Home First Therapist (OT/ PT) inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 2 DEC 2023

Band 6: £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if Part time)  FIXED TERM 
Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes.

  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high level of care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
  • Promote a holistic, supportive, and patient cantered service that facilitates an intervention approach to promote change, acceptance and promotes self-management aiming to optimises functional improvement
  • Work with Home First: supporting with triage, patient care pathway, and sharing knowledge related to the discharge to assess and admission avoidance strategies
  • Work with patients, carers and families, and other statutory health related services
  • Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes
  • Be flexible in the approach to delivering treatment and advice, have skills to deliver a variety of treatment interventions
  • Have advanced communication skills that would include motivational and emotional support skills
  • To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to analyse and provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
  • Manage a patient through the entirety of their care episode in relation to Home First assessment, symptom management, support and discharge.
  • Where appropriate to work collaboratively with primary and secondary health care services, third sector services and social prescribing, education and social services, to ensure the delivery of a seamless and high-quality service.
  • Have a broad skill set which can include advanced skills in delivering therapy intervention in order to provide a 2-hour urgent response for patients in a crisis.
  • Manage severe complex, house bound patients. The CIS Home First service offers a domiciliary service to severely affected individuals; this requires collaborative working with social services and other attending care agencies.
  • Be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of a deteriorating patient, having the skills to escalate accordingly.
  • Be an advocate for the patient.
  • Knowledge of where to sign-post patients for support, e.g. local or national support groups
  • To be responsible for a caseload and work without direct supervision, and provide peer support for members of the MDT
  • To ensure patient care and planned interventions are supported by available evidence base and experiential knowledge and are in accordance with Code of Professional conduct.
  • To keep up to date and monitor literature related to Discharge to Assess and Crisis Response.
  • To carryout risk assessment in line with Trust/National Protocol.

  • To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies.
  • To work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient's own home.
  • To bring a holistic therapeutic approach to the multi-disciplinary team. Concentrating specifically on admission avoidance strategies and interventions.
  • To have a role in the responsibility for the management of patients care pathway through the CIS services
  • To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients, where you will implement and evaluate treatment plans, and coordinate interventions within Home First & Urgent Community Response.
  • To liaise with health, and adult social care, working in partnership with primary and secondary care, social prescribers, and other external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service, and facilitate effective discharge from the Home First Service.
  • To provide a specialist service to patients in their own home/usual residence
  • To communicate effectively with patients and carers and allied agencies to maximise discharge and recovery potential and to ensure understanding of condition

  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high level of care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
  • Promote a holistic, supportive, and patient cantered service that facilitates an intervention approach to promote change, acceptance and promotes self-management aiming to optimises functional improvement
  • Work with Home First: supporting with triage, patient care pathway, and sharing knowledge related to the discharge to assess and admission avoidance strategies
  • Work with patients, carers and families, and other statutory health related services
  • Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes
  • Be flexible in the approach to delivering treatment and advice, have skills to deliver a variety of treatment interventions
  • Have advanced communication skills that would include motivational and emotional support skills

  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high level of care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
  • Promote a holistic, supportive, and patient cantered service that facilitates an intervention approach to promote change, acceptance and promotes self-management aiming to optimises functional improvement
  • Work with Home First: supporting with triage, patient care pathway, and sharing knowledge related to the discharge to assess and admission avoidance strategies
  • Work with patients, carers and families, and other statutory health related services
  • Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes
  • Be flexible in the approach to delivering treatment and advice, have skills to deliver a variety of treatment interventions
  • Have advanced communication skills that would include motivational and emotional support skills
  • To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to analyse and provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
  • Manage a patient through the entirety of their care episode in relation to Home First assessment, symptom management, support and discharge.
  • Where appropriate to work collaboratively with primary and secondary health care services, third sector services and social prescribing, education and social services, to ensure the delivery of a seamless and high-quality service.
  • Have a broad skill set which can include advanced skills in delivering therapy intervention in order to provide a 2-hour urgent response for patients in a crisis.
  • Manage severe complex, house bound patients. The CIS Home First service offers a domiciliary service to severely affected individuals; this requires collaborative working with social services and other attending care agencies.
  • Be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of a deteriorating patient, having the skills to escalate accordingly.
  • Be an advocate for the patient.
  • Knowledge of where to sign-post patients for support, e.g. local or national support groups
  • To be responsible for a caseload and work without direct supervision, and provide peer support for members of the MDT
  • To ensure patient care and planned interventions are supported by available evidence base and experiential knowledge and are in accordance with Code of Professional conduct.
  • To keep up to date and monitor literature related to Discharge to Assess and Crisis Response.
  • To carryout risk assessment in line with Trust/National Protocol.

  • To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies.
  • To work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient's own home.
  • To bring a holistic therapeutic approach to the multi-disciplinary team. Concentrating specifically on admission avoidance strategies and interventions.
  • To have a role in the responsibility for the management of patients care pathway through the CIS services
  • To be responsible for a designated caseload of patients, where you will implement and evaluate treatment plans, and coordinate interventions within Home First & Urgent Community Response.
  • To liaise with health, and adult social care, working in partnership with primary and secondary care, social prescribers, and other external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service, and facilitate effective discharge from the Home First Service.
  • To provide a specialist service to patients in their own home/usual residence
  • To communicate effectively with patients and carers and allied agencies to maximise discharge and recovery potential and to ensure understanding of condition

  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of own patient caseload. To ensure a high level of care, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
  • Promote a holistic, supportive, and patient cantered service that facilitates an intervention approach to promote change, acceptance and promotes self-management aiming to optimises functional improvement
  • Work with Home First: supporting with triage, patient care pathway, and sharing knowledge related to the discharge to assess and admission avoidance strategies
  • Work with patients, carers and families, and other statutory health related services
  • Work autonomously and within the MDT team delivering individualised treatment interventions and management programmes
  • Be flexible in the approach to delivering treatment and advice, have skills to deliver a variety of treatment interventions
  • Have advanced communication skills that would include motivational and emotional support skills



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