Community Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Join Weymouth ICRT – Be Part of the Community‑Care Revolution. Rotational OT Role Across ICT, Rehab & Ward Services

Are you an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking to broaden your practice within our dedicated specialist team? Join our Weymouth Integrated Community Rehab Team and be part of the change that’s moving care back into the community and building Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) As a community Occupational Therapist in a rotational role across Intermediate Care Team (ICT), Long-Term Rehabilitation and Ward Therapy Support you will bring your clinical and inspiring leadership expertise to the whole patient journey. You will be joining a supportive, multidisciplinary team providing highly specialist advice and programmes of care to other professionals, to ensure high quality person – centred care and interventions. With your effective communication, professionalism and innovation, care delivery to our patients will be of the highest standard. This is a full or part time position with a minimum of 22.5 hours  for a 7 day service.  For more information or informal discussions please contact Karen Gray, Community Physiotherapist/ICRT Team Lead [email protected]   Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

Providing OT based assessment and rehab for a range of physical presentations such as stroke and neurology, orthopaedics, frailty, falls, cognitive impairment and many more in a range of settings.

Knowledge and experience in moving and handling, experience of using a range of equipment, experience of carrying out cognitive assessments, skills to holistically assess and formulate a patient centred rehab program, knowledge and experience of working with the older person, particularly with frailty.

Supporting a team to provide a 7-day service to support admission avoidance for patients in their own homes.

Ability to recognise and manage a deteriorating patient, problem solving and crisis management of an acute situation, skills in carrying out a basic physical assessment including basic observations and recognising when it is appropriate to escalate.

Cover across the 7 days on a rota basis. Carry out rehab and assessment on the rehab ward or when in community to cover duty which involves working until 18.00 to cover any urgent referrals.

Demonstrable skills in communication, organisation, caseload management, autonomous working and supervision and mentorship of both trained and junior colleagues.

Problem solving and innovation to inform service development and improve quality standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

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