Specialist Occupational Therapist (IMC at Home)
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity for rehab focused Occupational Therapists to join the Community Division in the Wigan borough. We are aiming to recruit suitably qualified, enthusiastic, and experienced individuals to our new Intermediate Care at Home Team. Full and part-time hours can be discussed at interview. NHS experience is essential whether voluntary, placement, or employment. The Team provides assessment and rehabilitation for patients in their own place of residence and other community settings. You will work with health and social care partners to support safe discharge utilizing a Home First approach, to maintain and improve people's functional abilities within their own homes and encouraging independence. The ideal candidates will have a forward-thinking mindset, be innovative, and be willing to support the development and establishment of this newly developing service. You will have excellent communication skills and thrive on working as an effective team member. It is essential for this role that you have the ability to independently travel across the borough to make multiple home visits each day to deliver therapy interventions for patients in their own place of residence. Working pattern is Monday to Sunday. Enhanced DBS with Adults' Barred List will be required - obtained during pre-employment checks. Previous applicants need not apply. Main duties of the job
To complete functional and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of people in community settings, in order to facilitate earlier discharges, support people to remain in their own homes and to improve functional abilities. To plan and implement effective interventions, work closely with community services, while effectively managing risk. To act as a source of knowledge on the management of a varied range of conditions providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, healthcare professionals, and social care. To assist the Team Leader in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the intermediate service provided on a day-to-day basis. Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team and the integrated team within Health and Social Care. To manage a defined caseload using evidence-based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. To regularly supervise students on practice placement. To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by supervisor. To support team leads in the development and delivery of in-service training for MDT colleagues. To consider and support service development alongside senior colleagues including data collection, audits, service review etc. Responsible for providing therapy intervention to patients in a defined caseload using evidence-based/client-centered principles to access, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. Person Specification
Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration Evidence of Post Graduate Study and relevant post graduate qualifications Training from a higher Education Institution for graduate student supervision Experience
Post registration experience in rehabilitation and condition management NHS Experience Experience of working with multi-agencies Experience of working in an inter-disciplinary team and independently Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working Experience of supervising students and staff from different professions Post graduate experience related to clinical specialty Experience of working in a community setting Skills
Evidence of working without direct supervision and being able to use own initiative. The ability to understand and respect different points of view working with people from a variety of cultures. Must demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication with the ability to motivate people and empathise with the challenges of long-term condition management. Good literacy in computer use i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible in approach as the situation requires. Excellent time management skills / ability to prioritise own caseload with the education and supervision of team members and support / delegate the organisation of the caseload of support staff. Good analytical judgement skills. High level clinical reasoning skills and problem-solving skills. Knowledge
Specialist knowledge in relevant clinical skills and approaches to patient management. Knowledge of research/audit. Working knowledge of Evidence Based Practice. Evidence of clinical and professional post qualification training and education. Demonstrate and evidence commitment to lifelong learning. Additional
Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation. To maintain professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Ability to travel independently within the requirements of the post. Ability to work flexibly according to service needs. Experience in supervising therapy support staff. Experience of training staff. 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.
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Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity for rehab focused Occupational Therapists to join the Community Division in the Wigan borough. We are aiming to recruit suitably qualified, enthusiastic, and experienced individuals to our new Intermediate Care at Home Team. Full and part-time hours can be discussed at interview. NHS experience is essential whether voluntary, placement, or employment. The Team provides assessment and rehabilitation for patients in their own place of residence and other community settings. You will work with health and social care partners to support safe discharge utilizing a Home First approach, to maintain and improve people's functional abilities within their own homes and encouraging independence. The ideal candidates will have a forward-thinking mindset, be innovative, and be willing to support the development and establishment of this newly developing service. You will have excellent communication skills and thrive on working as an effective team member. It is essential for this role that you have the ability to independently travel across the borough to make multiple home visits each day to deliver therapy interventions for patients in their own place of residence. Working pattern is Monday to Sunday. Enhanced DBS with Adults' Barred List will be required - obtained during pre-employment checks. Previous applicants need not apply. Main duties of the job
To complete functional and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of people in community settings, in order to facilitate earlier discharges, support people to remain in their own homes and to improve functional abilities. To plan and implement effective interventions, work closely with community services, while effectively managing risk. To act as a source of knowledge on the management of a varied range of conditions providing an advisory service to patients, relatives, healthcare professionals, and social care. To assist the Team Leader in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the intermediate service provided on a day-to-day basis. Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team and the integrated team within Health and Social Care. To manage a defined caseload using evidence-based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. To regularly supervise students on practice placement. To provide leadership and clinical supervision for other junior staff as delegated by supervisor. To support team leads in the development and delivery of in-service training for MDT colleagues. To consider and support service development alongside senior colleagues including data collection, audits, service review etc. Responsible for providing therapy intervention to patients in a defined caseload using evidence-based/client-centered principles to access, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. Person Specification
Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration Evidence of Post Graduate Study and relevant post graduate qualifications Training from a higher Education Institution for graduate student supervision Experience
Post registration experience in rehabilitation and condition management NHS Experience Experience of working with multi-agencies Experience of working in an inter-disciplinary team and independently Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working Experience of supervising students and staff from different professions Post graduate experience related to clinical specialty Experience of working in a community setting Skills
Evidence of working without direct supervision and being able to use own initiative. The ability to understand and respect different points of view working with people from a variety of cultures. Must demonstrate excellent verbal and non-verbal communication with the ability to motivate people and empathise with the challenges of long-term condition management. Good literacy in computer use i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible in approach as the situation requires. Excellent time management skills / ability to prioritise own caseload with the education and supervision of team members and support / delegate the organisation of the caseload of support staff. Good analytical judgement skills. High level clinical reasoning skills and problem-solving skills. Knowledge
Specialist knowledge in relevant clinical skills and approaches to patient management. Knowledge of research/audit. Working knowledge of Evidence Based Practice. Evidence of clinical and professional post qualification training and education. Demonstrate and evidence commitment to lifelong learning. Additional
Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation. To maintain professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). Ability to travel independently within the requirements of the post. Ability to work flexibly according to service needs. Experience in supervising therapy support staff. Experience of training staff. 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.
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