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Do you want to be part of a team making Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to grow old? The Community Independence Service (CIS) provides planned and unplanned nursing and therapy interventions for older residents who have had a recent deterioration in their physical health and is run jointly between West London NHS Trust and CNWL Foundation Trust across the three inner London Boroughs. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self-motivated clinician, who will be an integral member of the team.
You will have excellent communication skills, able to completing person-centred holistic physical and cognitive assessments and care for people with moderate to severe frailty. You will delegate work to the health technicians and be supported by local geriatric consultants and senior case managers. You will have good organisational skills and be able to manage your own workload to meet competing priorities. The role involves collaboration with internal and external stakeholders across the system.
Main duties of the job
Working as a member of the Community Independence Service you will be skilled in completing functional assessment, observations such as top to toe physical assessments, NEWS2, cognitive and mental capacity assessments and identifying whether the person has deteriorated and taking appropriate action. You will participate in Best Interest meetings for those who require support expressing their wishes alongside the MDT and case managers.
You will attend local Primary Care Network (PCN) meetings/Integrated care access point meetings (ICAP) to contribute to the health and social care needs of local residents, identifying and triaging cases suitable for CIS case management caseloads.
You will be supporting students on placement and assisting in new staff inductions to build your supervision skills.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registration with HCPC
Experience
* Application of OT process and core OT skills including functional assessment and activity analysis.
* Mulitidisciplinary team working
* Experience of working/student placement in a mental health and physical setting
* Evidence of continuous professional development including reflective practice and clinical learning.
* Involvement in research and clinical audit.
Knowledge & Skills
* Knowledge across a range of patient conditions, including frailty, dementia, delirium, falls, COPD, Hypertension, heart failure, UTI – acute on chronic illness.
* Knowledge, understanding and awareness of memory impairment, cognition and the effects on health and wellbeing.
* Knowledge and ability to use NEWS2/SBAR
* Basic understanding of clinical governance processes, risk assessment and personal accountability. Datix Incident reporting and reviews.
* Awareness of evidence based practice and knowledge of research methodology
* Working knowledge of standardised assessment tools
* Knowledge of current NHS and policy initiatives
Skills
* Good organisational ability; self management, flexible approach and use of initiative
* Able to demonstrate a commitment to trust values.
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to build rapport with service uses, carers and colleagues
* Skills in assessment of basic activity participation and identification of needs and problems that informs goal setting, planning and interventions
* Ability to work independently and use supervision effectively
* Ability to work as an effective team member both with OT team and MDT
* Competent IT skills including Microsoft, internet and e-mail
* Training and presentation skills
* Ability to apply research/evidence based practice within clinical practice
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* To actively participate in own supervision, critically appraise own performance and use of feedback constructively
Other Requirements
* Ability to travel between sites and within the community to client homes
* Ability to demonstrate a strong professional identity and practice in line with HCPC standards of proficiency for occupational therapy
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