REACT Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team (REACT), which is a valued and integral component of UHCW’s Emergency Medicine Group.

REACT’s interdisciplinary way of working within Emergency Medicine’s Assessment Areas and Short Stay wards aims to avoid hospital admissions whilst providing high standards of care and discharge planning.

REACT are passionate about safely discharging patients back into the community and we achieve this through comprehensive holistic therapy assessments and working alongside external community partners.

Our team consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Assistant Practitioners and we strive to celebrate our team success whilst ensuring the wellbeing of our team is at the forefront of what we do. We offer regular supervisions and a team in-service training programme to support this alongside other opportunities for professional development. The successful candidates will actively contribute to this by supervising junior staff members.

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 manage a caseload of patients with a varied range of conditions +/- complex needs using evidence-based practice with client centred principles in order to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To effectively identify and utilise appropriate discharge pathways and services in order to promote a ‘home first’ approach and support patient flow
• To take a lead therapist role in managing clinical areas across the Emergency and Acute Medicine Footprint, providing day-to-day support to the wider team
• To support the learning and development of junior staff and students
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the REACT service, including holding responsibility for defined projects
• To participate within a 7 day working model, including extended hours

The drive towards integrated care models means that there will also be opportunities for the successful candidate to be involved in service development.

Our service covers 7 days and extended hours enabling a variety of shift and working patterns, including long days and weekend working.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Lewis Malone via email ([email protected])

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Be professionally and legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work
• Carry a clinical caseload consisting of patients with a varied range of conditions, complexities and health & social needs.
• Complete holistic and comprehensive assessments in order to determine appropriate treatment plans & discharge pathways, ensuring that decisions are patient centred
• Work collaboratively with patients, their relatives/carers and external health/social/voluntary services in order to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and minimise length of stay
• Work as an autonomous member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care and discharge plans
• Carry out therapeutic intervention using a broad range of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique with the view to improve function and reduce deconditioning
• Evaluate therapeutic/discharge plans and modify as required in response to changing patient need
• Identify and prescribe appropriate equipment essential to support a timely and safe discharge, including appropriate risk assessment as required
• Complete accurate and timely documentation in accordance with REACT’s Documentation policy
• Provide specialist reports on patient function, need and professional recommendations as required
• Contribute to the Trust and Emergency Medicine Group clinical governance arrangement and quality agenda
• Work in accordance with Professional and HCPC rules of professional conduct, in addition to those within local policies and procedures
• Effectively manage the recording, storage and sharing of information in accordance with Professional and Trust standards

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