RRIC Community Practitioner - Occupational Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Ham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible and agile working

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Secondment option for internal

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service. The post focuses on triage, assessment and case management to maintain patients at home and support early hospital discharge, including end-of-life care.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team, coordinating workloads and contributing to clinical pathways. Applicants must have HCPC registration as an occupational therapist and a valid driving licence.

Qualifications

• Professional OT qualification and registration are required.
• Post-graduate training in relevant areas is desirable.
• Ongoing CPD and development are expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage, specialist assessment, review, and case management of patients and carers.
• Plan care to maximise independence and health gain, and manage patients’ journeys.
• Deliver expert interventions and rehabilitation to help patients stay at home and support early discharge and end-of-life care.
• Allocate workloads within the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Team leadership

Communication

Motivate staff

Presentation skills

Self-awareness

Education

Degree or diploma in occupational therapy

Post-graduate clinical training

Continuing professional development

Tools

Electronic clinical systems

Job description

This Occupational Therapist post sits in the North team of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust's Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service, covering Thame, Aylesbury and Buckingham. The work centres on assessing and case-managing patients and carers, planning care that keeps people in their own homes, and supporting early discharge from hospital and end-of-life care. The post is part of a multi-disciplinary community team that responds quickly to people in crisis and allocates workloads to colleagues. Applicants need HCPC registration as an occupational therapist and a valid driving licence.

What the job involves

• Provide triage, specialist assessment, review, case management and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
• Plan programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
• Provide expert interventions and rehabilitation to help patients stay at home and to support early discharge and end-of-life care
• Allocate workloads to members of the RRIC team
• Work with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner
• Demonstrate professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning and co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery
• Support the development of clinical pathways

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in occupational therapy
• Relevant post-graduate clinical training, for example in elderly care, long-term conditions, respiratory and cardiac disease, trauma, orthopaedics or end of life
• Recent continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as an occupational therapist

Experience

• Pre- or post-registration placements in care of the elderly, orthopaedics, neurology, respiratory, palliative care or long-term conditions
• In-depth experience of working within a multi-agency or multi-disciplinary team

Skills & knowledge

• Profession-specific clinical assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation skills
• Ability to motivate staff
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-awareness
• Presentation skills

Checks & eligibility

• Valid and current driving licence and access to a car to travel across Buckinghamshire

Nice to have

• Two years' post-registration experience in a community or in-patient setting
• Ability to manage complex cases
• Experience of day-to-day staff management, such as case allocation to healthcare assistants
• Experience of electronic clinical systems
• Experience of participating in research or audit projects
• Experience of working with the single assessment process
• Report writing skills
• Knowledge of the legal requirements for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity

What’s offered

• Learning and development opportunities to support career progression
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• NHS pension
• Access to NHS discount schemes
• Health and wellbeing services
• Secondment option for internal applicants