Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Do you enjoy the fast-paced work of Urgent Care Response and complex moving and handling situations?

Would you be keen to develop in a friendly and dynamic team, and to support their development in turn?

Do you thrive on the chance to rehab patients to achieve their potential in their own homes and community?

Would you love to see the beauty of the New Forest and the Beaches while you work?

We are looking for Senior Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic and supportive Therapy Team in the New Milton and Lymington Community. We cover a beautiful area; the coast from Barton on Sea to East Boldre, and inland through the New Forest to areas around Brockenhurst and Sway.

You will see people who need urgent assessment and advise to remain home safely as part of the UCR response and those who have been referred for more routine intervention such as rehabilitation, postural needs and Moving and Handling concerns. In the proactive and holistic management of your caseload you will enable people to achieve their best quality of life.

You will work as part of our Integrated Care Services alongside Physiotherapists and assistants as well as the wider team: the Frailty Support team, District Nurses, and Mental Health who we share our office base with.

You will need to be a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with current driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

The primary role of the Senior OT is to provide strong holistic leadership to the team and support the Clinical Team Lead (band 7). To include day to day leadership responsibilities, development and creative leadership, responsive leadership, enabling the team to achieve a 'well led' culture.

The Senior OT in conjunction with a wide range of clinical colleagues and specifically, GP's, Practice Nurses and Social Care professionals, will lead and facilitate a patient or client focused, co-ordinated case management approach across primary and secondary care for people who are most vulnerable to, and at high risk of repeat admissions to hospital.

The Senior OT will participate in and influence efforts across health and social services to shape multi-disciplinary pathways designed to support patient choice, improve quality of life, promote self-management and assure early intervention through the proactive provision of care in or as close to the patient's own home as possible.

The OT will work across the caseload and the single point of access or (equivalent), using their clinical skills to identify the needs of patients and the correct services to liaise with.

The OT will provide an expertise in their own discipline to the wider team.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Efford House

Milford Road, Everton

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 0JD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Efford House

Milford Road, Everton

Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 0JD

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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