Specialist Occupational Therapist

Yorkhospitals; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is looking for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their Community Response Team. The role involves providing high-quality interventions in patients' homes to avoid hospital admissions and facilitate discharges. Applicants should have a relevant Occupational Therapy degree and experience in patient assessment and management. The position offers a supportive team environment and various benefits, including comprehensive NHS pension and relocation packages.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts from various providers

Qualifications

• Experience as a qualified Band 6 Occupational Therapist.
• Ability to transport yourself and equipment for patient visits.
• Strong communication skills to engage with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist assessments and manage patient care.
• Deliver physiotherapy interventions based on clinical needs.
• Provide specialist advice and support to junior staff and students.
• Maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
• Lead evidence-based audits and improve clinical practice.

Skills

Health coaching skills

Assessment and management

Ability to provide support and training

Education

Relevant Occupational Therapy degree

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting patients in their own homes, and committed to improving their quality of life? Do you feel ready for a new challenge and to make a difference to others alongside a fun, supportive and friendly team?

We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the York & SHAR Community Response Team – to deliver high standards of Holistic and Physiotherapy interventions to patients within their own place of residence to prevent avoidable admissions to acute care and to support discharges.

Our well established team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Support Workers and works alongside Primary Care and Partners to provide Urgent Care Response, Frailty Hub as well as short term reablement/rehabilitation programmes with effective short term goal setting.

This role will involve using health coaching skills to effectively engage with the patient and their family to ensure expectations are appropriately managed.

Please note this post is available for secondment as fixed-term 1 year contract. If applying as part of a secondment opportunity, please ensure you have sought line managers approval.

• To undertake specialist occupational therapist assessment and management of patients referred to the York Community Response Service.
• To determine clinical diagnosis/need and deliver physiotherapy intervention as indicated.
• To provide support, specialist advice and training to more junior members of staff and students.
• To act as a resource within the department and Trust, providing specialist information and advice regarding patients.
• To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with legislation, professional and service policy.
• Provide support to other colleagues when dealing with this group of patients.
• To be responsible for a defined area of service working without direct supervision. Clinical work is not routinely evaluated, however clinical work will be evaluated in line with Trust and service objectives. Access and advice is available from senior professional colleagues if required.
• Initiate evidence-based audit and projects to evaluate and improve clinical practice. Initiate and evaluate user involvement and where appropriate make local service changes.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Seabourne
Job title: AHP Team Manager for York Community Response Team
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01904 721343