Job responsibilities
Post:
Specialist Occupational
Therapist
Speciality:
Proactive Care Team
Salary:
£47,810 £54,710
Hours:
Up to 30
hours Working days negotiable (Tuesdays Mandatory)
Location:
Beeston, Middleton & Hunslet
Primary Care Network
Working across the 8 GP Practices in
our PCN.
Accountable to:
PCN Clinical Lead & Business Manager
Interviews:
Tuesday 9th December Lingwell
Croft Surgery (16 Shelldrake Drive, Middleton, LS10 3NB)
Organisational
Expectations:
You will be working towards the delivery of the
outcomes outlined in the Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service
Specification.
The post holder will be employed by South & East
Leeds GP Group, but will be deployed and managed day to day from within the Beeston,
Middleton & Hunslet Primary Care Network
Outline of the post:
Beeston, Middleton & Hunslet PCN is seeking a
Senior Occupational Therapist to be part of our multi-disciplinary and
multi-agency team of professionals. We are looking for an individual who is
passionate about Primary Care and is keen to work across traditional health
and social care boundaries. This is open to anyone with relevant
registration. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be at the
forefront of the service delivery of our PCN Proactive Care Team. Working
both independently, and within our multi agency team, the role will operate
across the traditional health and social care organisational boundaries. This
includes our GP practices and will deliver enhanced proactive care for older
people with frailty. We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist with
a strong interest in working in Primary Care and who aspires to provide a
continuous improvement approach to delivering responsive, safe,
patient-centred, and effective care within a team. The service, within which
the post holder would work, supports patients with multifaceted health
problems living in their own homes. The service liaises with carers,
families, and colleagues to maintain and maximise individualised
patient-centred care. It also supports General Practice in delivering
exciting new developments and this can be flexible depending on skills,
expertise, and interests.
Main Tasks:
Clinical
Deliver expert
knowledge, advanced clinical reasoning and care planning skills to the
multi-disciplinary team.
To use advanced
knowledge and practical experience to supervise, co-ordinate and manage the
proactive care planning of the designated patient cohorts
To liaise with other
health and social care professionals and agencies to ensure holistic care is
provided and the care packages offered are appropriate and consistent with
the patients needs and aspirations.
To ensure that the
patients and their families and carers are fully involved in the assessment
and care planning process.
To ensure best
practice relating to care planning and the management of frailty and
long-term conditions is adhered to
Managerial Responsibilities:
To co-ordinate, monitor and assess the work of
the PCN Proactive Care Team
Provide Clinical Supervision to the PCN
Proactive Care Team on a regular basis
To provide emotional support for team members
in potentially stressful work situations or adverse incidents
To identify any service improvements or
efficiencies
Be involved in service development
To contribute to the staff recruitment process
To complete return to work interviews with
staff following sickness in line with the Sickness Absence policy
Health and Safety - The post-holder will assist in promoting and
maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in our
Health & Safety Policy, to include:
The post-holder will manage their own and
others health & safety and infection control as defined in the SEL GP
Group Health & Safety Policy, the SEL GP Group Health & Safety
Manual, and the SEL GP Group Infection Control Policy and published
procedures.
Comply with SEL GP Group health and safety
policies by following agreed safe working procedures
Awareness and compliance with national
standards of infection control, hygiene, regulatory / contractual /
professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.
Correct personal use of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on
appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
Reporting incidents using the organisations
Incident Reporting System
Equality and
Diversity - The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights
of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
The post-holder will support, promote and
maintain the SEL GP Group Equality & Diversity Policy.
No person whether they are staff, patient or
visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,
ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
The jobholder must comply with all policies
and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services
are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their
families.
Training,
Personal/ Professional Development Training requirements will be monitored
in accordance with PCN requirements. Relevant personal development will be
encouraged and supported by the PCN.
You will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining a record
of own personal and/or professional development.
Undertake mandatory and statutory training as
required and attend courses/ study days as deemed appropriate/ necessary.
To demonstrate a commitment to personal and
professional development.
Keep updated on developments in care planning
and the management of frailty and long-term conditions and consider how to
incorporate these into practice.
Work with other advanced clinical
practitioners to ensure the provision of an appropriate and relevant TARGET
training programme for the team and support staff to develop their knowledge
and skills.
To lead by example and provide on the job
training and development for less experienced members of staff.
To be responsible for maintaining own
competence to practice through CPD activity and maintaining a portfolio that
reflects personal development.
To participate in annual appraisals as an
appraiser and appraise.
To represent the team at a strategic level at
the PCN leadership meeting (upon request)
To be an integral part of the Community PCN
leadership team
Governance
Produce complete and accurate records of
patient consultation, in line with best practice, confidentiality, policies
and procedures
Deliver care according to NHS guidance, NICE
guidelines and evidence-based care
Take part in the maintenance of quality
governance systems and processes across the PCN and its activities.
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of
evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing
improvements where required.
Work with other clinical teams on improving
the quality of healthcare in response to local and national policies and
initiatives as appropriate
Evaluate patients response to health care
provision and the effectiveness of care
Support and participate in shared learning
across the practice and wider organisation
Manage, review and identify learning from
patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events
Awareness of statutory safeguarding,
notification processes and local guidance for children/vulnerable patients,
applying relevant policies and legislation to protect them
Ensure compliance with policies, procedures
and guidelines for self and others, by taking action or alerting senior
management team if the practice appears to contravene policy, or if there are
concerns over any aspect of patient care.
Confidentiality:
Maintain confidentiality of information,
always acting within the terms of the Data Protection Act and Caldicott
guidance on patient confidentiality.
Maintain an awareness of the Freedom of
Information Act.
This job
description is not exhaustive and is subject to review considering changing
service needs. Change will be made in consultation with the role holder and
will be reviewed at annual appraisal.
