Are you an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who would like to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team? Do you enjoy the challenge of a wide variety of work?
Our coastal Intermediate care and community therapy team are recruiting to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our integrated community team, as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist working 25.5 hours per week, visiting people in their own homes.
Our focus is patient driven carrying out holistic assessment, providing a rehabilitation approach and promote self-management for patients with long term conditions and palliative care. Aiming to prevent hospital admissions and supporting patients discharged from hospital.
You will be joining a truly multi-disciplinary team which aims to prevent hospital admissions, facilitate safe and effective discharges home and support patients in their own homes.
To be eligible for this role, you must be a state registered occupational therapist with the HCPC and have full access to a vehicle for work and possession of a full driving license is essential.
- Undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients and carers.
- This role will include Intermediate Care, Community Hospital cover and Community therapy work. There is a division between these areas of work within the team and staff have an opportunity to work within both areas, according to demand.
- Explore innovative ways of collaborative working between general practice, health and social services and the private and voluntary sector in line with the Care Trust’s integration agenda.
- Undertake specialist clinical Occupational Therapy assessment and provision within the community setting.
- Manage a personal caseload of complex, highly complex and statutory work. Act as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high levels of problem solving, decision making and independent judgement in a variety of community settings and situations.
- You will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service; this including seven day working involving weekend and bank holiday working, or working in other localities as necessary to meet the needs of the service.
Our Health and Wellbeing Team is an integrated professional team which includes Social Care, Community Occupational Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Community Nursing, Pharmacy, Dietetics, Support Workers and Volunteering in Health.
You will be based at Teignmouth Hospital and provides a community service to the residents in the Coastal Locality.
The team are a supportive and friendly, adapting to the ever changing demands on the service. We are proactive and have a forward-thinking core, your role will be key in managing patients to remain in their own home.
You will participate in the development, training and support of the multi professional team and students. In return Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust offer training opportunities to support ongoing career development.
Why work with us
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alex Pleace Job title: Intermediate Care and Therapy Lead Email address: alex.pleace@nhs.net Telephone number: 07768066939
