Senior Occupational Therapist

4 days ago

Winchester, United Kingdom Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The Senior Occupational Therapist is a key part of the Urgent Community Response and Frailty Hospital at Home Virtual Ward multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for assessing and treating acutely unwell adults with a variety of decompensating physical health conditions and aim to manage their function at home, preventing hospital admission.

Main duties of the job

To work closely with the Consultant Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), the Allied Health Professional Lead, Team Lead and the wider nursing and therapy staff, as well as GPs to provide fast reactive services for patients with exacerbation of long term conditions and/or frailty, ensure rapid delivery of treatment, care planning and admission avoidance where appropriate.

To provide assessment and care planning including history taking, physical assessment and treatment planning, without direct supervision.

To work closely with the Allied Health Professional Lead, Team Lead, Consultant Practitioners, ACPs, GPs and patients, to proactively identify and manage patients with acute health needs and to support them and their carers. To delegate appropriate tasks to nursing and therapy colleagues, Associate Practitioners and Health Care Support Workers and offer clinical supervision to support them in their role.

To work in conjunction with a wide range of clinical colleagues and specifically, primary care, ambulance trust, acute trust, community teams and social care professionals, leading and facilitating a patient focused, co-ordinated case management approach across primary and secondary care for people who are most vulnerable to, and at high risk of repeat admissions to hospital. See Job Description for full list.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Occupational Therapist HCPC registration

Experience

Essential

Experience working with people living with frailty Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management Computer literate including emails and spreadsheets. Effective written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

Experience working in services delivering admission avoidance for acutely unwell adults Relevant clinical setting experience achieved as a postgraduate

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