Surrey Downs Health & Care
Working across organisational boundaries and as an integral part of the Surrey Downs Health and Care system, the integrated health and care team is responsible for providing rapid access, enhanced, short term health and care support for people who would otherwise need emergency hospital admission as well for as those medically stable to return home from an acute hospital but requiring enhanced short term support as one stage in their on-going care pathway.
The Home First service operates a 7 day/week service from 8am to 8pm working across both the community and hospital settings. Staff are required to work flexibly over the week covering, on average, one weekend within a four week roster period.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of a caseload of clients.
2. To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs.
3. To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population.
4. To promote effective teamwork within the wider Surrey Downs Health and Care, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
5. As a therapist within Surrey Downs Health and Care, there will be the opportunity to work closely alongside and potentially rotate into other sectors of the organisation.
6. The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within multi-disciplinary team (MDT), ensuring patients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
2. To undertake timely, holistic assessments of patients, involving functional and environmental factors.
3. To be able to undertake assessments autonomously as well as working with other members of the MDT.
4. To be able to undertake assessment and interventions within a community unit as well as at home, either supporting people to remain in their own home safely or supporting discharge from the acute setting/hospital.
5. To be able to work with a person/friends and family to identify person centred SMART goals (care plan), using clinical reasoning and evidence based practice.
6. To be able to monitor a person’s progress and adapt treatment plans and intervention/recommendations as appropriate, using outcome measures and reflective practice.
Communication/Relationship Skills:
1. To be able to appropriately gain a person’s consent to engage with assessment and intervention as required.
2. To communicate effectively with other Surrey Downs Health and Care / Sutton Health and Care team members, as well as others involved in the person’s care.
3. To attend and participate in daily team meetings/huddles.
4. To keep accurate, up-to-date records using agreed systems.
Health/Safety and Security Responsibilities:
1. To undertake and advise on safe moving and handling of a person and apply manual handling techniques to assessment and treatment.
2. To carry out risk assessments when necessary, formulate and carry out action plans to reduce risk.
Planning and Organisational Duties:
1. To be able to prioritise effectively and be flexible to the demands of the service.
2. To enhance and maintain co-operative working relationships with colleagues from all sectors.
Personal and People Development Responsibilities:
1. To assist colleagues by monitoring caseloads, recording statistics and prioritising referrals as required.
2. To provide clinical supervision, appraisal and competency framework for junior staff members.
Quality and Service Development Responsibilities:
1. To abide by the HCPC / COT rules of professional conduct and local professional and quality standards.
2. To keep up to date with current research/literature relevant to clinical area.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jan 2025.
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