Band 6 Early Intervention Occupational Therapist - Ann Marie Howes
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Job Summary
Looking for a new opportunity to develop your skills in rehabilitation? Want to live in the youngest city in Europe? Truly cosmopolitan with a diverse population of over 1.1 million, Birmingham has the largest open space in Europe and fantastic network links to the rest of the UK.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.
Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.
Main duties of the job
Six health and social care organisations joined forces in the region to deliver this truly integrated service. Alongside BCHC, other partners include Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG.
You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge.
A real opportunity to work within the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily, we are currently looking for someone to dynamically lead and promote a culture of home first rehabilitation, so the people of Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. Working multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.
About Us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job Description
The post holder will act as a practitioner for Occupational Therapy within the Adults Community Services Division. They will ensure access to urgent and routine Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention, provide and monitor treatment programmes at home and ensure safe discharge or referral on to alternative services as appropriate.
HCPC/NMC registrations are a requirement for registered staff roles. The post holder will be expected to work shifts as required over 7 days per week in line with service delivery.
Person SpecificationQualifications/Training
* Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
* Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
* Extensive evidence of relevant post registration training and CPD.
Experience
* Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary team.
* Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of patients in a community setting.
* Experience of working with other agencies.
* Proven Supervisory skills.
* Ability to plan and delegate daily workload.
* Ability to demonstrate and share knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices within the field of occupational therapy.
Skills/Knowledge
* Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the patient group.
* Demonstrates a problem solving approach.
* IT skills in Microsoft, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
* Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
* Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence based practice.
* Understanding and application of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy code of Professional Conduct.
* Knowledge and application of Health and Safety issues and their relevance in the Community.
* Ability to administer and interpret standardised assessments/outcome measures.
* Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement.
* Awareness of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults.
* Knowledge and awareness of current government and initiative drivers.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address: Early Intervention Community Team - East AMH, 20 Platt Brook Way, Sheldon Heath Road, Birmingham, B26 2DU
Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/
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