Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, inspiring, and
enthusiastic Optimising Care Moving and Handling Lead to join our Occupational
Therapy Service. You will be part of a busy, supportive multi-skilled team of
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Hearing and Vision
practitioners, Social Workers and Assistant Care Managers. As a team we work alongside people seeking, or drawing on, support to
live the lives they choose to lead, whatever their age or stage of life, assisting
people to maximise their independence in activities that are important to them.
Main duties of the job
As a new role to the service, you will use
your effective knowledge and skills of optimal approaches to moving and
handling to work with people in receipt of care and support to promote
right-size packages of care. This will include finding solutions to enable a
single caregiver to support a person safely and effectively to allow for
increased independence, better outcomes for them and more personalised support,
using a strengths-based approach. You will work closely with
Occupational Therapists in situations where the methods required to support
someone to move or transfer is challenging and/or complex, drawing upon your
clinical expertise of biomechanical principles, legislation and evidence.
Experience of training development and delivery is essential to the
role, ideally in a health or social care setting. You will deliver moving and handling training, working closely with
internal and external colleagues to provide advice, information, instruction,
and training in all aspects of moving and handling activities including
ergonomic interventions and design of safe and efficient systems of work. A great team
player, you will be adaptable in your working role and will support the
Principal Occupational Therapist in leading on an optimal care approach across
Swindon.
About us
As an employee, you will
receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging
creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing
personal development and a flexible work life balance.
For Swindon to thrive in the
future, we need to lay the foundations now. Its why our regeneration and
transformation programmes are already underway. So, youll be joining us at an
exciting time on our journey. Well look to you to share your knowledge,
influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions,
well achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And
youll be proud to say it was made better with you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess
the functional needs of people with care and support needs in their own home
and take appropriate action to support, influence and optimise their care to
enable them to live as independently as possible in the community, with due
regard to statutory requirements, departmental policy, quality of life, good
professional practice and budgetary factors.
To be an ambassador for safe, efficient, and
innovative ways of working, adhering to legislation and promoting evidence-based
practise and musculoskeletal health. To challenge/review moving and handling
practices and unsafe risk management decisions.
To review
existing and new care packages, work closely with Occupational Therapists with
complex moving and handling cases and provide training in moving and handling
best practice.
To provide
practical and professional leadership through the development of
evidence-informed practice with a focus on quality assurance, and will also
help to influence and contribute to an optimising care strategy in conjunction
with the Principal Occupational Therapist.
To develop and deliver formal moving
and handling training, working closely with relevant parties to provide advice,
information, instruction, and training in all aspects of moving and handling
activities. Formal training will include both practical and theory elements.
This includes ergonomic interventions and design of safe and efficient systems
of work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess
the functional needs of people with care and support needs in their own home
and take appropriate action to support, influence and optimise their care to
enable them to live as independently as possible in the community, with due
regard to statutory requirements, departmental policy, quality of life, good
professional practice and budgetary factors.
To be an ambassador for safe, efficient, and
innovative ways of working, adhering to legislation and promoting evidence-based
practise and musculoskeletal health. To challenge/review moving and handling
practices and unsafe risk management decisions.
To review
existing and new care packages, work closely with Occupational Therapists with
complex moving and handling cases and provide training in moving and handling
best practice.
To provide
practical and professional leadership through the development of
evidence-informed practice with a focus on quality assurance, and will also
help to influence and contribute to an optimising care strategy in conjunction
with the Principal Occupational Therapist.
To develop and deliver formal moving
and handling training, working closely with relevant parties to provide advice,
information, instruction, and training in all aspects of moving and handling
activities. Formal training will include both practical and theory elements.
This includes ergonomic interventions and design of safe and efficient systems
of work.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of social care legislation and policy, including mental capacity and safeguarding adults and ability to undertake consultation role for case holding Occupational Therapists.
- Experience of supporting people through change and developing and implementing practice, policy and other changes.
- Proven assessment and investigation skills appropriate to the scope of the role. Ability to develop optimal moving and handling solutions in highly complex situations, where compromises may have to be made to secure an agreement
- Able to clinically reason for, and justify decisions in, moving & handling equipment prescription.
- Experience of supervision, appraisal and / or professional development of staff.
- Excellent ICT skills including use of Microsoft applications and specialist systems.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and partnership working and awareness of the issues involved.
- Planning and workload management skills.
- Experience of using professional knowledge to work within referral systems according to established criteria.
- Experience of exposure to challenging situations, including behaviours.
- Knowledge of relevant financial assessment processes.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven ability to deliver training.
- Accurate record keeping and report writing.
- Good presentational skills.
- Proven organisational skills including the ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.
- Good understanding and proven ability to use database information systems.
- Takes responsibility for own professional development and commitment to evidenced based practice, including ability to reflect on own strengths and practice/knowledge gaps.
- Proven skills in safe practice techniques and ability to work to risk assessments.
- Experience in audit and / or engagement in research.
- You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act - for the effective performance of an individual-facing role).
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification as an Allied Health Professional (occupational therapist, physiotherapist) or Registered General Nurse with minimum of 3 years post qualification experience (within Health or Social Care).
- Relevant alternative advanced qualifications in the field of moving and handling and/or biomechanical principles/ergonomics
- Current registration with relevant professional body if appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Expert knowledge of social care legislation and policy, including mental capacity and safeguarding adults and ability to undertake consultation role for case holding Occupational Therapists.
- Experience of supporting people through change and developing and implementing practice, policy and other changes.
- Proven assessment and investigation skills appropriate to the scope of the role. Ability to develop optimal moving and handling solutions in highly complex situations, where compromises may have to be made to secure an agreement
- Able to clinically reason for, and justify decisions in, moving & handling equipment prescription.
- Experience of supervision, appraisal and / or professional development of staff.
- Excellent ICT skills including use of Microsoft applications and specialist systems.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and partnership working and awareness of the issues involved.
- Planning and workload management skills.
- Experience of using professional knowledge to work within referral systems according to established criteria.
- Experience of exposure to challenging situations, including behaviours.
- Knowledge of relevant financial assessment processes.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven ability to deliver training.
- Accurate record keeping and report writing.
- Good presentational skills.
- Proven organisational skills including the ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.
- Good understanding and proven ability to use database information systems.
- Takes responsibility for own professional development and commitment to evidenced based practice, including ability to reflect on own strengths and practice/knowledge gaps.
- Proven skills in safe practice techniques and ability to work to risk assessments.
- Experience in audit and / or engagement in research.
- You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act - for the effective performance of an individual-facing role).
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification as an Allied Health Professional (occupational therapist, physiotherapist) or Registered General Nurse with minimum of 3 years post qualification experience (within Health or Social Care).
- Relevant alternative advanced qualifications in the field of moving and handling and/or biomechanical principles/ergonomics
- Current registration with relevant professional body if appropriate.
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).
