Job overview

The Integrated Community Response Service is a large multidisciplinary team made up of GPs, occupational therapists, a social worker, physiotherapists, nurses, a community matron and health and social care assistants. The main aim of the service is to manage complex clinical cases at home, prevent unnecessary hospital admission and support early discharge of patients following an acute admission. This award winning rapid response team provides immediate assessment, intervention, early rehabilitation and management for a broad range of patients with complex needs. All members of the team work very closely together and have a good relationship with other community teams and clinicians such as district nurses, GPs, London Ambulance Service and mental health services.

We also have a number of forward-thinking quality initiatives developing within the team, e.g. Hospital at Home service working closely with West Middlesex Hospital and a lifting service throughout the borough working with LINKLINE and London Ambulance Service.

Main duties of the job

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to manage a complex caseload of patients and provide leadership for the occupational therapy element of the team.  Alongside these duties, as part of the senior team, you will be expected to support the junior members of the multidisciplinary team and support the clinical services manager in day to day management and service development. You will have advanced risk assessment and management skills and preferably have previous experience with treating acutely unwell clients in community settings. You must be flexible, organised and have excellent time management skills in order to manage a case load effectively as the team priorities change frequently throughout the day.

You will need to be able to travel independently throughout the Borough of Hounslow to visit Patients. You will be required to work long days and weekends on a rota basis. The rota is created for a 4 week period.

Daily hours are 8am to 8pm. You will complete an average of 37.5 hours per week and complete 150 hours every 4 weeks.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.