Job summary
Choosing a career with HCC Care means joining one of our friendly, committed and supportive teams, as well as being part of the largest care provider in Hampshire.
HCC Care Short Term Bedded Services aim to ensure a consistent approach to bed based Short Term Services which support timelydischarges,admission avoidance and community optionsfor Hampshire residents to enable a strength based and person-centredassessment. Through our services, we also ensure positive outcomes for individualswho need us. Our recovery and assessment suites support clients who have been discharged from hospital for a period of up to 28 days, and thats where you come in.
Main duties of the job
As a Qualified Occupational Therapist based in one of these services, no two days will be the same. The role is both varied and rewarding, where you'll offer first-class occupational therapy support to our clients to get them back on their feet and ready to go home. Our homes provide the right environment for you to deliver the high levels of support we all strive for; through meaningful interactions you'll enable our clients to make progress and ultimately regain their independence. You'll be responsible for assessments through to delivering the required interventions, enabling you to see first hand the impact of your support.
Whether you are newly qualified or an experienced practitioner looking for a new challenge, wed love to hear from you. If you think you have what it takes to make a positive contribution, you'll be well supported in this role with access to first-class induction training and on-going personal development.
About us
This role does involve some weekend and bank holidays working, for which enhancements are paid.
You will also benefit from a generous employment package
including a competitive annual leave entitlement, local government pension,
flexible working opportunities and employee loans for travel costs, amongst our
many other benefits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Risk Management
- Undertake the assessment of risk and apply clinical reasoning to mitigate risk and identify least restrictive interventions.
- Undertake the assessment, planning and review for safeguarding cases.
- Complete and/or support the completion of a range of functional assessments and reviews that will identify needs, options and promote well-being and maximise independence.
- Manage and/or support cases and/or situations with identified risk, and ensure occupational therapist interventions are proportionate to need
- Manage workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties
- Report concerns and complaints following appropriate escalation routes
Information, Advice and Advocacy
- Provide, and ensure the staff and/or services you supervise, provide information and advice using a professional understanding in the application of legislation and guidance.
- Provide, and ensure the staff and/or services you supervise, provide information and advice through local community networks, to support local empowerment, well-being and maximise independence.
- Promote the availability of information and advice to other professional colleagues and teams, that address health and social care needs.
- Empower and advocate on behalf of individuals and communities, and enable access to an independent advocate when appropriate.
Multidisciplinary Working
- Actively build and maintain relationships with other professionals and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Recognise cases that will benefit from planned multi- disciplinary working, and/or an appropriate response to unplanned work
- Take the lead for multi-disciplinary case work as appropriate, and contribute to multi-disciplinary case work
- Adhere to, and/or support staff to adhere to protocols to share information with multi-disciplinary teams
Leadership, management and supervision
- Take responsibility for access to line management, supervision, personal development and performance objectives
- Ensure any supervisory duties are executed
- Support staff in achieving the operational priorities for the team
- Support staff in undertaking new and more challenging work
- Contribute to team working and collaborative working with others
Capacity Building
- Recognise and use the expertise of individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to promote independence and well-being and maximise independence
- Work with individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to build safe, strong and caring social networks
- Work with other professionals in providing support to individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to build safe, strong and caring social networks
Professional Practice
- Demonstrate own professional practice, and meet the requirements of registration
- Retain responsibility for professional updates and CPD
- Model the occupational therapy role within and outside the team.
- Understand the boundaries of own professional practice, when to seek support, and how to address own learning needs
- Establish a network of internal and external colleagues with whom you can share expertise and seek advice
- Contribute to the development of occupational therapy practice and the learning of others
- Understand the organisational and political context in which you are working and how this impacts on practice
Job description
Job responsibilities
Risk Management
- Undertake the assessment of risk and apply clinical reasoning to mitigate risk and identify least restrictive interventions.
- Undertake the assessment, planning and review for safeguarding cases.
- Complete and/or support the completion of a range of functional assessments and reviews that will identify needs, options and promote well-being and maximise independence.
- Manage and/or support cases and/or situations with identified risk, and ensure occupational therapist interventions are proportionate to need
- Manage workload independently, seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties
- Report concerns and complaints following appropriate escalation routes
Information, Advice and Advocacy
- Provide, and ensure the staff and/or services you supervise, provide information and advice using a professional understanding in the application of legislation and guidance.
- Provide, and ensure the staff and/or services you supervise, provide information and advice through local community networks, to support local empowerment, well-being and maximise independence.
- Promote the availability of information and advice to other professional colleagues and teams, that address health and social care needs.
- Empower and advocate on behalf of individuals and communities, and enable access to an independent advocate when appropriate.
Multidisciplinary Working
- Actively build and maintain relationships with other professionals and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Recognise cases that will benefit from planned multi- disciplinary working, and/or an appropriate response to unplanned work
- Take the lead for multi-disciplinary case work as appropriate, and contribute to multi-disciplinary case work
- Adhere to, and/or support staff to adhere to protocols to share information with multi-disciplinary teams
Leadership, management and supervision
- Take responsibility for access to line management, supervision, personal development and performance objectives
- Ensure any supervisory duties are executed
- Support staff in achieving the operational priorities for the team
- Support staff in undertaking new and more challenging work
- Contribute to team working and collaborative working with others
Capacity Building
- Recognise and use the expertise of individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to promote independence and well-being and maximise independence
- Work with individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to build safe, strong and caring social networks
- Work with other professionals in providing support to individuals, carers, families, communities and hard to reach groups to build safe, strong and caring social networks
Professional Practice
- Demonstrate own professional practice, and meet the requirements of registration
- Retain responsibility for professional updates and CPD
- Model the occupational therapy role within and outside the team.
- Understand the boundaries of own professional practice, when to seek support, and how to address own learning needs
- Establish a network of internal and external colleagues with whom you can share expertise and seek advice
- Contribute to the development of occupational therapy practice and the learning of others
- Understand the organisational and political context in which you are working and how this impacts on practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy qualification and registration
Experience
Essential
- Ability to identify own development needs
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to communicate in challenging situations
- Ability to assess risks, needs, analyse information
- Ability to recognise problems, identify solutions and negotiate
- An understanding of the statutory duties of local government in social care
- Knowledge of social care model
- Good numeracy
- Ability to record case and financial information
- Proficient IT Skills
- Ability to use good range of IT skills and recording technology
- Ability to understand best value principles and resource constraints
- Understand equalities issues
- Understand data protection & confidentiality
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy qualification and registration
Experience
Essential
- Ability to identify own development needs
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to communicate in challenging situations
- Ability to assess risks, needs, analyse information
- Ability to recognise problems, identify solutions and negotiate
- An understanding of the statutory duties of local government in social care
- Knowledge of social care model
- Good numeracy
- Ability to record case and financial information
- Proficient IT Skills
- Ability to use good range of IT skills and recording technology
- Ability to understand best value principles and resource constraints
- Understand equalities issues
- Understand data protection & confidentiality
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).
