RRIC Community Practitioner - Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Main area Rapid Response, Urgent Care Response, Intermediate Care, Prevention of Admission Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
22.5 hours per week (service cover 8am-8pm inclusive weekends) Job ref 434-CR7914510-C
Site Marlow Community Hospital Town Marlow Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Buckingham team.
- Your mission:To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
- Your aim:To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You’ll also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
- Your role:Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
- Who are we?We’re part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including a North and a South Urgent Community Response Squad.
- Who are you? If you’re committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of our North Team (including Thame, Aylesbury and Buckingham) choose #MissionRRIC today.
Main duties of the job
#MissionRRIC
- Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review, case management and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
- Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
- Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
- Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
- Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
Support the development of clinical pathways
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Occupational Therapist
- Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
- Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Elderly Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
EXPERIENCE
- Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists: Care of Elderly, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Long term conditions
- In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team
- Experience participating in research or audit project.
- Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
- Experience of working with single assessment process.
- Experience of electronic clinical systems.
- Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
- Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
- Ability to motivate staff.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage complex cases.
- Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues
- IT Skills.
- Report writing skills.
- Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care.
- Ability to develop and maintain partnership working.
- Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity.
Special Circumstances
- Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and will require Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
