Community Occupational Therapist – Tissue Viability and Skin Integrity

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Wymondham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Community Occupational Therapist for the Tissue Viability and Skin Integrity service. The role supports patients at home and in clinics, working within a MDT to improve skin integrity and tissue viability outcomes.

You will join a developing service, with opportunities to shape the role, access specialist training and develop multidisciplinary competencies across Tissue Viability, Community Nursing and Therapy Services.

Responsibilities

• Engage with mobile working
• Engage with SystmOne Optimisation
• Engage with referral to discharge standard processes
• Be aware of the demand and capacity model which will reflect workload needs at any given time
• Assess and prescribe care packages for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs to achieve quality of life and independence
• Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
• Work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• Work with all health care professionals and agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users
• Undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation
• Formulate and execute individualised occupational therapy treatment plans in collaboration with the team
• Provide assessment of functional ability and safety of patients in the community
• Assess and plan treatment including teaching patients to utilise techniques and equipment to maximise their functional ability
• Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required
• Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex information to patients and carers
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation and treatment potential
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams and other professionals to ensure identified needs are met
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings as appropriate

Job description

Community Occupational Therapist – Tissue Viability and Skin Integrity

Company:

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

A Vacancy at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

We are excited to offerfour newly created Band 6 Occupational Therapist opportunitieswithin our developing Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Service, with posts available inNorwich, North, South and West Norfolk.

This is aunique opportunityto join anewspecialist service focused onimproving outcomes for patientswith, or at risk of, skin integrity and tissue viability issues. Working closely with Community Nursing and Therapy teams, you will provide specialist assessment and interventions that support individuals to remain independent in their own homes and communities.

Whilst line managed within the Tissue Viability Team, you will work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team, contributing your occupational therapy expertise to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

Asone of the first Occupational Therapists in this service, you will have a rare opportunity to help shape and develop the role, influence service delivery, and contribute to new ways of working. You will be supported by strong clinical leadership and have access to specialist training and development opportunities to grow your knowledge, skills and experience.

If you are passionate about innovation, service development and making a real difference to patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you. Interviews will be held face-to-face in Norfolk.

To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by providing proactive, holistic case management.

To provide specialist assessment and intervention for patients with or at high risk of skin integrity and tissue viability issues.

To be part of a wider integrated team, providing high quality evidence based care to patients.

You will also play an important role in developing multidisciplinary competencies through education, training and collaborative working across Tissue Viability, Community Nursing and Therapy Services.

This is an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist that wishes to work in a rewarding, fast-paced service, where joint MDT working and decision making is essential in the effective management of this cohort of patients.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

You will be required to:

• Engage with mobile working
• Engage with SystmOne Optimisation
• Engage with referral to discharge standard processes
• To be aware of the demand and capacity model which will reflect workload needs at any given time

Key Areas of Responsibility

• To assess and prescribe care packages for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

The post holder will:

1. Undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a graded treatment plan.
2. Formulate and execute individualised occupational therapy treatment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collaboration with the integrated team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a wide range of treatment skills.
3. To provide assessment of functional ability and safety of patients in the community, to identify care, equipment, adaptation and therapy needs.
4. Assess & plan treatment including teaching patients to utilise techniques & equipment to maximise their functional ability.
5. Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.
6. Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
7. To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation and treatment potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process.
8. 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.
9. Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patient’s co-operation in their treatment plan.
10. 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
11. To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
12. Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets ands needs.
13. Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
14. Plan and organise specialist services within the integrated team.
15. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills.
16. Order equipment and supplies via electronic ordering systems for use within the team.
17. Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this.
18. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
19. Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Professional

The post holder will:

1. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
2. Contribute to the staff rota on a monthly basis.
3. Contribute to the supervision of workload within the integrated team.
4. Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.
5. Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
6. Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role.
7. Maintain own continue professional development
8. Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients’ homes, clinics, base and meetings etc, as required.
9. Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
10. Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.
11. May be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff.
12. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration courses.
13. Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate.
14. Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support band 3, 4 and 5 staff, and students where appropriate, and contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.
15. Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence.
16. Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.
17. Be accountable for work delegated to others

Organisational

The post holder will:

1. Undertake mandatory training as required.
2. Participate in a Personal Development Review process.
3. Undertake Personal Development Plans for more junior staff members.
4. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
5. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures, and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
6. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
7. Contribute to clinical audit as required.
8. Complete the staff survey as required.
9. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust