Home First Therapist (OT)

Job overview

Home First Occupational Therapist

• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies.
• To work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home.
• To bring a holistic therapeutic approach to the multi-disciplinary team. Concentrating specifically on admission avoidance strategies and interventions.
• To have a role in the responsibility for the management of patients care pathway through the CIS services
• To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients, where you will implement and evaluate treatment plans, and coordinate interventions within Home First & Urgent Community Response )if required)
• To liaise with health, and adult social care, working in partnership with primary and secondary care, social prescribers, and other external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service, and facilitate effective discharge from the Home First Service.
• To provide a specialist service to patients in their own home/usual residence
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers and allied agencies to maximise discharge and recovery potential and to ensure understanding of condition

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high level of care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• Promote a holistic, supportive, and patient cantered service that facilitates an intervention approach to promote change, acceptance and promotes self-management aiming to optimises functional improvement
• Work with Home First: supporting with triage, patient care pathway, and sharing knowledge related to the discharge to assess and admission avoidance strategies
• Work with patients, carers and families, and other statutory health related services
• Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes
• Be flexible in the approach to delivering treatment and advice, have skills to deliver a variety of treatment interventions
• Have advanced communication skills that would include motivational and emotional support skills

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To Uphold the Trust's dignity and respect standard

• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of your patient clinical episode of care.
• Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patient’s physical needs, while appreciating the psychological and emotional impact in relation to their diagnosis and symptom profile, understand the diverse and complex presentations and multiple pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate understanding of their condition.
• Formulate accurate prognosis and recommend best course of intervention, developing a self-management discharge plans where appropriate.
• Assess the patient’s understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent if appropriate and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Evaluate patient’s adherence to management plans, monitor progress, reassess and modify management plans as appropriate.
• Provide or direct patients to accredited information and supportive literature to assist in their management
• Ensure the Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.