Job summary
Discharging an individual on to the right care pathway when they no longer need to remain in a hospital or community bed requires a whole system approach. Every local health and care system has a transfer of care hub where (physically and virtually) relevant community services across sectors (e.g. health, social care, housing, voluntary sector) are linked together.
The hub coordinates care for people who require care and support after discharge from hospital, and any support for unpaid carers providing care. This covers any patient discharged from hospital or community beds regardless of the area they are resident in. The hub is staffed by a small team, dedicated to ensuring people are discharged from hospital on the right pathways, with the right discharge information, and that they get the right onward care and support if needed.
The hub supports safe discharges through close working with the acute and community wards, quality assurance of information and practical support, including proactive early identification of those who may become ready for discharge, supporting planning as early as possible following admission. This role within the Care Transfer Hub will provide the skillset of an Occupational Therapist who will take a lead in supporting patient discharges that have complexity around function and / or cognition.
Main duties of the job
Accountable for the delivery of high quality therapy care within a defined clinical area or pathway.
Responsible for providing expert clinical practice with advanced clinical reasoning and support to staff.
Provide clinical leadership to develop staff.
Lead evaluation and development of clinical practice within the specialism ensuring compliances with National Frameworks.
Assist and support Clinical Service Managers and Lead Therapists in the service in the improvement of AHP services within STH.
About us
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis until March 2027 due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.
Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your substantive line manager.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Current HCPC Registration
- Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
- Current Knowledge of evidence -base around discharge and intermediate care
- Up to date NHS policy initiatives, changes and developments
Desirable
- Masters degree in relevant Speciality
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a registered OT
- Experience of Operational line Management including appraisal
- OT Clinical Educator
- Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
- Experience of managing change in complex operational environments
- Experience of the management of complex patients along the discharge and intermediate care pathways.
- Experience of working with the wider health and social care system
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional network
- Experience of working within a defined performance framework
- Experience of working in challenging performance programmes
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent team working skills and ability to work collaboratively
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - to include written, oral and presentation
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
- Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change.
- Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals
- Ability to motivate and engage wide range of individuals
- IT literate - interpretation of data and development /analysis of reports
- Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.
- Effective decision maker
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Current HCPC Registration
- Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
- Current Knowledge of evidence -base around discharge and intermediate care
- Up to date NHS policy initiatives, changes and developments
Desirable
- Masters degree in relevant Speciality
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a registered OT
- Experience of Operational line Management including appraisal
- OT Clinical Educator
- Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
- Experience of managing change in complex operational environments
- Experience of the management of complex patients along the discharge and intermediate care pathways.
- Experience of working with the wider health and social care system
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional network
- Experience of working within a defined performance framework
- Experience of working in challenging performance programmes
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent team working skills and ability to work collaboratively
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - to include written, oral and presentation
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
- Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change.
- Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals
- Ability to motivate and engage wide range of individuals
- IT literate - interpretation of data and development /analysis of reports
- Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.
- Effective decision maker
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
