Job Role
Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.
We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues' lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high-quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.
“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”
Responsibilities
Occupational Therapist
Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team
Band 6: £37,388-£44,962
37.5 hours per week across 7 days 08:00-20:00
Permanent
We are looking for an experienced Community Occupational Therapist to join our team who is able to work in partnership with stakeholders, including Kirklees Council and other community services to support our patients and their ongoing journey.
The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners. We also work in alignment with social services and private sector nursing and residential homes.
Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the person’s needs. Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible. We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.
The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required.
The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:
1. Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care, preventing hospital-acquired infections and ‘deconditioning’ (the loss of strength and independence).
2. Assessing people in a more appropriate environment (Recovery Hub) than the hospital, giving a more accurate indication of their strengths and needs.
3. Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans, and if necessary, short-term care and support, to help people gain and regain independence, preventing or reducing the need for longer-term care.
There will also be opportunities to broaden your scope of practice through supporting across the wider service of Unplanned and Intermediate Care.
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.
For more information please contact Deon Bryan (Complex Discharge Co-Ordinator) at deon.bryan@locala.org.uk or 07946609074.
Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:
* Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
* Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%.
* Development opportunities – We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated “Good” NHS healthcare services, as well as having a “positive social impact in local communities.”
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