Community Rotational Occupational Therapist inNorth Manchester inNorth Manchester PUBLISHED THU 14 NOV 2024

The Manchester community response services offer a seven day service, therefore this entails working some weekends, bank holidays and shift work on a rota basis. The post involves working across community services on a rotational basis, delivering holistic assessments & interventions to patients in their own homes/ place of residence. Independent travel within the local geographical area to deliver the role is essential.

The rotations will include:

Discharge to Assess- delivered over 7 days 08:00-20:00

Home pathway- delivered over 7 days 08:00- 20:00

Hospital at home- delivered over 7 days 08:00- 20:00

Crumpsall Vale Intermediate Care - delivered over 7 days shift patterns including earlies (07:30-15:30) and lates (11:00-19:00)

With the above in mind, you must have experience of working in the NHS and in community services. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of clinical skills in occupational therapy, will be experienced in administering person-centred assessments, as well as implementing and evaluating occupational therapy interventions in a fast paces working environment. You must have a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification and current HCPC registration.

The individual will manage a clinical caseload of clients, including those with complex and highly complex needs with support from the band 7 therapists for highly complex patients and supervise the band 4/3 support staff with caseload management.

The post holder will work without direct supervision as a lone worker in the community assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and modifying individualised treatment programmes in a variety of care settings e.g. patients home, clinic setting, residential homes and intermediate care setting for patients with low to highly complex needs.

The post holder will work as a team member collaborating with colleagues to ensure patient needs and goals are met using approaches which promote choice, participation and quality of life.

The post holder will ensure patients are triaged and managed on appropriate and timely pathways of care by liaising closely and working in partnership with other health and social care professionals including GPs, Consultants, Specialist equipment agencies, Social Service partners and Voluntary agencies and support the timely discharge of patients from the acute setting.

The post holder will provide complex professional and clinical advice to clients, family members, carers and health and social care professionals including GPs, therapy colleagues and care managers.

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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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