Occupational Therapist, Community

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Occupational Therapist to join the new and transformational Intergrated Neighbourhood team-South (INT). The trust along with Coventry City Council and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust have designed and developed 6 neighbourhood teams  across the city of Coventry which are supported by multi-professional teams offering a holistic and integrated approach to urgent community needs for the residents of Coventry.

INT is one of the Trust’s fundamental purposes, as set out in our refreshed strategy for 2022-2030; ‘More than a hospital’. The Trust has an ambition to deliver improvements in the health and wellbeing of our local populations through collaboration with partners across the health and social care system. The role of Occupational Therapist is key to the successful delivery of this exciting and transformational service aimed to improve the health and wellbeing of the Coventry population.

A Full valid UK driving license is essential for this post, please note an international driving license is not accepted.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and review of patients with a wide variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, care of the elderly, respiratory and falls, to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, contribute to effective admission avoidance and support patients with complex health care needs. This will be for patients predominantly in their place of residence, but will include short term placements and other settings.
• To provide advice and guidance to others, patients, carers and staff working in health and social care.
• To support professional development of the staff within the INT and other services as appropriate.
• To support and contribute toward service development and meeting Key Performance Indicators.
• To participate in 7 day working rotas to ensure delivery of key services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be an integral part of the INT
• To effectively manage a caseload of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing specialist and evidence-based assessment and interventions to patients in both a stable and acute phase of their condition, ensuring the physical, psychosocial, behavioural, perceptual, cognitive, sensory and environmental needs of patients, are addressed.
• Utilising specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning, to plan and provide clinical interventions in consultation with other colleagues in the multidisciplinary team and to work in a range of settings as appropriate (e.g. patients home, short term placement or other community setting)
• To adopt a patient centred and sensitive approach to therapy, collaborating with patients (and/or carer(s) where appropriate) in all aspects of the therapy process (assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, reporting).
• To utilise individual and/or group work skills as appropriate to achieve agreed therapeutic goals
• To have a high level of knowledge of a variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, cognitive impairment, care of the elderly, respiratory and falls and specialist knowledge of at least one of these clinical areas
• To work collaboratively with Social Services and third sector providers to ensure delivery of effective safe care.
• To complete holistic assessments of patient needs with a focus on enablement, home first and effective utilisation of resources
• To take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data, which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.
• To work collaboratively with the team leaders and INT manager to participate in evaluation of the INT service and identify opportunities for improvement and service development.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.