acute ensuring the most appropriate services are commissioned and also to support admission avoidance triage. We are looking to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our service. With excellent communication skills who can demonstrate sound assessment skills and has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team. Hours may be required to be worked over 7 days between 08.00am and 08.00pm, depending on service need. Person specification
Education/Qualifications
HCPC Registration Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy Evidence of CPD in relevant areas Knowledge
Experience and ability to work effectively within an MDT Evidence of clinical topic training/staff presentations Evidence of supervision of assistant staff/students Experience
Treatment of a broad range of conditions Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service/practice Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change Skills
Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner Ability to make clinical decisions, demonstrating good leadership skills Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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