An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist with a passion for community rehabilitation. You will join the Integrated Care Service (iCares) which works across Sandwell Community providing rehabilitation and admission avoidance in a variety of settings.
We are transforming how we work with the implementation of town teams, where multi agency teams including the third sector will work collaboratively around a geographical area. This will promote community rehabilitation within a framework of prevention and self-care.
Within the current iCares Service we have Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Matrons, Speech and Language Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Support Workers, delivering integrated care and supporting people in their own homes with frailty, neurological conditions, stroke, dementia and many other long term conditions. You will bring your expertise as a senior experienced Occupational Therapist to promote community rehabilitation and achieve patient centred oucomes.
Main duties of the job
The key duties for the post holder will be
To provide leadership and oversight of Community Rehabilitation.
Have experience of both short and long term Rehabilitation best practice.
You will work closely with a Band 7 peers and Service Leads.
To be a lead clinician within the Service planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the integrated therapy service provided to patients on a daily basis.
To provide highly developed specialist assessment and treatment of patients with planned and unplanned complex presentations within community settings.
To supervise, assess and educate team members including bank or agency staff, support workers and student therapists.
We would be happy to support an experienced Band 6 who still needs some structured support to make that leap to their first Band 7 post.
About us
The Trust aims to be the most integrated organisation in the NHS with support for new ways of working and innovation.
Sandwell Community is an exciting place to be, with high ambitions to deliver the best community rehabilitation for the people of Sandwell.
Everything we do in the iCares Directorate strives to add value to the patient and their community. We do this by joining up our teams and services to keep people safe and well in their community. We have fantastic links with partners across the local authority and third sectors in order to achieve this.
We are a friendly team who support each other. Training and regular supervision are available and no one works in isolation.
As a trust we fully support flexible working and part time workers, which can be factored into your working pattern.
Within iCares we operate a 7 day service 8am-8pm, we take it in turns to contribute to weekend working and 8pm finishes. You would also need to be a car driver and have access to transport.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
Desirable
* Membership of relevant COT Special Interest Group
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of working within rehab or urgent care
* Working as part of an Occupational Therapy team and the wider MDT
* Supervision and delegation of work to Junior Occupational Therapists and support staff
* Education of junior staff or undergraduate Occupational Therapy students
Desirable
* Staff development and management of informal disciplinary matters
* Involvement in audit & research
Leadership
Essential
* Organise and prioritise own and team workload
* Line manage and deploy staff effectively to meet service needs
* Able to respond to interruptions in work patterns in response to service needs and Trust discharge deadlines and in response to bleeps.
* Able to cope working in a stressful, hostile or highly emotive environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including those with limited recovery potential.
* Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes.
* Able to deal with situations involving conflict and dispute and disciplinary matters
Knowledge
Essential
* Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of Occupational Therapy within specified clinical field acquired through post-graduate study/development & experience
* Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implications for the Occupational Therapy and Trust Service delivery
* Demonstrate ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of patients
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
West Bromwich
B70 7AW
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