Job summary
Specialist Band 6 Occupational therapist, Discharge to Assess, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) - Wandsworth.
Are you a Band 6 occupational therapist or experienced Band 5 looking for an exciting, new challenge and a chance to take on greater responsibilities?
We are looking for a specialist, dynamic and motivated Occupational therapist with excellent clinical skills and a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic community-based care. The person will join our group of AHP staff in a permanent role and supporting an MDT community therapy service.
Discharge to assess (D2A) is a 7 day a week community assessment and rehabilitation team in Wandsworth. It provides therapy services to specific types of patients upon discharge from hospital. These patients are often more urgent and/or complex upon discharge to the community. The team supports the discharge to ensure readmission is avoided. This involves risk management, disability management and rehabilitation. The team sees a wide variety of conditions/pathologies and provides therapy in a holistic way using a wide variety of knowledge and skills. The multidisciplinary team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and rehabilitation assistants.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Providing specialist occupational therapy care and holistic assessment of patients in the community as an autonomous practitioner, interpret results appropriately, use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice, in relation to the individual's clinical and psycho-social issues to determine treatment options, recommending the best course of action.
- To be responsible for a clinical community-based caseload working within multi-disciplinary teams, sharing care appropriately ensuring clients and carers receive optimum level of therapy and holistic care within available resources.
- You will identify and manage risk through comprehensive home environmental assessments and provision of appropriate equipment/aids and environment modification to reduce readmission to hospital and facilitate rehabilitation and/or manage disability
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in occupational therapy
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
- Up to date relevant knowledge through CPD
- Hold relevant right to work in the UK documentation
- Up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy and / or relevant special interest groups
- Attendance at Clinical Educator Course
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post-qualifying NHS experience in a range of areas e.g. care of the elderly, adult community rehabilitation, falls, experience with a variety of medical conditions/pathologies
- Appreciation of constraints to working in the community
- A clear understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance and experience of audit
- Ability to assess patient conditions, establish the patient's problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan
- Has some knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other legislation
- Experience of MDT working and understand their roles
- Experience of supervising juniors/assistant/students
- Experience in research / literature reviews
- Clinical Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of using electronic clinical system
- Using EMIS clinical system
- Previous community experience within rehab
- 2 years post graduate experience
Skills
Essential
- Effective written and spoken communication skills
- Proficient with basic computer skills (excel, word)
Key Attributes
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in occupational therapy
- Registered with the Health Care Professions Council
- Up to date relevant knowledge through CPD
- Hold relevant right to work in the UK documentation
- Up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy and / or relevant special interest groups
- Attendance at Clinical Educator Course
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post-qualifying NHS experience in a range of areas e.g. care of the elderly, adult community rehabilitation, falls, experience with a variety of medical conditions/pathologies
- Appreciation of constraints to working in the community
- A clear understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance and experience of audit
- Ability to assess patient conditions, establish the patient's problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan
- Has some knowledge of the Mental Health Act and other legislation
- Experience of MDT working and understand their roles
- Experience of supervising juniors/assistant/students
- Experience in research / literature reviews
- Clinical Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of using electronic clinical system
- Using EMIS clinical system
- Previous community experience within rehab
- 2 years post graduate experience
Skills
Essential
- Effective written and spoken communication skills
- Proficient with basic computer skills (excel, word)
Key Attributes
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
