Job summary
Trust Bank Occupational Therapist
This role is working with the Home First teams in either North or South Staffordshire. Home First was previously known as Reablement.
We need to create a pool of bank workers with no shifts guaranteed. AD hoc bank working.
We do not accept CV's please complete the trac application fully.
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Main duties of the job
o Be a specialist Occupational Therapist and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge.
o They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in one of the following areas: rehabilitation, integrated community, community intervention and reablement.
o Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Trust including the community and hospitals
o Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.
o Have supervisory training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
o Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems
o Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.
About us
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To adhere to and apply the Health and Care Professions Council's (HCPC) standards of proficiency and the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) code of ethics and professional conduct and all other relevant guidance from the HCPC, COT and the Partnership Trust.
To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work.
To establish and maintain effective working relationships both within the Partnership Trust and with external organisations in order to meet service requirements and support and demonstrate the Trust's equality values.
To assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. Assesses service users and formulates, develops, implements and evaluates programmes of treatment /care/support for individuals, families and carers. The specialist care/support plans may include the following:
Promoting independence/self-management and maintaining safety
Increased functional ability
Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health
Interventions in disease/condition management
Prevention and reducing of health inequalities
Admission avoidance
Early supported discharge
Job description
Job responsibilities
To adhere to and apply the Health and Care Professions Council's (HCPC) standards of proficiency and the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) code of ethics and professional conduct and all other relevant guidance from the HCPC, COT and the Partnership Trust.
To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work.
To establish and maintain effective working relationships both within the Partnership Trust and with external organisations in order to meet service requirements and support and demonstrate the Trust's equality values.
To assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. Assesses service users and formulates, develops, implements and evaluates programmes of treatment /care/support for individuals, families and carers. The specialist care/support plans may include the following:
Promoting independence/self-management and maintaining safety
Increased functional ability
Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health
Interventions in disease/condition management
Prevention and reducing of health inequalities
Admission avoidance
Early supported discharge
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification courses in working with older people and people with physical disabilities
Skills
Essential
- Relevant experience to the role including assessment and interventions for a wide range of disabilities
Skills
Essential
- Working across hospitals and community settings and have the ability to travel within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification courses in working with older people and people with physical disabilities
Skills
Essential
- Relevant experience to the role including assessment and interventions for a wide range of disabilities
Skills
Essential
- Working across hospitals and community settings and have the ability to travel within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post
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).
