Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Occupational Therapist

Band 6 - £37,338 - £44,962 (pro-rata)

Hours per week:27.75 (The service runs 0800-1800 across 7 days)

Permanent

Main duties of the job

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 other Locala community services.

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 persons 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.

The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:

• Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care
• Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital
• Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans
• The model also enables the urgent care system to prioritise acute hospital care for those people who need it

There are two teams within the service:

• The Hospital Discharge Team identify people who have onward care needs and then make necessary arrangements for discharge to one of the two pathways within the Recovery hub service
• Home First and Bedded Pathway is the default pathway for people leaving hospital and should be the first consideration for everyone. The team will work with the individual and determine if support is required to return home and arrange the necessary support for discharge.

About us

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.

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%
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.