Central Norfolk Home First Hub Therapist

2 weeks ago


Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Full time

The Central Norfolk Home First Hub is recruiting

Do you have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills? Are you flexible, approachable and a team player?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Norwich Place therapy teams. We are looking for experienced and reliable Occupational Therapists/Physiotherapists to join us in providing high quality therapy services. Primarily the role is to provide support to the Central Norfolk Home First Hub which covers the Norwich, South and North places and will involve working across a 7 day week. There will be opportunities to maintain clinical competencies by supporting work in both procured beds and Urgent Community Response Therapy Team.

The service is operational during the following hours Monday to Friday 08.00 - 18.00, Saturday 09.00 - 17.00, Sunday 10.00 - 16.00

If you thrive on variety in the working day, enjoy multi-tasking and also being part of a supportive team then this role is for you.

You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to complete the triage of referrals for patients on discharge to assess pathways from acute and community hospitals. This will involve assessing the patient’s needs, determining priority of care, and processing and allocating referrals accordingly. Effective communication skills are required to liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely responses to referrals are achieved. Telephone assessments and reviews of individuals in their own homes or care homes following discharge will be undertaken and appropriate therapy intervention required planned to meet patients need

Ideally you will be familiar with these clinical databases; Systmone, IRIS, Liquid Logic though training will be provided.

As a therapist it is essential that you can prioritise your own workload, possess effective communication skills, work as part of a team, and use own initiative.

The Central Norfolk Home First Hub is an integrated multidisciplinary team of health and social care colleagues. It consists of clinical leads, practice consultants, OT's, Physio's, Community assistant practitioners and social care assistant practitioners. Supported by Integrated care coordinators and business support. It is a newly established and evolving team.

Successful applicants will be supported within the team and receive regular supervision opportunities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Triage and allocation of referrals for patients on Discharge to Assess pathway, assessing the patient’s needs, determining the priority of care, processing and allocating referrals accordingly, liaising with multidisciplinary team to ensure timely responses to referrals on an individual patient needs-based basis utilising the knowledge, skills and expertise of others in the Integrated team.

To assess and prescribe care packages for patients with long term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.

To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.

To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.

To work, liaise and communicate with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users on the Discharge to Assess pathway and in community teams.



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