Overview
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Joining TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Urgent Community Response Senior Occupational Therapist Wanted
Join our dynamic Urgent Community Response Team working in South West Essex and play a vital role in Admission Avoidance as a Senior Occupational Therapist. We are looking for an experienced, passionate professional who enjoys the thrill of unplanned care and direct rewards of helping transform lives by providing urgent, person-centred care in the community.
This is a 7 day service with work patterns of 8am to 8pm.
Main duties
What You'll Do:
* Deliver high-impact, prompt OT assessments and interventions to prevent hospital admissions.
* Work closely with our multidisciplinary teams which includes urgent response Nurses, Social workers and healthcare assistants, providing comprehensive support.
* Empower our patients, families and carers to overcome crisis scenarios focusing on enabling independence and improving immediate quality of life.
* Make a direct difference in the heart of our community and support our ambulance service with people who may be acutely unwell or have fallen and are unable to get up off the floor.
* Provide tailored, urgent OT interventions to support people\'s basic needs and activities of daily living, collaborating with our pathway services to recognise therapy goals beyond our admission avoidance input.
What We Need
* Senior OT experience, ideally in community or urgent, emergency and crisis care settings.
* Quick, critical, clinical decision-making skills and a creative approach to problem-solving complex cases.
* A passion for making a real impact on people\'s lives, improving patient outcomes and preventing admissions to our local A&E.
* A collaborative, positive attitude!
Working for our organisation
Why Join Us
* Be part of a supportive, friendly, innovative team making a direct impact in health and social care.
* Help shape the future of urgent, emergency and crisis community healthcare in South West Essex.
* Competitive salary and benefits.
* Opportunity for career development and growth.
If you're ready to make an immediate impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us keep patients at home and out of hospital!
Values and Other Information
* We have co-produced values: We are kind, We are respectful, We work together with our communities.
* Probationary period applies. Induction details: new starters join the Trust on the first Monday of each month for a two-week induction at our Rainham, Essex head office.
* High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum £1,303, maximum £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time).
* Job description and person specification are attached; refer to them when applying.
Qualifications
Essential
* Active HCPC Registration as Occupational Therapist
* Evidence of updating professional knowledge and skills (CPD)
Experience
* Significant previous post registration experience
Desirable
* Minor Injuries/ Minor Illness/ Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis
Knowledge
* Understand the importance of MDT urgent/crisis assessment and community therapy rehabilitation
Other
* Willingness to participate in 7 day working
* To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Benefits
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve work-life balance, with flexible working opportunities; recognised as a Top 10 Family Friendly Employer by Working Families.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to employee assistance programme and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about wellbeing and benefits can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we invite flexible arrangements such as job share or part-time hours.
Armed Forces and Equal Opportunities
We recognise the valuable contribution of the Armed Forces community. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award. We support veterans, reservists and military spouses with guaranteed interview schemes and additional leave for Reservists.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a Disability Confident employer. If you require this application in another format please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence
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Documents to download
* JD & Job Spec Band 6 UCRT OT (PDF, 296.9KB)
* Candidate Recruitment Pack (PDF, 671.2KB)
* Acceptable Use of AI in Recruitment (PDF, 3.9MB)
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