Job summary
Intermediate Care Southwark
Intermediate Care Southwark offers domiciliary-based rehabilitation and support for clients, who are 18 years and over, to maximise independence. We treat clients with a wide range of functional difficulties, long - term conditions and disabilities.
Intermediate Care Southwark is an integrated partnership across health and social care and uses an enabling approach and goal orientated rehabilitation in order to maximise a client's independent living skills in order to reduce the need for long-term care.
Occupational Therapists will work as part of the wider MDT, comprising of Physiotherapists, Nurses, Pharmacy, Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Support Workers, Senior Rehabilitation Support Workers, Assistant Practitioner OTs and a Specialist Geriatric Consultant.
Main duties of the job
Our service aims to:
- Provide intensive, short term multi-disciplinary rehabilitation promote functional independence.
- Work with Reablement care providers where relevant to optomise functional independence and reducing the care need.
- Support service users to remain living at home as independently as possible, engaging in occupation with support where needed, preventing hospital admission and unnecessary social care placement.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist in the team, you will have an opportunity to:
- Develop your clinical and reasoning skills in complex moving and handling equipment, minor home adaptations, cognitive assessments
- Develop your skills in complex case management of clients beyond the scope of your traditional Occupational Therapy practice
- Develop your skills in holistic assessment, problem solving and integrated working with other health and social care colleagues, GPs, hospital teams and voluntary sector agencies
- Develop supervisory, leadership and service development skills
- Access appropriate GSTT leadership development training courses to support career development
- Learn, develop and peer-support and network in Occupational therapy clinical meetings
- Access a mentor
This excellent opportunity is ideal if you're wanting to progress into a senior role or consolidate and develop further in your career.
About us
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research'sbiomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 25,000 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
- To have responsibility for specialist rehabilitation and therapy assessment, specialist intervention, care planning and review of individual clients on caseload.
- To delegate rehabilitation and care tasks to RSWs, Senior RSWs and Assistant Practitioner OTs.
- To provide case management for adults and older people through intensive short term support and rehabilitation programmes. Goal setting with clients in order to maximise their independence in the community, facilitate early discharge from hospital, reduce reliance on care and reduce admissions to long term domiciliary care.
- To work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with health and social care professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver individualised and expert care to a high standard to clients.
- To support the future development of, and participate in, an effective extended service, seven days a week. It is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas over a seven day week, including weekday and weekend on call shifts.
- To be responsible for practice, education, assessment, mentorship and preceptorship of students and new/junior members of staff. To work towards organisational priorities and achieving service aims.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
- To have responsibility for specialist rehabilitation and therapy assessment, specialist intervention, care planning and review of individual clients on caseload.
- To delegate rehabilitation and care tasks to RSWs, Senior RSWs and Assistant Practitioner OTs.
- To provide case management for adults and older people through intensive short term support and rehabilitation programmes. Goal setting with clients in order to maximise their independence in the community, facilitate early discharge from hospital, reduce reliance on care and reduce admissions to long term domiciliary care.
- To work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with health and social care professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver individualised and expert care to a high standard to clients.
- To support the future development of, and participate in, an effective extended service, seven days a week. It is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas over a seven day week, including weekday and weekend on call shifts.
- To be responsible for practice, education, assessment, mentorship and preceptorship of students and new/junior members of staff. To work towards organisational priorities and achieving service aims.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Ability to use an evidence based approach including clinical outcome measures to evaluate outcomes
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for decisions made
- Ability to demonstrate skills sharing and collaborative multi- professional working, at a variety of levels, including ability to co-ordinate multi-disciplinary/ multi- agency meetings
- Ability to devise, deliver and evaluate training both within the service and to other agencies
- Able to effectively manage conflict and difficult situations, and to challenge and support others appropriately and assertively
Desirable
- Member of relevant clinical interest group e.g. College of Occupational Therapy
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out a range of risk assessments, in a variety of community settings
- Ability to organize and plan staff rotas and make best use of available staff resource
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Able to develop effective therapeutic and working relationships, demonstrating empathy and motivational skills.
- Highly developed therapeutic handling skills
Desirable
- Demonstrate effective research and IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Rehabilitation experience at Band 5 in all core areas: neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory, and care of the elderly
- Experience of working with adults and older people with chronic conditions and complex co-morbidities
Desirable
- Evidence of training in management skills
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist
- Ability to use an evidence based approach including clinical outcome measures to evaluate outcomes
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for decisions made
- Ability to demonstrate skills sharing and collaborative multi- professional working, at a variety of levels, including ability to co-ordinate multi-disciplinary/ multi- agency meetings
- Ability to devise, deliver and evaluate training both within the service and to other agencies
- Able to effectively manage conflict and difficult situations, and to challenge and support others appropriately and assertively
Desirable
- Member of relevant clinical interest group e.g. College of Occupational Therapy
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out a range of risk assessments, in a variety of community settings
- Ability to organize and plan staff rotas and make best use of available staff resource
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Able to develop effective therapeutic and working relationships, demonstrating empathy and motivational skills.
- Highly developed therapeutic handling skills
Desirable
- Demonstrate effective research and IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Rehabilitation experience at Band 5 in all core areas: neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory, and care of the elderly
- Experience of working with adults and older people with chronic conditions and complex co-morbidities
Desirable
- Evidence of training in management skills
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).
