Band 6 OT/PT (Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist)

Job summary
Are you an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist looking to develop your knowledge and skills working in the community?

We are a friendly, versatile and supportive community multi disciplinary team based within Solihull Hospital. Our patients all have a Solihull GP, and all have a risk or history of falls, often alongside complex vulnerabilities and health and social issues. You will hold an interesting caseload of patients, working with them and their carers and relatives to reduce their risk of falls, ultimately to ensure their goals are met and they remain living safely in the community with reduced risk in the future.

Your role will include carrying out face to face holistic, multifactorial falls assessments within patients homes and care homes, before linking with the team, other community colleagues and the wider BSOL network to work together to reduce the future risk of falls for each patient. Our remit is large and we signpost and involve many different agencies to ensure that we address all identified risks as far as we can.

You will also be involved in triaging referrals, conducting telephone assessments, supporting students and junior staff, providing and attending in service training, and assisting with audit, research and leadership.

We are looking to increase our team of Therapists within the Falls Team and have a part time (33 hours a week) vacancy for a Band 6 OT or PT to join us! Please contact Helen Thomas for more information on View phone number on meeveem.com

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high standard of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy within the Specialist Community Falls Team across the borough of Solihull.
• To undertake holistic multi-disciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their own homes with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.
• To take on a triage and co-ordinating role within the team.
• To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation.
• To contribute to the development of the Falls service including involvement in ongoing projects.
• To take an active role in supporting students and new starters of all levels and disciplines.
• To be involved in new and developing initiatives within the team and wider Community Therapies within UHB.

Essential qualifications

• HCPC/CSP/RCOT Registered PT/OT
• Evidence of recent experience working within the frail or elderly patient cohort
• Evidence of post registration CPD/ post registration qualification in an appropriate area relevant to banding
• Evidence of recent falls experience

Desirable qualifications

• Evidence of leadership training/experience
• Health assessment qualification
• Evidence of experience supporting students

Essential experience

• Demonstrates relevant and recent clinical experience enabling the post holder to assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting within a complex health care setting.
• Recent experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of comprehensive clinical assessment of patients
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues/ procedures
• Sound understanding of evidence based practice and its application
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of professional priorities and issues relating to NHS care provision
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Experienced in supporting the development and delivering education / training of junior staff / others
• Experience of clinical audit / monitoring of standards / practice / benchmarking

Additional criteria

• Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include weekend working
• To possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
• Able to manage a combination of mobile working and working from base location
• To work within core service hours (8am - 4pm) managing clinical caseload and own time effectively.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact
Hiring Manager: Helen Thomas, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

Reference number: 304-9018299-1

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.