Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-5169
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hemel One (HQ)
- Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Salary
- £37,162 - £44,629 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
We are seeking an enthusiastic occupational therapist to join our Unplanned Care team delivering care to patients closer to home and preventing unnecessary hospital admission in west Hertfordshire.
The Unplanned Care team comprises five pathways delivered over 7-day working: Discharge to Assess Pathway 1 (DTA); Discharge to Assess Pathway 2, Rapid Response (RR), Frailty Hospital@Home and Early intervention Vehicle (EIV). This role will primarily work under the Discharge to Assess and Rapid Response pathways, but may require the candidate to work across the other pathways when required. All pathways deliver nursing and therapy care in a patient’s usual home environment.
RR focuses on preventing avoidable hospital admissions for patients with acute ill-health conditions by providing holistic assessment within 2 hours of referral and treatments over a 5 day pathway.
Main duties of the job
DTA supports the discharge of patients from acute and community hospitals to assess and manage rehabilitation/therapy needs to facilitate a safe discharge from hospital when the patient is medically well enough to go home. The pathway is delivered in conjunction with Adult Social Care to support the patient’s reablement.
The EIV service responds to referrals for patients identified as requiring support for low complexity health and functional needs that would otherwise put them at risk of hospital admission through loss of independence and/or falls.
The Unplanned Care team works in an integrated way with the other community providers in west Hertfordshire to ensure holistic support is provided.
The Unplanned care team delivers these pathways across all 4 Herts Valleys localities (Watford and Three Rivers, Dacorum, Hertsmere, St. Albans and Harpenden) and also provides a clinical in-reach function at the acute hospitals to prevent admissions and support timely discharges.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration as an occupational therapist working with older adults, falls prevention
- Supervising staff/students
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- In-service teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a wide range of specialist services eg. falls services, wheelchair services, neurology, and orthopedics
- Leading appraisals
- Experience working in the community setting
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Livia Bland
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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