To lead in the delivery of high standards of Physiotherapy/Occupational therapist interventions to patients within their own place of residence to prevent avoidable admissions to acute care and to support discharges. Post holders will provide short term reablement/ rehabilitation programmes with effective short term goal setting. This will involve using health coaching skills to effectively engage with the patient and their family to ensure expectations are appropriately managed. The role requires flexibility, working across the following services; NEAT, Discharge to Access and Virtual ward to form part of the Urgent Care Response Team.
As part of the Urgent Community Response (UCR), you will be required:
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team, to prevent
unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of a patient’s ability to stay at home, or return safely from another care setting, providing and arranging as necessary supportive packages of care.
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to assess and
prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation with long term
conditions, the frail and elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or
rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where
possible.
• To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment.
• To provide evidence based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on ‘best practice’ in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice.
• To provide in-reach to inpatient units and step up beds where required to
support early discharge from hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory
agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• To triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community Response Team.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
The post holder will:
1. Undertake mandatory training as required.
2. Participate in a Personal Development Review process.
3. Undertake Personal Development Plans for more junior staff members.
4. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
5. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures, and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
6. Comment on draft policies.
7. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
8. Contribute to clinical audit as required.
9. Complete the staff survey as required.
10. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.
The post holder will:
1. Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy/occupational assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and inform the development of a differential diagnosis.
2. Formulate and execute individualised physiotherapy/occupational management and treatment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collaboration with the Urgent Community Response Team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a range of treatment skills.
3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.
4. Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive
information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
6. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.
7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care
professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
8. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
9. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on Systm One and is completed on a daily basis.
10. Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team.
11. Demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment, and manual treatment of patients, including using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills.
12. Order equipment and contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
13. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
14. Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Nov 2024
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