Our Knowsley intermediate care bed-based team is seeking a committed Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our service, supporting the patients through shared care within their localities. We are seeking a highly skilled, enthusiastic, and proactive therapist to join our team. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities. Services are provided within bed-based units and patient's own homes. In addition to bed-based services, the team provides urgent care therapy response to prevent hospital admissions with an MDT approach where it is safe to do so.
We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximizing patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, and Therapy Assistants.
Main duties of the job The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient's comorbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/patient-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions for the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users/patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within intermediate care bed-based units and urgent care response therapy and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Job responsibilities
To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments, devise treatment plans individualized to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge.
To gain consent through engaging patients/clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice as part of their recovery.
To prioritize designated Occupational Therapy referrals according to need, risk, and service capacity.
To plan and implement patient-centered individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within ward/rehab hub setting.
To monitor, evaluate, and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patients' social and physical environment.
To provide clinical advice, expertise, and leadership within your team.
To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.
To ensure that the service users' care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
To liaise with family members, carers, GPs, and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, ensuring that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility for.
To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users by supervision of sector members' caseloads and via audit.
To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.
To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidents and liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are implemented.
To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met.
To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence.
To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act.
Person Specification Knowledge/Experience
Previous experience in relevant health settings
Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
Experience of service development
Experience using both group and individual treatment skills
Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
Demonstration of working in line with trust values
Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
Evidence-based and experience of reflective practice
Recovery Model of Care
Safeguarding adults
Mental Capacity Act
Effective Care Coordination
Relevant national policies and guidance
Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment
Audit and research methods
Awareness of own strengths and limitations
Postgraduate clinical experience
Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services
Lone working experience
Qualifications
Current HPC registration
Skills
Ability to utilize assessment skills and tools effectively
Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
Ability to formulate relevant reports
Delegation and coordination
Ability to prioritize and work to deadlines
Flexible approach/creative thinking
Able to move and handle clients
Ability to network and influence decision making
Values
Accountability
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Transparency and honesty
Change oriented
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximizing patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, and Therapy Assistants.
Main duties of the job The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient's comorbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/patient-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions for the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users/patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within intermediate care bed-based units and urgent care response therapy and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Job responsibilities
To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments, devise treatment plans individualized to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge.
To gain consent through engaging patients/clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice as part of their recovery.
To prioritize designated Occupational Therapy referrals according to need, risk, and service capacity.
To plan and implement patient-centered individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within ward/rehab hub setting.
To monitor, evaluate, and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patients' social and physical environment.
To provide clinical advice, expertise, and leadership within your team.
To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.
To ensure that the service users' care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
To liaise with family members, carers, GPs, and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, ensuring that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility for.
To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users by supervision of sector members' caseloads and via audit.
To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.
To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidents and liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are implemented.
To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met.
To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence.
To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act.
Person Specification Knowledge/Experience
Previous experience in relevant health settings
Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
Experience of service development
Experience using both group and individual treatment skills
Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
Demonstration of working in line with trust values
Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
Evidence-based and experience of reflective practice
Recovery Model of Care
Safeguarding adults
Mental Capacity Act
Effective Care Coordination
Relevant national policies and guidance
Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment
Audit and research methods
Awareness of own strengths and limitations
Postgraduate clinical experience
Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services
Lone working experience
Qualifications
Current HPC registration
Skills
Ability to utilize assessment skills and tools effectively
Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
Ability to formulate relevant reports
Delegation and coordination
Ability to prioritize and work to deadlines
Flexible approach/creative thinking
Able to move and handle clients
Ability to network and influence decision making
Values
Accountability
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Transparency and honesty
Change oriented
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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