Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist

4 weeks ago

Huddersfield, Kirklees, United Kingdom Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist to join our Acute Frailty Service. As a Specialist Clinician, you will work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up-to-date records.

Key Responsibilities

  • To work as a Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist within the CHFT Acute Frailty service, providing a comprehensive geriatric assessment to frail patients presenting to the acute areas of CHFT.
  • To assess frail patients across CHFT, including the new emergency department, medical assessment unit, and Frailty Same Day Emergency Care unit (FSDEC).
  • To utilise your core occupational therapy skills to support the complex needs of frail patients, working within a multi-disciplinary team to provide holistic assessment meeting the needs of our patients with a strong focus on the home first approach.
  • To manage your own specialist caseload, demonstrating excellent skills in effective prioritisation in a fast-paced environment.
  • To provide and develop the core components of the specialist therapy role, including clinical practice, management, and education.

About Us

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of healthcare services in the region. We employ over 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, as well as in community sites, health centres, and in patients' homes.

We provide a range of services, including urgent and emergency care, medical, surgical, maternity, gynaecology, critical care, children's and young people's services, end of life care, and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. As a Foundation Trust, we are part of the NHS, yet decisions about what we do and how we do it are driven by independent boards. Our boards listen to our Council of Governors and respond to the needs of our members - patients, staff, and the local community.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Registered with HCPC
  • Relevant Degree/Diploma

Desirable

  • Clinical Educator Training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Recent and extensive clinical experience working with frail patients, including assessments, complex and autonomous decision-making, and discharge planning.
  • Awareness of relevant Legislation, NSF's, Local and National initiatives.
  • Excellent Clinical Reasoning skills in situations of complex health and social needs.
  • Evidence of CPD, self-directed learning, and reflective practice.
  • Experience in dealing with Knowledge and experience of assessing risk on discharge and implementing risk reduction measures.
  • Knowledge of best practice in relevant clinical areas.
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance.
  • Critical Appraisal Skills.
  • Ability to recognise the emotional demands of the post and demonstrate the necessary resilience.
  • Ability to recognise own limitations and have a willingness to share and learn skills from others.
  • Excellent time management.
  • Previous NHS experience either as an undergraduate or postgraduate.

Desirable

  • Experience in contributing to service improvements.
  • Experience in dealing with complaints.
  • Experience mentoring students.

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