Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An unexpected opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the dedicated therapy team working into Sheffield Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Beds service.

The team currently provides therapy and nursing input into 98 beds based within 3 different care homes throughout the city.

Our caseload is referred into us from Acute trust wards and often have complex medical history including fractures, frailty, respiratory, cardiac conditions, amputees and neurology. Our patients are with us for a short term rehab program and needs assessment to facilitate returning home as quickly as possible, facilitating discharge from hospital, ensuring their future needs are met.

Applicants should have advanced discharge planning skills and be an exemplary team worker. You should have good communication skills and be comfortable in dealing with multiple agencies and families to facilitate a co-ordinated, safe and effective discharge. Experience working with patients with delirium/dementia would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

To manage a caseload of Intermediate Care Unit based patients with complex needs, using specialist skills and evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To supervise/train inexperienced junior staff and rehabilitation assistants working within the service.

To provide supervision of students on practice placement.

To participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Intermediate Care services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To be an active member of the inter-disciplinary Intermediate Care team in the provision of patient-centred care.

To develop and provide clinical expertise in a designated specialism and participate in the dissemination of evidence based practice across the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.