Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner (Band 7) to lead the Hospital at Home service for older adults. The role entails autonomous clinical practice, complex case management, and expert discharge planning within community settings across the Black Country locality.

You will work 37.5 hours per week, primarily 9-5, Monday to Friday, with flexibility to respond to patient needs.

Qualifications

• Senior OT role leading Hospital at Home service.
• Autonomous clinical practice with caseload management.
• Expert OT assessments and discharge planning for complex/mentally unwell patients.

Responsibilities

• Triage referrals within the MDT and prioritise care.
• Support clinical governance, audit and quality improvements of the service.
• Plan, develop and evaluate the OT Hospital at Home service and defined projects.
• Collaborate with OT team within Older Adult pathways and with the Hospital at Home MDT.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Autonomous practice

Caseload management

Discharge planning

Leadership

Job description

Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner

The Hospital at Home service is an adjunct pathway to inpatient older adult care pathways within the Older Adult Division, delivering hospital avoidance and clinical intervention to acutely unwell older adults in their own homes, who may be experiencing mental health crisis. The hospital at home service aims to provide alternatives to hospital admission by assertively supporting older adults in a community setting, easing pressure on wider acute services, signpost effectively to other agencies and support early hospital discharge as indicated. The Advanced practitioner Occupational Therapist Band 7, is a senior clinical role within the Hospital at home MDT, and as the most senior Occupational Therapy clinician is a primary OT lead for the service, providing expert Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions, clinical reasoning, and discharge planning for complex, and mentally unwell patients in their own homes. The role encompasses autonomous clinical practice, caseload management and prioritisation, and senior clinical oversight of Occupational Therapy delivery with the team. The post holder will work in close partnership with the Hospital at Home team manager and clinical lead to contribute to daily MDT referral triage and prioritisation, and be accountable for supporting the clinical governance, audit, and quality improvements of the service. The post holder will plan, develop and evaluate Occupational Therapy Hospital at Home service, holding responsibility for defined projects and working closely with Occupational Therapists within Older Adult planned and urgent care pathways. The post holder will contribute and participate in the wider AHP Older Adult Divisional Team. The post holder will work 37.5 hours per week, within core operating hours 9-5 Monday Friday, the post holder must be able to work flexibly and be responsive to patient need across the Black country locality areas that include Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall, frequently working as a lone practitioner in these community settings.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust