Senior Occupational Therapist

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; Danesmoor; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced occupational therapist to work on Alton Ward at Clay Cross Hospital, supporting discharge planning and rehabilitation within a community hospital setting.

You will carry a clinical caseload, provide supervision to junior staff, and collaborate with nursing, physiotherapy and social care colleagues to coordinate safe, timely discharges and patient-centred care across the locality.

Qualifications

• Provides specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for patients in a community hospital ward.
• Manages clinical risk and develops person-centred treatment plans.
• Collaborates with nursing, physiotherapy, medical teams and Adult Social Care to support discharge planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise junior staff and students.
• Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement.
• Coordinate timely and safe discharges with the MDT and external agencies.
• Advocate for patient-centred outcomes and accurate documentation.

Skills

Clinical caseload management

Line management

MDT communication

Documentation & record keeping

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced occupational therapist to work on Alton Ward at Clay Cross Hospital, with the expectation of also supporting the locality's Rapid Response Service.

Alton Ward is part of the pathway two service providing complex discharge planning and rehabilitation to patients within a community hospital setting.

Our wider Rapid Response Services are a multi-disciplinary team, providing person-centred holistic care to patients with a wide variety of health conditions.

As a clinician you are required to hold a clinical caseload, along with line management and support for junior staff.

Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes., Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for patients in a community hospital ward, supporting rehabilitation, functional recovery, discharge planning and safe transitions of care.

Complete complex assessments, formulate person-centred treatment plans, assess equipment and care needs, and manage clinical risk.

Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, including nursing, physiotherapy, medical teams and Adult Social Care colleagues, to coordinate timely and safe discharges. Liaise with patients, families, carers and external agencies, contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, and advocate for patient-centred outcomes.

Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and students, while contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement, safeguarding, risk management, accurate documentation and evidence-based practice.

An additional duty would be to support the wider Rapid Response Service, providing urgent care, falls recovery, as well as triage and timely assessment to support patients in the community and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

If you are passionate about providing high quality, therapeutic care to your patients, can lead by example, are able to prioritise, deliver great quality patient care and are a great communicator then we want to hear from you.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.