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Occupational Therapist - Baywide UCR and Intermediate Care
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust —Paignton
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Part-time
- Nursing home
- Supervising experience
- Patient care
- Employee discount
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Occupational Therapist - Baywide UCR and Intermediate Care

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust -
Paignton

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Job details

Part-time
£39,959 - £48,117 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Hoists
Triage
Person-centred care planning
Occupational therapy
Supervising experience
Decision making
Patient care
Discharge planning
Patient-centred care
Risk assessment
Care planning and needs assessment
Communication skills
Negotiation
Multi-agency care coordination
Manual handling of patients

Full job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Occupational Therapist within the urgent care response and intermediate care service in Torbay. T his opportunity allows you to undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients and carers.

You will support the management of a team caseload of complex, highly complex and statutory work, and act as an autonomous practitioner evidencing high levels of problem solving, decision making and independent judgement in a variety of community settings and situations.

We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, and are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues therefore, your role with us will involve Community therapy and Intermediate care work. There is a division between these areas of work,.

To effectively undertake the role, you will be required to work flexibly to ensure a consistent and robust service, which covers seven day working including weekend and bank holiday work, or working in other localities across the bay as necessary to meet the needs of the service.

To explore innovative ways of collaborative working between general practice, health and social services and the private and voluntary sector in line with the Care Trust’s integration agenda.

Responsibility for managing an intensive actue caseload.

Triage and prioritise work according to urgency and establishing presenting risks.

Assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of community settings, which is mainly the patient’s own home, but could incluse nursing homes and residential homes.

Working with a patient centred approach, taking responsibility for planning , implementing and reviewing OT interventions for patients and making autonomous decisions/recommendations regarding packages of care, equipment provision and ongoing treatment to maintain patients at home, thereby preventing hospital admission. Interventions include manual handling assessment and equipment provision, simple and complex equipment and adaptation prescription.

To carry out home assessment visits with patients from temporary places of safety, thereby contributing to the planning and facilitation of discharge to their own homes as appropriate.

Supervisory responsibility for a Band 5 post , Assistant Practitioner or support worker as required.

The Baywide Intermediate Care Team are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, making a difference and helping patients through their recovery and returning back to health and independence. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance with Opportunity to work autonomously.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay. Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

NHS Pension Scheme

Childcare at our day nursery

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays

Staff Discounts

Career development and training opportunities

Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real assed to Team Torbay and South Devon. #CareToJoinUsTSD

Why work with us

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

Valid state registration with Health Professions Council

Proven post-graduate experience

Evidence of ability to make decisions under pressure and in stressful situations

Moving and handling protocols and procedures to include provision of hoists and specialist slings

Experience of supervision of junior staff and/or OT students

Highly developed communication skills to include negotiation and
experience of communicating sensitive information e.g. unfavourable assessment outcome

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification

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