Wheelchair Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the Wheelchair Service which works across North and North East Lincolnshire.

The post involves working in a cross-site service providing assessment for wheelchairs, special seating and pressure reducing cushions in a range of community settings. The team consists of therapists, assistant practitioners, technicians and admin support staff.

The post holder will complete holistic assessments with reference to the specific local criteria for provision of a range of appropriate wheelchairs, special seating and pressure reducing/relieving cushions. They will provide review to ensure these meet needs and are integrated in the individuals daily routine.

This is an ideal opportunity for a registered professional to specialise in this rewarding area.

The service currently operates across five days.

For physiotherapy applicants there would be an expectation of participating in the on-call physiotherapy respiratory rota also.

Where the successful applicant does not meet all essential criteria this post may be offered as band 5-6 developmental opportunity.

This post will be based within the North Lincolnshire area of the service.
- Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations or multiple pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills, including the assessment of cognitive and perceptual impairment, interpreting these assessments and providing appropriate recommendations, considering appropriateness of a DFG recommendation or rehousing or equipment or additional rehabilitation where appropriate.
- Assess and manage clinical risk within own and delegated patients
- Assess patient understanding of proposals; gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent
- Represent the Therapy service and/or individual patients at MDT meetings to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.
- Work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a senior Occupational Therapist if required
- Be responsible for maintaining accurate, comprehensive patient treatment records in line with COT Standards of Practice and. To comply with COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures
- To be aware of Trust policies and statutory requirements such as Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, COSHH, Fire Safety, Complaints and Incident Reporting

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

Following consultation the Health and Social Care Act 2008 has been amended, which includes the provision that from 11th November 2021 all workers in CQC registered care homes are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical exemption applies. If appointed to a role which includes deployment to care homes you will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination or medical exemption in order to undertake the role. This evidence will be required post-appointment as part of the pre-employment check process. Please note that the requirement for full vaccination, or medical exemption, will be a requirement of the terms and conditions of service for staff deployed to care homes.