Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Fareham and Gosport Community Therapies Team. Due to the community nature of the role, access to a vehicle for work is required.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to adults within the community, supporting people to maximise their independence and achieve their rehabilitation goals.

You will manage your own caseload, using sound clinical reasoning to assess functional needs, identify and manage risks and develop individualised treatment and rehabilitation plans. You will work closely with patients, families, carers and colleagues across health and social care to support safe, coordinated care within the community.

You will contribute to the development of junior staff and support workers through supervision, delegation and sharing your clinical knowledge and experience.

We are looking for someone who is motivated, organised and confident working independently as well as part of a wider team. You will receive regular supervision and have access to learning, development and CPD opportunities.

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist is essential. Due to the community nature of the role, access to a vehicle for work is required.

Main duties of the job
Undertake Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis (where appropriate), development, and delivery of individualised treatment programmes.

To support the case management process by providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care.

To ensure that up to date written and electronic records, reports and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.

To provide intervention in a variety of environments, e.g. clients home, hospital / healthcare settings, schools, work environment to meet client needs.

To provide clinical Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy skills within the Community Therapy Team / Community Hospital Team(s), and all other provider organisations.

To ensure that delegated tasks and activity has been handed over clearly and are within a person's level of skill and competency.

To be skilled in assessing and treating a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition, diagnosis and prognosis.

To provide specialist intervention tailored to meet the uniqueness of the individual.

i.e. complex manual handling and 24-hour posture management.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

• Registered Allied Health Professional, educated to Degree level or Diploma equivalent.
• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist is essential.

Desirable

• Practice educator

Experience

• Relevant specialist/clinical experience and competence including:
• Complex therapy / care co-ordination / manual handling and posture management.
• Proactively manage complex conditions.
• Knowledge of managing cognitive impairment and mental well-being.
• Supporting self-care, self-management and enabling independence.
• Developing programmes of therapy, providing advice concerning treatment of patients.
• Professional practice and leadership.
• Experience of inter-agency and partnership working.
• Experience in carrying out clinical audit and risk assessment, outcome measurement.
• Proven skills in supervision, and contribution to service development.
• Strong IT Skills -- including excel and power-point
• Good Presentation skills / public speaking.
• Ability to work autonomously without supervision.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to adapt to the demands of a constantly changing environment.
• Responsive and flexible.
• Innovative approach to improving patient experience.
• Promotes service improvement.
• Seeks opportunity to provide medium -- long term value addresses inefficiencies quickly.
• Evaluates and streamlines ways of working.
• Proactive, solutions focused attitude.
• Focuses self and team to deliver results.
• Provides clear goals and objectives.
• Promotes cohesion and team working.
• Works collaboratively with teams within the Trust and across the Local Health Economy.
• Resolves conflict effectively.
• Assertive, honest and open resolving problems.

Desirable

• Experience of practice within community settings.
• Multi-disciplinary working

Additional Criteria

• Clinical and technical skills in Occupational Therapy / physiotherapy and rehabilitation for people with highly complex long-term conditions and disabilities.
• Analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with other health and social care professionals, patients, carers and the public.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).