Occupational Therapist inLowestoft inLowestoft PUBLISHED TUE 29 OCT 2024

An exciting new opportunity for a experienced Occupational Therapist has arisen to work as part of a therapy team at Carlton Court intermediate inpatient care unit based in Lowestoft.

Are you someone who is passionate about rehabilitation and reablement and looking for an opportunity to develop your skills further? This could be the role for you.

The post holder will be expected to provide specialist clinical skills to manage a caseload of patients using evidence based practice in order to achieve their goals.

This post is 22.5 hours per week.

The post holder will provide a high standard of care as part of a multi-disciplinary team to patients within the intermediate care service and patients own homes. The post holder will be working as an autonomous practitioner applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure that individualised care is delivered safely.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering an Intermediate Care service for patients with highly complex needs within a ward-based setting however there may be a requirement to work across a wider community setting. The emphasis of the service will be reablement of patients in order to promote:

Faster recovery from illness.

Prevention of unnecessary acute hospital admissions.

Prevention of premature admission to long term residential care.

Support for a timely discharge from hospital.

Maximize independent living.

Develop and maintain clinical skills in line with the roles job description and specific professional registration.

Provide individualised care plans for a complex patient caseload and ensuring that any delegated workload is completed by staff with the appropriate competencies.

About us

Patient Care

• Accountable for care standards and the delivery of care promoting a culture of continuous improvement of clinical standards with particular emphasis on patient experience and key clinical outcomes. Involve patient in the planning of care wherever possible, and act in the best interests of the patients at all times. Actively manage the patients admission, involving clinical experts, when relevant, to advise in the diagnosis and treatment. Proactive discharge management, ensuring patients are consulted and proper management of situations where patients need assistance in decision making.
• The post holder will adopt a case management approach to ensure that rehabilitation reablement is actioned and integration of care takes place.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatment, ensuring the highest quality of patient centred, goal directed care at all times, and with appropriate involvement and support of relatives and carers
• To interpret and analyze clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive management strategies for the patients presenting condition
• To enhance and develop the skills and dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients. To be safe and competent in the use of therapy equipment.
• To refine treatment techniques in line with the most recent evidence of clinical effectiveness by evaluating and implementing key developments and promoting discussion within service.
• To provide complex information to the patients, clinicians and other agencies to assist in decision-making, using persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic and re-assurance skills.
• To work with a defined caseload of patients with a broad range of health needs, using knowledge to carry out assessments, using standardised tools, setting objectives and implementing appropriate treatment, as part of the holistic care plan.
• To formulate an individual management/treatment plan for each patient using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of physical, sensory and cognitive treatment skills following analysis of information received from client, carers and referrer and any other professionals involved in the patients care as necessary.
• To ensure own and other staffs interventions are evaluated and treatment is modified in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of aims of therapy to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
• To have working knowledge of equipment, minor adaptations and resources including activities of daily living equipment, therapy and rehabilitation aids, moving and handling equipment and a basic knowledge of wheelchair provision in order to compensate for unresolved functional deficits, in line with local resources, guidelines and legislation.
• Proactive participation in multidisciplinary team meetings
• To complete clinical documentation and electronic data entry to a high professional standard and in accordance with Trust policies
• Promote confidence in the patient by means of appropriate professional standards of appearance, behaviour and attitudes
• Act on unplanned situations using appropriate clinical judgement
• Safeguard the confidentiality of all information regarding the patient and their family

Leadership

• To support the staff through the provision of clinical supervision, audit, appraisal, provision of support training and to be visible to staff, patients and relatives.
• To act as an effective role model to other staff, being clear about expectations and ensuring that safe patient care is central to all activities
• To act as mentor to newly qualified, new staff and other learners
• Provide clinical supervision/support to students and more junior members of staff
• Actively participate in audit and research
• Maintain and develop own clinical and leadership skills to support practice.
• Adhere to Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and College of Occupational Therapy (COT) Professional Standards and Conduct, Organisational Policies and guidance.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation.
• To develop and support evidence to meet the Care Quality Commission (CQC) fundamental standards

Clinical Governance

• Contribute to clinical governance reports covering all aspects of activity. Actively participates in audits, monitoring of care and reporting of activity as requested, and as a result of the team identifying areas of concern, or areas for development. Ensure that evidence is available and updated to demonstrate the Care Quality Commission fundamental standards are being met.

Professional/Personal

• Adhere to the HCPC code and use this as a management tool to assist with monitoring the conduct of juniors. Maintain own professional integrity, being respectful and honest at all times. Ability to adopt the management/leadership style required for any given situation. Maintain own knowledge and skills in order to be an effective clinician. Work positively with the Multidisciplinary Team ensuring that the team focus on the needs of the patient.

Professional Development and Education

• Ensure that the clinical environment and team promote learning and development of each other and visiting students of all disciplines. Encourage and facilitate team members to develop professionally and meet the competencies set for their role. Participate in undertaking minstaff appraisals.

Communication/ Interpersonal Relationships

• Competent with Information Technology (IT), systm one or generic case management software and able to manage own emails and online training. To assist with developing highly organised systems to ensure reporting/reviewing of data and audit results, ensuring action plans are written and achieved where needed. Actively participate in projects across the Organisation.

Other Responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to participate in a rota system of shift working to cover a 6- day a week service.
• To travel between ECCH sites for meetings and training
• All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.
• Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.
• Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.