Job Summary
Do you have excellent communication skills, consider yourself to be caring and compassionate and want to make a difference to the patient's experience on a daily basis, whilst being able to demonstrate how you embody our values and commitments and have a desire for personal and professional development? This could be the role for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Primary Care Home Hub (PCH) based at Hamilton House in Lowestoft. The Primary Care Home is a multidisciplinary team of Nurses, Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Health Care Assistants, and Rehabilitation Support Workers delivering nursing, therapy and reablement/rehab services to adults in their own homes.
You will be completing occupational therapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations to provide a diagnosis of functional status to develop and deliver individualised person-centred therapy plans.
You will hold responsibility for your own case load, provide support and encouragement to patients in order to promote independence. Respond to patient and family needs. Prevent unnecessary hospital admission and support end of life care at home.
Main duties of the job:
* To provide a high standard of occupational therapy within the integrated community services as part of a multi-disciplinary team to patients within a range of domiciliary settings.
* To provide clinical case management for a caseload of patients who require occupational therapy.
* Participate in rapid assessment for patients who present with a variety of acute, chronic, and age-related conditions.
* To work autonomously at a level appropriate to clinical competence and within scope of professional practice.
* To supervise delegation of work to the Therapy Assistant Practitioners.
The service uses SystmOne as a clinical IT system to support mobile working. The service operates 7 days a week 7:00 to 20:30 hours. Applicants for this post will be required to work between Monday to Friday, flexibility of start and finish times will be considered.
About Us
ECCH is well established healthcare provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.
We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org.
Person Specification
Essential:
* Physical and mental capacity to deal sensitively with patients who may have high levels of anxiety and aggression
* Capacity to concentrate for considerable periods of time during assessment and management of patients
* Able to work collaboratively within a team
* Able to work independently
* Committed to personal and team development
* Able to work with others and pass on skills and knowledge
* Able to maintain judgment under pressure
* Able to maintain motivation, drive, enthusiasm and confident
* Flexible working
* Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours
Desirable:
* Previous experience as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist
* Critical Appraisal
* Audit
* Research
* Presentation skills
Qualifications
Essential:
* Diploma / Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
* Registration with HCPC
Desirable:
* Evidence of CPD folder and lifelong learning
* Evidence of Preceptorship
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