Occupational Therapy Associate Practitioner

Job summary

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Inpatient Therapies Team as a Therapy Assistant based across two of our Portsmouth Inpatient Units, Spinnaker Ward at St Mary's Community Health Campus, and Jubilee Unit at Harry Sotnick House!

Our Portsmouth Inpatient Units provide specialist rehabilitation and D2A support! Cared for by a multidisciplinary team led by our Matron, Clinical Leads, Nursing and Therapy Staff, individuals are supported to achieve their goals and get them home! This may follow a period of hospital admission or a period of being unwell at home in which the units may be a more suitable environment to provide this individual care.

In order to provide safe and effective care staff will be required to work over the seven-day period with working hours 8am -- 4pm. The candidate will also need to be flexible with the potential to work later than 4pm. This working pattern includes working Bank Holidays and weekends.

Main duties of the job

*Undertake evidence based Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions with patients, as agreed with an Occupational Therapist, to ensure good clinical outcomes. The post holder will be required to work with the patient to gather information, highlighting the need for further assessment, and completing a clinical record of the intervention including the outcome.

*Actively promote recovery-focussed care with patients, in conjunction with other health professionals, including achievement of set goals.

*Support patients with their rehabilitation and recovery, respecting them as individuals, supporting them and understanding their right to express their needs.

*Facilitate and lead patient-focus groups and activities.

*Use appropriate approved conflict resolution and management of aggression techniques (e.g., PMVA), to de-escalate challenging situations as required for the role.

*Undertake clinical and environmental risk assessments and document key risk areas, seeking guidance from more senior staff when dealing with cases indicating a high level of risk.

*Plan safe and effective discharge at an appropriate time

*Contribute to, and attend as sole practitioner, board rounds, MDT meetings and patient planning meetings

*Assess for, and order equipment to meet the needs of the patient

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.