Community Occupational Therapist - Upper Lea Valley ICT

NHS Jobs; Hoddesdon; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust in Hoddesdon is seeking a dynamic Community Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Community Team on a fixed-term basis. You will work with residents across Hertfordshire, delivering rehabilitation, palliative care, and hospital-at-home support in homes and care settings.

You will manage a clinical caseload, set goals with patients, and support therapy technicians. The role emphasises independent practice, collaboration with MDTs, equipment provision,

Qualifications

• Must have Occupational Therapy degree and HCPC registration.
• Experience in community therapy and MDT collaboration is preferred.
• Experience with audits and service improvements is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy intervention for patients.
• Manage a clinical caseload and support patients with goal setting and functional performance.
• Ensure effective patient flow through the service.
• Support therapy and nursing teams with equipment provision and safe moving/handling.
• Collaborate with MDT to ensure timely therapy input for patients.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Teaching others

Clinical audits

Investigations/complaints management

Education

Occupational Therapy Degree

HCPC registration

Post-graduate courses

Job description

Community Occupational Therapist - Upper Lea Valley ICT

We are looking for a dynamic and patient focused Occupational Therapist to join our Community Therapy Team in Hoddesdon on a fixed term basis.

You will work alongside your community colleagues to provide rehabilitation, palliative care, hospital at home/unplanned therapy support, to the residents of Hertfordshire in their own homes, residential and nursing homes.

The team is friendly, supportive and works collaboratively to optimise patients' level of independence and find innovative ways to enable them to increase their functional performance.

You will work as part of the Integrated Community Team (ICT) pathways to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to provide therapeutic holistic assessment, support, treatment and rehabilitation of patients in their own home. We are developing closer working relationships with the Primary care networks with their frailty pathways and with other statutory services.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist occupational therapy intervention for your patients and able to delegate and support the OT skills of our therapy technicians

You will be able to manage a clinical caseload and to support patients with goal setting and supporting their functional performance through activity

You will ensure that there is effective patient flow through the service

You will support the rest of the therapy and nursing teams with your experience in equipment provision, effective therapeutic moving and handling, cognitive assessments and OT interventions/therapy programmes

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

Job responsibilities

You will support your team to ensure that patients receive high quality occupational therapy

You must have a relevant Occupational Therapy qualification and HCPC registration

You will work alongside the rest of the MDT to ensure patients achieve their goals and receive therapy input in a timely way

You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy Degree
• Registration with Health Professions Council
• Post-graduate courses

Experience

• Strong experience on a broad rotational scheme.
• Working as an autonomous practitioner.
• Experience of teaching others
• Experience of participating in investigation/management of complaints.
• Evidence of participating in clinical audits in the workplace.

Other requirements

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata