Occupational Therapist-Surrey Downs H&C

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area

Surrey Downs Health & Care

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract

Permanent: This post holder will work between the ward and the community

Hours

Full time hours per week

Job ref

343-SDH&C B

Site

Molesey Community Hospital

Town

Molesey

Salary

£40,617 - £48,778 Pro Rata Per Annum inc Fringe HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

02/11/2025 23:59

Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

The post holder will be responsible for assessment, treatment planning and intervention delivery of patients referred to their caseload. The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff, technicians, assistants and students as appropriate. They will be expected to participate in development and monitoring of service standards and to assist in the running of the day to day service and working collaboratively towards cross competency working with the MDT

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated range of specialist occupational therapy therapeutic and preventative services in community settings, which maintain or improve people's health, independence and quality of life.

Applying specialist knowledge and skills across the total range of complex health conditions, procedures and practices gained through practical experience, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.

Care group includes frailty, complex co-morbidities, discharge to assess and admission avoidance.

To assess and implement specialist treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records.

To work unsupervised reporting back to the clinical lead on a regular basis and to work as part of the wider MDT.

To participate in the day-to-day management of the service provision undertaking tasks as delegated by leadership, supporting new graduates and less experienced therapists, and non-registered staff members on a daily basis.

To provide formal supervision to nominated staff members and students.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

1. To carry and prioritise own patient caseload and other ongoing tasks, allocating appropriate work to technical instructors and students.

2. To carry out assessments and treatment in the most appropriate setting for the patient's needs, whether this in the patients home, Residential/Nursing Home, Surrey Downs area, appropriate community setting, or tertiary unit.

3. To perform specialist occupational therapy assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations, using advanced clinical reasoning skills to analyse, interpret and make judgements on complex facts or situations.

4. To develop specialised programmes of care, treatment and advice to patients and their care givers, based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and the range of treatment options and/or adaptive techniques and/or equipment provision, and/or care services.

5. To incorporate the appropriate standard assessment tools and outcome measures with patients, and apply additional relevant skills such as therapeutic handling, moving and handling risk assessment and hand related treatment strategies / equipment for housebound patients.

6. To communicate sensitively and reassuringly on complex conditions and functional risk/limitation. To gain consent to and co-operation in assessment and treatment, and in giving specialist advice to patients/carers regarding their options for ongoing care needs.

7. Being aware at all times of the sensitive nature of some recommendations, and the potential for patients/carers to have special communication needs resulting in barriers to understanding.

8. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings as the occupational therapist representative for individual patients, to inform complex discussions, gain a full range of information prior to planning person centred goals, analyse options for meeting goals and participate in the clinical decision making process and development of comprehensive MDT plans for discharge.

9. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.

10. Work closely with the PCN MDT, patients/carers and wider service providers to ensure effective communication of information and co-ordination to achieve all agreed goals and safe appropriate discharge. Act as discharge key worker for individual patients.

11. To undertake pre-discharge home risk assessments where appropriate to inform discharge planning. Make arrangements to reduce risks and maximise potentials at home, including making referrals to statutory and non-statutory agencies for specialist support and services, as appropriate. Having gained patient consent to sharing information.

12. Liaison with the local Equipment provider for provision of daily living equipment and adaptations for patients homes where appropriate. To be aware of resource implications when considering options for prescription to meet patient's needs.

13. To manage clinical risk in relation to your own caseload, seeking guidance and help from senior therapist, as appropriate.

14. To maintain accurate, legible and complete clinical records of all patient related interventions, in line with the Information Governance Policy and Guidelines. To include the use of EMIS and Systm1 patient record systems.

15. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own professional and clinical work. Ensuring that assessments and interventions are carried out in accordance with the ESTH/ Surrey Downs policies, College of Occupational Therapy standards and code of conduct, and have a good working knowledge of national and local standards to guide your practice. Monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate. Seek guidance as necessary.

16. To deliver competency training for new members of staff, the wider team and support with the ongoing review of competencies within the wider team.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy (OT)

• HCPC Registration

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate training

• Further specialised courses

Knowledge
Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of complex frailty conditions and rehabilitation

• Clinical knowledge of all areas within remit of post

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of UCR service requirements

• Attendance at relevant training courses

Experience
Essential criteria

• Demonstrable Experience working as an OT

• Experience as a community OT

Desirable criteria

• Experience of staff supervision

• Work across Neuro / Frailty pathways – acute, inpatient rehab or community

Skills
Essential criteria

• Good communication skills both written English and verbal

• Able to prioritise and plan

• Flexibility

• Basic IT skills

• Physically capable of completing moving and handling within a rehab based service

Other
Essential criteria

• Full UK driving license

• Use of a car for work purposes

• Fit enough to perform other clinical duties

Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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