Rotational Occupational Therapist Band 6

Job description

Job responsibilities

To apply specialist skills and knowledge to manage a caseload of complex cases using evidence based / patient centred principles to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions in order to establish professional competence to practice as a senior Occupational Therapist.

Take responsibility for your own personal and professional development; maintain competence, knowledge and skills commensurate with role.

Using a standardised approach but with a high degree of professional autonomy and accountability, work across Health, Social Care, Voluntary and other health providers and agencies, to identify a defined group of patients with complex needs to provide a single plan of care co-produced with the patient

Using specialist clinical practice skills assess the physical and psychosocial needs of a defined client group.

Critically analyse clinical data and information to inform diagnosis and, where appropriate, order investigations and/or instigate therapeutic treatments to inform clinical decision making and improve health outcomes.

Provide individualised care plans for a complex patient caseload and ensuring that any delegated workload is completed by staff with the appropriate competencies.

Analyse complex patient situations and needs, either as part of a complex caseload or to provide advice and support to others within the Primary care network.

Use assessment tools/skills that will ensure an appropriate level of therapeutic intervention so that patients who present with highly complex needs are timely referred to the appropriate specialist services or interventions.

Be accountable for practice taking every reasonable opportunity tosustain and improve knowledge and professional competence and, ensure that all aspects of professional behaviour as required within the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Occupational Therapists (Royal College of Occupational Therapist) and Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists, (Health and Care and Professions Council, HCPC) are followed at all times.

Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with ECCH Policy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Standards for Record Keeping.

Assist with the investigations of complaints, participate in the risk management process, critical incident reporting, evaluation, dissemination and change in practice.

Be responsible for understanding, following and implementing ECCH policies and procedures, and influencing working practices to support this accordingly.

Contribute to the clinical governance agenda through participation in clinical risk assessment and management, clinical audit.

Create an environment conducive to effective working, respecting and supporting staff to deliver high quality clinical services.

Take responsibility to ensure compliancy with Health and Safety Policy, Fire and Environmental Waste Regulations.

Create an environment conductive to effective working, respecting and supporting staff to deliver high quality clinical services.

Contribute to, support and promote ECCHs, strategic direction, values and culture in relation to proactive and reactive services.

Discuss all treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge and expertise and to act as a patient advocate when appropriate and respecting patient confidentiality whist privacy with respect for the patient.

Plan and organise a range of complex activities in a wide range of settings to ensure best practice is delivered across the designated area of responsibility and the wider community.

Understand and support the achievement of ECCH business plan objectives and performance targets, and initiate and participate in screening and needs assessment as required.

Identify the potential for service developments, risk and deficits and inform line manager making recommendation based on professional knowledge.

Plan and organise a range of complex activities in a wide range of settings to ensure best practice is delivered across your designated area of responsibility and the wider community.

To participate within the wider integration across Therapies and wider Community Care teams including Primary, Social Care, and all other provider organisations to provide high standards of care to patients and where appropriate avoiding unnecessary admission to secondary care or care settings.

Assist with the implementation of pathways and guidelines to develop and deliver new innovative models for service delivery, ensuring a leading edge approach to service development in-line with evidence based practice, national guidance at a local level.

Contribute and develop systems to monitor, evaluate and audit service quality mechanisms to meet nationally and local targets.

Maintain a high level of performance and be goal and outcome focussed when faced with opposition or when working under conditions or pressure.

Monitor and maintain standards / provide benchmarking data to allow comparison with other healthcare providers and identifying ongoing workforce development needs.

Participate in teaching and clinical supervision within Therapy services and other provider staff as required.

Critically evaluate research findings, national guidelines and implement changes in clinical practice as appropriate.

Be responsible for participating and maintaining a learning environment to enhance individual development and performance in the delivery of high standards of care.

To work with patients to identify patient goals embedding the health coaching approach to patient care.

Use specialist generalist clinical skills to evaluate the delivery of care, identifying subtle changing health care needs. Being able to completely discuss treatment options with other generalists and specialists.

To be an integral member of the clinical service, working with a shared vision and developing caseloads in partnership with each other to deliver both proactive and reactive care.

Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for the clinical caseload and co-ordinate care across the whole patient pathway within ECCH. This included ensuring a robust relationship and constant interface with health and social care services across the geographical footprint.

Work with partners within Primary and Social care to develop a model of care which identifies self-management and a health coaching ethos.

Negotiate and agree with the patient carers and other healthcare professionals, individual roles and responsibilities with actions to be taken and outcomes to be achieved, referring on to other services or professionals as appropriate.

Work in partnership with the patients to empower them to make informed choices about their healthcare and support choices.

Participate within local networks in partnership with other health and social professionals/agencies and national links to develop protocols according to national and local guidelines for the safe and effective provision of Occupational Therapy.

Work with partners within care settings to provide proactive and reactive care to improve the health outcomes of the residents.

Provide professional expertise, acting as a resource to other professionals within and outside your own organisation, regarding clinical issues to ensure continuous service provision and inter-professional working.

Work with ECCH Colleagues, and other partner agencies and stakeholders including the acute trust to contribute to the development and delivery of new innovative models of service delivery, ensuring a leading-edge approach to service development in-line with evidence based practice.

Take responsibility for the cost-effective management and use of expensive and complex equipment, provide recommendations for effective use of resources and contribute to the effective delivery of cost improvement planning.

Analyse, interpret compare and contrast complex information, service requirements and options ensuring the effective approaches to service delivery and team working.

Evaluate the impact of these training programmes, for patient and carers, to ensure that they provide the necessary knowledge and skills to gain independence, safely manage changing circumstances and plan for unavoidable progression of conditions.

All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.

Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect OurResources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with Health Care Profession Council
• BSc in Occupational Therapist or equivalent
• Leadership / management qualification or willing to undertake
• Post registration qualifications or evidence of additional training relevant to post

Desirable

• Health Coaching qualification
• Educators course (APPLE)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Competent IT skills ability to use electronic diary and electronic clinical record systems and MS Office software.
• Proven ability to problem-solve.
• Extensive clinical skills.
• Evidenced experience of negotiating and influencing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including communication with different stakeholders
• Ability to work autonomously
• To manage an active and reactive caseload
• Self-directed learning
• Awareness and understanding of local and government standards and policies, which includes those of specific to the Profession.

Desirable

• Experience of audit
• Experience of supervising others
• Presentation skills
• Evidence of involvement in membership of clinical specialist interest groups

Experience

Essential

• Evidence extensive of clinical experience relevant to rotations includes
• Understanding of safeguarding
• Experience of Multi-disciplinary Team working

Desirable

• Evidence of completion of Preceptorship
• Experience of team leadership.
• Experience of facilitating clinical supervision
• Experience of audit
• Experience of facilitating change
• Experience of running groups and outpatient assessments within a clinic environment

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Physical capacity to deal with physical effort associated with role on a daily basis
• Capacity to concentrate for considerable periods of time during assessment and management of service users
• Able to work collaboratively within a team
• Able to work independently
• Committed to personal and team development
• Case management skills
• Valid driving licence
• Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
• (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
• Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.

Desirable

• Clinical leadership
• Teaching skills
• Willingness to explore new ways of working with clients and service development

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Address

Hamilton House

Battery Green Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR32 1DE

Employer's website

https://www.ecch.org/ (Opens in a new tab)