Band 6 Occupational Therapist (Longmoor House)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen  to cover a maternity leave, for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist to join the therapy team at Longmoor House.

Longmoor House is an Intermediate Care Unit that provides step down care from acute trusts and step up  care from community for medically optimised patients where it is anticipated that there are ongoing nursing, therapy and reablement needs.

In joining the team you will have the opportunity to:

- work in a supportive and caring environment

- have the opportunity to develop professionally

- Deliver excellent healthcare and make a positive difference in patients’ lives

- Deliver individual & group interventions

- Gain key leadership and managerial skills

- Work within an integrated team with all members of the MDT and partner services

- Participate in the many quality initiatives to improve patient experience and care

The service is based on a nursing and therapy led reablement model with advanced nurse practitioner and medical cover, utilising a holistic and person centred approach in order to support individuals requiring our services.

Our multidisciplinary working with combined expertise, revised pathways and community connections will facilitate a more timely discharge in conjunction with our service users reducing days away from home.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working as part of our extensive multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent and effective reablement service.

You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and take responsibility for a caseload ensuring that evidence based, individualised and effective treatment is administered with the outcome of a timely and safe discharge.

Excellent time management, clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills are essential for this role.

You will be supported by the senior members of staff and team lead with regular supervision and in service training.

The service will work over 7 days per week with weekend cover on a rota basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The Occupational Therapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group leading to a timely and safe discharge.

The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.

The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.

Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding acute hospital admission.

The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients.

The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.