Community Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

NHS Jobs; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust in King's Lynn seeks a Community Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to assess and manage patients with complex needs using clinical reasoning. You will work with the Urgent Community Response Team, coordinate with GPs, social services and other teams, document daily in Systm One and join multi-disciplinary meetings.

Experience in assistive technology and patient-centred care is valued; you will provide professional support through coordinated

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and inform the development of a differential diagnosis.
• Formulate and execute individualised physiotherapy management and treatment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collaboration with the Urgent Community Response Team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a range of treatment skills.
• Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.
• Assess patients holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
• Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on Systm One and is completed on a daily basis.
• Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team.
• Demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment, and manual treatment of patients, including using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills.
• Order equipment and contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
• Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Job description

Community Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

1. 1. Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and inform the development of a differential diagnosis.
2. 2. Formulate and execute individualised physiotherapy management and treat-ment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collabora-tion with the Urgent Community Response Team, other agencies and the pa-tient, utilising a range of treatment skills.
3. 3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.
4. 4. Assess patients holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive infor-mation to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
5. 5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, men-tal capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
6. 6. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, in-corporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable pa-tients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.
7. 7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care pro-fessionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
8. 8. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
9. 9. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on Systm One and is completed on a daily basis.
10. 10. Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team.
11. 11. Demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment, and manual treatment of patients, including using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills.
12. 12. Order equipment and contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
13. 13. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
14. 14. Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust