Specialist Occupational Therapist – Surrey Downs H&C
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Surrey Downs Health & Care
We are a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and rehabilitation assistants integrated within the Primary Care Network and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Rehabilitation is offered to those who are at risk of hospital admission or recovering from illness/post-hospital admission across the place of Surrey Downs.
Coordinated care to maximize independence by offering rapid multidisciplinary assessment and support, providing essential moving and handling equipment and liaising with adult social care teams around additional support requirements as well as short term rehabilitation.
Role Overview
You will drive forward our Community Therapy services across Surrey Downs. Excellent organisational and time management skills, being passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its centre. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a “one team” culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their career, joining an exciting forward-thinking team.
Responsibilities
As part of your role, you will be responsible for training and supervising Band 6 Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Physiotherapists, and you will play part in developing the OT service within the team. You will also be committed to the ‘Fair Share’ model of development of student placements within the team.
Qualifications & Experience Required
You must have broad clinical experience including frailty and falls and enjoy the challenges of providing rehabilitation to people in their own homes. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead and experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists within the team and will have professional OT support provided by Senior OTs in the organisation.
Organisation Overview
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centered Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual. This Partnership Includes
* The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
* Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
* Surrey Council County
Contact for Further Details
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: George Hilditch
Job title: Operational Manager
Email address: george.hilditch@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07917 233266
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