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Job summary
The @home service are seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 7 ) to fill a full-time position within the @home service.
We are continuously expanding our urgent community response in line with NHS England's Long-Term Plan to support London's ageing population and those with complex and urgent needs. Virtual wards is a focal point currently as well as providing a falls response to create greater community capacity. Collaborative partnerships with health and social care stakeholders ensure we place our patients at the heart of all we do.
The role involves assessing patients in homes within the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, requiring the use of public transport; or via holding a current and valid UK driver's licence and /or vehicle that can be used for work purposes.
The prospective post holder must have a passion for rapid and holistic patient-centred community-based care, and demonstrated knowledge and experience and/or eagerness to play a pivotal role in admission avoidance. Confidence and higher-level capabilities in complex patient assessment and management; and being dynamic with your clinical reasoning to provide timely provision of interventions to support independence as much as possible is key. Someone with flexibility and enthusiasm for active participation in safe, effective and efficient patient care, service delivery, and staff development is highly desirable.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert Occupational Therapy and extended scope assessment, intervention, care planning and review of individual patients.
Demonstrated ability in working cross-professionally and in an extended scope capacity to support the @home services' commitment to meeting the patient's needs and delivering excellence in care.
Demonstrated strength in triaging referrals and prioritising timely allocation of urgent visits; and in supporting the therapy teams' daily operations within the duty therapist role.
Work frequently as a lone practitioner and at times in conjunction with other teams and colleagues, across a variety of locations within the community.
Facilitate and encourage multidisciplinary practice across traditional professional boundaries; liaising with health and social care professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver individualised and expert patient-centred care.
Supervise and line manage Band 6 Occupational Therapist and/or physiotherapists and Band 3 nursing rehabilitation support workers.
Lead on and support learning and development for the @home team, with refence to highlighting your Occupational therapy practice and knowledge to support complex patient cases and intervention planning.
Supervise, initiate and participate in evidence-based projects, departmental research and audit including recommendations for change in practice.
Opportunities for clinical and leadership skill development is supported through regular supervision with your line manager.
About us
GSTT @home is a hospital at home service covering both Lambeth and Southwark boroughs, and is a joint venture between health and social care. @home provides high quality, safe, intensive multidisciplinary acute treatment and monitoring in the patient's usual place of residence that would otherwise be carried out in hospital.
The service operates 7 days per week, with therapists working to as the standard shift pattern. With this post being part-time it is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and to contribute fully to both existing and new rota's.
Patients conditions range from those requiring a single episode of care postoperative to IV or antibiotic therapy; through to patients living with complex and long-term conditions, including the frail elderly, who may require periodic short-term intervention to maintain the best possible quality of life at home.
The service accepts referrals from GP's, LAS, Guys and St Thomas Hospitals, Kings College Hospital, St George's hospitals as well as other community services.
@home encompasses two main streams of work:
2-hour, same day or next day response to support early dischargefrom hospitals from Guy's & St Thomas, King's College and is integrated with secondary care. Hospital admission avoidance, with 2 hour or same day response, working in conjunction with LAS, GPs, Community Matrons, District Nurses, Social Care and the other community therapy teams. Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description for comprehensive summary of the essential and desirable criteria for this role. Main headings include:
Professional and clinical responsibilities Communication Service Development - Research / Audit / Quality Staff management and Leadership Education and Training Personal and Professional DevelopmentKey relationships include:Head of Nursing, Deputy Head of Nursing, Deputy Chief AHP, Therapy Lead Practitioners, Clinical Development Matron, Matrons, @home GPs, Nursing staff and the wider MDT, District Nurses and Community Matrons, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Allied Health Professionals, Consultants and Junior Medical Staff, community and acute therapy and rehabilitation teams, Social Services staff administrative and support staff, Home Care Provider Staff, Voluntary Sector Staff.
General points to noteThis job may involve frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions, bodily fluids, unpleasant smells, and occasional exposure to verbal aggression. This is a community-based role and will involve entering patients homes.
Person SpecificationKnowledge/Qualifications
Essential
Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy. MSc in relevant subject or equivalent level of postgraduate specialist training short courses, specific training or experience HCPC RegistrationDesirable
Member of RCOT Membership of relevant National Special Interest Group.Experience
Essential
Extensive postgraduate experience across a range of clinical areas Experience of working with adults and older people with chronic conditions and complex co-morbidities Broad range of therapy / rehabilitation experience at Band 6 in all core areas: neurology, orthopaedics, medical, and care of the elderly Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team. Experience of multidisciplinary goal-planning and using outcome measures. Experience of supervising / mentoring other Occupational Therapists Experience of service development / change management. A good understanding of the changing NHS environmentDesirable
Previous NHS experience in Intermediate careSkills
Essential
Knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, including complex patients. Demonstrated ability to clinically reason and prescribe appropriate adaptive equipment, assistive devices, and pressure relieving equipment for patients with a variety of complex conditions. Demonstrated ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and to make sound clinical judgements and decisions regarding patient care and to be responsible and accountable for decisions made Demonstrated ability to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non-clinical duties demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills. Evidence of continued professional practice, utilising evidence based and new research approaches. Demonstrated ability to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner. Demonstrated ability to work with multi/interdisciplinary team and set team goals. Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for services including experience of quality issues and audit. Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients. Ability to travel across the borough of Lambeth and Southwark. Evidence of dynamic risk assessments carried out in stressful and unpredictable environments Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.Desirable
Knowledge of current national policies such as NICE relevant to intermediate care Licensed driver and car owner