Overview
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust are working together with Adult Social Care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) to deliver our HomeFirst service offer alongside core Community Therapy.
Skills
This is therefore a really exciting time to join the service which brings together an integrated health and social care offer delivered by community-based nursing, therapy and adult social care teams and will allow you to use your therapy skills to:
* support people to remain in their homes when they are having a health or social care crisis, rather than needing to go into hospital or a care home
* help people get home from hospital quickly and provide them with rehabilitation and reablement to help restore their health, wellbeing and independence
* deliver high quality core therapy reablement, rehabilitation and recovery to people within their own homes
We are proud of this recent feedback for our new service offer: I really did not want him to go back to hospital, he doesn’t get on well there, he doesn’t know anyone and they don’t really know him. He’s only just come out and he got another infection when he was there. We have got one carer once a day and they couldn’t get him to stand up on Thursday night. By Friday he had been stuck in his chair all night as he was too tired and weak to get up, the Home First Therapists came in and helped. They were so kind; they got him out of the chair and into bed. They made him feel comfortable; they treated him like he was special and not just a number, they made me feel better to.
Do you have the ability to deliver similar high quality compassionate care and think you will be the right person to join our team which is already proven to make a difference?
We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to provide an effective and efficient therapy service. This post requires a level of personal responsibility and we are looking for someone highly motivated, resilient and proactive with the ability to prioritise and manage their own allocated caseload and work, use their initiative and the ability to work on their own and as part of a team. You will demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to adapt to a changing and pressurised environment. You will work alongside physiotherapists and Technical Instructors carrying out comprehensive functional assessments and interventions in order to help our patients live as independently as possible.
The therapy teams operate in an integrated way whereby Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists are encouraged to work synergistically in order to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients. You will be encouraged and supported to grow your skillset, and to challenge the way we do things. We are looking for determined and self‑motivated individuals who can make a difference to the care of patients from all backgrounds, and to promote therapy services within the trust.
There may be a number of posts available across the City and County.
Working Hours
The service operates Monday to Friday 8–6 and Saturday/Sunday 8–4 and 8–4 on Bank holidays. The candidate will be expected to work a range of shifts across the week.
Vehicle
Car driver and access to a car is essential for this post.
Agile Working & Policy
The post advertised falls under the Trust’s Agile working methodology, so if successful you will be appointed as an Agile Worker and will need to work to the Trusts Agile working policy. Talk to the recruiting manager about what this means in practice for you.
Contact Details
For further information about this post please contact Faye Gilbert, Operational Lead on 07768987651.
Job Description Summary
Please see the attached document for a list of main duties and responsibilities.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups.
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6‑month probationary period.
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