An exciting opportunity is now available at the Provider Collaborative ACAH community Enhanced Falls service for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapist to work in a senior decision-making role within ACAH 2hr UCR Urgent Community Response Service.
This post sits with the UHNM ACAH team but works with the UHNM/MPFT therapies team.
The Enhanced Falls Service Occupational Therapist will work alongside an ACAH Acute Care Practitioner, responding to falls and sick patients in the community, providing urgent holistic assessment of mostly unwell elderly patients at home.
The successful candidate will have previous NHS experience working in emergency portals/community services or have a range of transferable skills, including assessing falls patients. The role will have flexible 7-day working. Falls service operational service times would be currently from 0900 to 2000hrs.
We are keen to meet dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Occupational Therapists interested in working in our supportive admission avoidance team, providing the highest standards of care to keep our frail patients safe in their own homes.
Our focus is on the reduction of ED attendances and safe admission avoidance, acute/subacute interventions to improve functional outcomes, and specialist falls assessment and falls prevention.
Applicants will need to hold a full driving licence as this is required for the role. A vehicle is provided to enable all necessary equipment to be carried by the team.
Main duties of the job
This role works autonomously as a specialised practitioner managing the clinical delivery of care within Acute Care at Home. The Advanced Therapists lead and organise the resources available to meet service standards and workload demands within Acute Care at Home Enhanced Falls.
This post may encounter patients that include the critically ill, unconscious, unstable, neurological, acute and chronic respiratory, multi-pathology/complex patients, cognitively and perceptually impaired.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Please contact terry.bates@uhnm.nhs.uk with any questions.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with HCPC
* Portfolio of personal and professional development
* Post holder committed to working at master's level (e.g., has attended courses accredited at master's/postgraduate level)
Desirable
* Working towards a higher qualification relevant to specialty (e.g., Master's degree)
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
Essential
* Postgraduate (NHS) experience with considerable experience in specialty area
* Experience of working as a Senior Occupational Therapist within the specialty area
* Experience of teaching students, staff, and other professional groups
* Experience of supporting/supervising staff
* Proven leadership and management skills
* Trained Clinical Educator
* Ability to liaise with other professionals/agencies
* Knowledge of audit and research
* Knowledge of interdisciplinary working
* Articulate, able to undertake presentations and tutorials
* Demonstrate critical appraisal skills
* Ability to prioritise & manage time
* Ability to develop different approaches to patient care
* Ability to develop credibility and rapport with colleagues
* Good communication skills
Desirable
* Experience gained within an acute setting
* Involvement in audit/research
* Evidence of Project Work
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change, learning, and continuous improvement
* Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
* Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality
* Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Smithfield 1
St Leonard Coates Way
Stoke on Trent
ST1 4FA
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