Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Community
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59
Band 6 Early Intervention Occupational Therapist - Kenrick
Job Overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Looking for a new opportunity to develop your skills in rehabilitation? Want to live in the youngest city in Europe? Truly cosmopolitan with a diverse population of over 1.1 million, Birmingham has the largest open space in Europe and fantastic network links to the rest of the UK.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.
Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days, and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8 million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge.
A real opportunity to work within the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily. We are currently looking for someone to dynamically lead and promote a culture of home-first rehabilitation, ensuring that the people of Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. Working multi-professionally, you will complete assessments and interventions while ensuring the delivery of high-quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.
Working for Our Organisation
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Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The post holder will act as a practitioner for Occupational Therapy within the Adults Community Services Division. They will ensure access to urgent and routine Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention, provide and monitor treatment programmes at home, and ensure safe discharge or referral to alternative services as appropriate.
* Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
* Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
* Extensive evidence of relevant post-registration training and CPD.
Experience
* Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary team.
* Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of patients in a community setting.
* Experience of working with other agencies.
* Proven Supervisory skills.
* Ability to plan and delegate daily workload.
Skills/Knowledge
* Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the patient group.
* Demonstrates a problem-solving approach.
* IT skills in Microsoft, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
* Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
* Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice.
* Understanding and application of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy code of Professional Conduct.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification.
Benefits of Working for Us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
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