Senior Occupational Therapist - Integrated Therapies Team
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Wye Valley NHS Trust
About Us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust; they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Key Details
Location: Hereford
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (7 day service - some weekend cover required. No Night Shifts)
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Grade: Band 6
Job Overview
New and exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated therapies team. This is a new post as our dynamic and effective team is growing! While working with our Virtual Ward (VW), Urgent Community Response (UCR), and Neighbourhood teams you will be at the forefront of delivering high-quality patient care to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
Our Hospital at Home therapy team are an integral part of our UCR Service and our VWs. We are a multi-disciplinary team so you will be working alongside physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, Advanced Clinical practitioners, GPs, consultants, and Nurses.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in developing their specialist knowledge, working closely with our integrated teams with the aim of preventing hospital admissions and facilitating early discharges from hospital.
Responsibilities
- To work within the Integrated Community Therapy Team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.
- To liaise with other health & social care professionals, enabling people to continue living in/to return to their homes in the community following illness or disability.
- To contribute to the ethos of person-centred care, care closer to home, and self-management, promoting the philosophy of Occupational Therapy within the team.
- Aim to develop optimum levels of function and independence in the physical, emotional, and social aspects of life to prevent inappropriate admission to hospital and facilitate timely and appropriate discharge from the acute sector utilising the discharge to assess pathway.
Minimum Requirements
Education & Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
* Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
* Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
* Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
* Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
* Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments, and record keeping
* Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
Experience
* NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community services
* Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
Further Details
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Contact:
Name: Jane Bolam
Job Title: Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01432 808750
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