Overview
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Our Southport & Fomby Urgent and Intermediate Care therapy team are seeking committed Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our service, supporting patients through shared care within their localities. We are seeking highly skilled, enthusiastic, and proactive therapists to join our team. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities or require support with discharge from the hospital setting. The Urgent Community Response service (UCR), Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Base services operate 7 days a week including bank holidays. All staff are expected to rotate through the UCR, Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Bases working alongside the full Multidisciplinary Team to cover weekends on a rotational basis.
We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximising patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Health Practitioner Assistants, Community Discharge Matrons, Nursing staff and social workers.
The post holder will contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects, and will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users/patients, providing high quality care to a defined caseload which may be complex, using evidence-based practice.
Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.
The post holder will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within ICRAS and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and is commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Greg Kulak, Therapy Team Lead, grzegorz.kulak@merseycare.nhs.uk, Telephone: 07779 455775. Please email to arrange a mutually convenient time to discuss the role/informal chat. Alternatively contact Sean McCann: 07795 069623.
Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of patients with co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* Provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal as appropriate.
* Participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
* Take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users/patients, providing high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using appropriate models of care and evidence-based practice.
* Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
* Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within ICRAS and facilitate effective learning for students and practitioners.
Qualifications / Seniority
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Health, Wellness & Fitness
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