Job summary
Fantastic opportunity to join a busy integrated discharge team, working across acute and hospital settings. Utilizing a discharge to assess model to prevent all avoidable admissions. Working alongside physiotherapy colleagues, nurses, and support workers, collaborative working with reablement and social services.
The service primarily works with patient on pathway 2 and 3 of discharge, discharge hubs are daily and fully integrated. Staff work across both acute sites and front of house in the Emergency Department
Community follow up visits and short term care packages are coordinated by the team, the team are represented at discharge planning and modelling events, quality improvements and research are supported.
This is a dedicated team, using a patient centred approach to ensure the patient flow through the hospital is as efficient, effective as is possible.
This post is based, at Arthurs Hill clinic working across acute and community sites. Service is 7 days per week, 8-6pm, weekend and bank holiday working is required.
- Interview Date Thursday, 01 February 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
Maintain a high standard of clinical work, developing discharge packages, to ensure patients can achieve maximum functional rehabilitation, through the setting and reviewing of rehabilitation objectives.
Utilise high level clinical skill.
Work as member of the MDT.
Deputize for team lead as required.
Provide mentorship to students.
Provide supervision.
Attend meetings as required.
Responsible for the safe assessment of patients and provision of care packages and equipment, liaising with families.
Robust communication, utilizing Electronic Patient records, including E record and S1.
Work with the Team lead to ensure quality improvement and compliance with clinical governance.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as an integral member of the Team
- Process referrals from health and social care colleagues and client/carer self referrals
- Ensure all referrals are risk assessed and managed with appropriate, timely interventions
- Respond to OT specific assessment and short-term OT interventions e.g. provision of equipment, in a responsive, timely manner
- Prioritise referrals
- Carry out follow up visits as required
- Respond to high priority referrals quickly, efficiently and effectively
- Ensure adherence to standards, policies and procedures
- Carry out specialist seating assessments and prescription orders
- Refer on to Specialist community team or local authority OT for longer term interventions or major adaptations
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as an integral member of the Team
- Process referrals from health and social care colleagues and client/carer self referrals
- Ensure all referrals are risk assessed and managed with appropriate, timely interventions
- Respond to OT specific assessment and short-term OT interventions e.g. provision of equipment, in a responsive, timely manner
- Prioritise referrals
- Carry out follow up visits as required
- Respond to high priority referrals quickly, efficiently and effectively
- Ensure adherence to standards, policies and procedures
- Carry out specialist seating assessments and prescription orders
- Refer on to Specialist community team or local authority OT for longer term interventions or major adaptations
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- KNOWLEDGE
- Working knowledge of a wide range of therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge and application of COT and HPC Professional Standards and Code of Conduct and Ethics
- Knowledge of current NHS and Local Authority legislation
- Knowledge of audit/clinical governance
Desirable
- Working knowledge of vital signs monitoring
- Relevant validated courses
- Vulnerable adults practice guidelines
SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- IT skills
- Excellent analytical and assessment skills
- Negotiation and problem solving
- Clinical reasoning and decision making, under pressure
- Time management
- Moving and handling
- Specialist seating/positioning assessment skills
- Wheelchair assessment and prescription skills
- Current UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes
Desirable
- Formal presentation/teaching skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Community working and lone working
- NHS working postgraduate
- Working with older people
- Successful completion of post graduate courses and CPD
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of a MDT
- Risk assessment and management
- Using outcome measures
- Ability to work with clients in both urgent and non urgent response groups
- Delegation of interventions to support Staff
Desirable
- Evidence of previous innovative practice/development initiation
- Supervision of junior staff
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate training courses and/or qualification
- Fieldwork Educators Course completion and pass
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- KNOWLEDGE
- Working knowledge of a wide range of therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge and application of COT and HPC Professional Standards and Code of Conduct and Ethics
- Knowledge of current NHS and Local Authority legislation
- Knowledge of audit/clinical governance
Desirable
- Working knowledge of vital signs monitoring
- Relevant validated courses
- Vulnerable adults practice guidelines
SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- IT skills
- Excellent analytical and assessment skills
- Negotiation and problem solving
- Clinical reasoning and decision making, under pressure
- Time management
- Moving and handling
- Specialist seating/positioning assessment skills
- Wheelchair assessment and prescription skills
- Current UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes
Desirable
- Formal presentation/teaching skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Community working and lone working
- NHS working postgraduate
- Working with older people
- Successful completion of post graduate courses and CPD
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of a MDT
- Risk assessment and management
- Using outcome measures
- Ability to work with clients in both urgent and non urgent response groups
- Delegation of interventions to support Staff
Desirable
- Evidence of previous innovative practice/development initiation
- Supervision of junior staff
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate training courses and/or qualification
- Fieldwork Educators Course completion and pass
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).
