Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the AED Frailty Therapy Team. The team covers the Accident and Emergency Department, Ambulatory Frailty Unit, Bevan Court, Medical Assessment Unit and Urgent Community Response Services.
This is an opportunity to work with Frailty patients throughout their journey and make a real difference to people's lives on their path from hospital to home. The successful candidate will provide high quality, responsive care to the patients seen by the team. You will need to demonstrate confidence and clarity with your clinical reasoning and make informed decisions that may assist in turning people around safely and effectively in a short period of time. You must be adaptable to increasing demand often in a high-pressured setting.
Working in Frailty, you will be part of a team that aims to comprehensively and holistically assess and treat our patients incorporating home assessments and thorough follow up. Our aims are to provide a reactive and proactive service to care for the frail older adult, preventing crisis, avoiding hospital attendance, and maximising independence in a patient's own home where possible.
An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of the Children's Barred Lists is required for this position.
Interview Date: W/C 10.02.2025
Main duties of the job
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
* To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
* To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use specialist clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options. Formulate an initial diagnosis and prognoses in order to recommend best course of intervention and develop comprehensive discharge plans.
* To take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 clinician for managing patients/clients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
* To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
* To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
* To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use specialist clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options. Formulate an initial diagnosis and prognoses in order to recommend best course of intervention and develop comprehensive discharge plans.
* To take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 clinician for managing patients/clients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
* To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* HCPC registration.
* Clinical Educators Certificate.
* Post Grad accredited study e.g. MSc in relevant health studies.
Knowledge & Experience
* Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting.
* Awareness of own strengths and limitations.
* Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools.
* Experience of line managing a team including setting objectives, conducting appraisals and effective delegation and co-ordination.
* Evidence of effective working within an MDT.
* Experience of Service development.
* Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches.
* Demonstrates continuous Professional Development.
* Audit and research in a clinical area.
Skills
* Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives.
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
* Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings.
* Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills.
* Have a flexible approach to working with good time management.
Other
* Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/assisted driver.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year, pro rata.
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