We are seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join our expanding Front Door Therapy Team at Pilgrim Hospital. You will work within an experienced front door therapy team assessing patients from multiple specialities to facilitate discharge from the emergency areas. You must be someone who enjoys the fast pace of life as well as being a great decision maker and communicator. You must be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of people living with frailty. The skills and knowledge of the Occupational Therapists are essential in supporting patients living with frailty and complex conditions and in assisting them in recovering from illness, to return home sooner with a safe and effective discharge plan based on their current needs and abilities, whilst promoting their independence and dignity, with the ultimate aim to improve the patient outcome and experience.
Main duties of the job
To use expert skills and knowledge part of a comprehensive MDT assessment to support the management of adults. To manage a complex caseload, whilst using expert clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advise to patients, families and staff to support discharge planning. With a focus on the person's meaningful occupations, enabling participation in daily activities to improve and support quality of life. To complete complex moving and handling assessments and/or demonstrating the use of moving and handling equipment with families and/or informal carers to support discharge planning and to promote independence. This may also include identifying and completing access and environmental home assessments to identify and minimise potential risk, part of effective discharge planning.
To use highly developed communication skills on a daily basis, to liaise with patients, families, carers and a broad multidisciplinary team. You will be required to work in a range of emergency assessment areas, responding to patients in a timely and proactive manner. To also support the junior members of the team including therapy assistant practitioners with the delegation of assessments, caseload management and to provide regular supervision.
Your base will be Pilgrim Hospital Boston but you will be required to travel to Lincoln County Hospital as required to support the front door service. Service hours will be 7 days a week from 8 am to 8pm.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'. This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
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Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
* Occupational Therapy DipCOT or BSc OT
* Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration.
* Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area.
Desirable
* BAOT Member.
* ECDL or equivalent
* Practice Education certificate/ APPLE
* Willingness to undertake post registration study relevant to Frailty
* Masters in Occupational Therapy
* IT Qualification
Experience
Essential
* Relevant, varied post graduate Occupational Therapy experience within an acute NHS or Community setting
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities.
* Evidence of active involvement in service developments
* Evidence of completion of your preceptorship
* Knowledge and understanding of Frailty as a condition.
Desirable
* Evidence of involvement in organisations which support clinical practice eg RCOT specialist section
* Experience of supervising staff
* Evidence of having taken a lead in service developments
* Experience of working with frailty.
Skills
Essential
* Well developed written and verbal communication skills
* IT skills
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
* Ability to provide leadership and provide support for team and team leader
* Specialist expertise in the clinical area pertinent to post.
Desirable
* Ability to work flexibly and proactively to meet the needs of varied clinical areas
* Change management and leadership skills
* Supervisory skills
* Able to meet requirements of preceptor profile
* Teaching Skills
Specific Requirements
Essential
* Commitment to meeting best practice standards
* Commitment to providing person-centred care and occupation-focused practice
* Demonstrated ability to complete PDR objectives.
* Enthusiasm/Knowledge of the profession and a desire to work with older people who often have complex needs.
Desirable
* Ability to travel across county and between sites
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Pilgrim Hospital
Sibsey Road
Boston
PE219QS
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