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Are you ready for a new challenge? if so - this is an excellent opportunity to join our team as an Urgent Community Response and Intermediate Care OT covering the Scarborough and Ryedale area, on the North East coast and surrounding area, the role is offered at full time hours , would consider part time for the successful applicant
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work with our UCR and intermediate care team providing clinical input in order to facilitate timely discharge from an acute hospital stay or to remain safely at home when facing an unexpected health crisis.
Such as
- A new or acute problem
- An exacerbation of a chronic condition
- Serious illness where treatment is able to be supported at home
- Social Crisis such as breakdown of unpaid carer arrangement
The role includes integrated MDT working and with stakeholders such as Primary Care, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, acute and secondary care sectors targeted at people living with frailty, multi-morbidity and/or complex needs to help them stay independent and healthy for as long as possible. To succeed in this role you will need to be passionate about community healthcare, providing clinical triage and complex care delivery in patients homes and care homes, prioritising with clinical reasoning skills and able to tackle key priorities with enthusiasm.
We are committed to our trust values of caring, learning & growing and offer a variety of learning opportunities with regular supervision.
We welcome applications from Allied Health Professionals with relevant experience and transferable skills.
The successful AHP applicant will have access to continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities and professional networks to support ongoing professional development and professional registration requirements
Main duties of the job
Job Role Summary
- To be accountable in own area of clinical responsibility, ensuring the delivery of evidence based clinical interventions and practice for a specialist caseload in a variety of settings
- To follow the Occupational Therapy process / pathway with patients within standard operating procedures and contribute to care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- To continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support, training, and advice regarding the delivery of care in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies.
Core Functions
- To help people who have difficulties carrying out day-to-day activities because of a disability, illness, trauma, ageing, and a range of long-term conditions.
- To support the Urgent Community Response service, aiding prevention of unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge from hospital
- To delegate intervention to the appropriate staff members to enable evidence based patient care and promote patient flow
- Provide Occupational Therapy advice to other disciplines and provide training and competency support to the wider team
- Participate in departmental research
- You will have management, coordination and supervision responsibilities for junior staff & students.
For full role and responsibilities please see attached Job description and person spec
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full role and responsibilities information please see attached job description and person spec
Person specification
Expereince
Essential
- Experience of case load management within specialist service area, some of which may be complex
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
Skills and Competence
Essential
- Ability to motivate staff to embrace change
- Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and fieldwork education/mentorship
Desirable
- Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
Qualifications and Knowledege
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
- Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
- Current HCPC professional registration
Desirable
- Leadership qualification/equivalent experience if required
- Teaching qualification or equivalent presentation skills/training experience
- Previous experience working as a community based Occupational Therapist
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This advert is for Specialist Practitioner OT with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Hull, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per anum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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