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Our Southport & Fomby Urgent and Intermediate Care therapy team are seeking committed Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our service, supporting the patients through shared care within their localities. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co‑morbidities or support with discharge from the hospital setting. The Urgent Community Response service (UCR), Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Base services operate 7 days a week including bank holidays. All staff are expected to rotate through the UCR, Care Transfer Hub and Intermediate Care Bed Bases working alongside the full Multidisciplinary Team to cover weekends on a rotational basis. We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximising patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s co‑morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects. The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice. Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within ICRAS and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
Contact: Greg Kulak, Therapy Team Lead, Email: grzegorz.kulak@merseycare.nhs.uk, Phone: 07779455775. Alternatively, Sean McCann, Phone: 07795069623.
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