Senior Occupational Therapist

jobs24.co.uk; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits within the Central Crisis Response Team, focusing on hospital avoidance and patient care at home. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will conduct rapid assessments and provide essential support to patients with urgent care needs. This role champions the importance of Occupational Therapy within the urgent care sector, allowing you to work autonomously while collaborating with various healthcare sectors. Join a leading NHS Trust that values innovation and teamwork, and be part of a transformative approach to healthcare delivery that prioritizes patient safety and well-being.

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy with experience in urgent care settings.
• Ability to perform clinical assessments and manage complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Work autonomously and lead daily planning and implementation of therapy.

Skills

Problem Solving

Clinical Assessment

Autonomous Practice

Team Collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Tools

Electronic Patient Record System (Hive)

Job description

This exciting opportunity presents a chance to work within the Central Crisis Response Team and work closely alongside the newly established Frailty Hospital at Home team, focusing on hospital avoidance and caring for patients within their own home environment.

The post holder will be responsible for providing a rapid assessment of patients who have urgent care needs in the community. The team has an experienced multidisciplinary group, including Advanced Clinical Practitioners. You will be expected to support members of the team, act as an autonomous practitioner, and champion the role of Occupational Therapy within urgent care. The ability to problem solve and think on your feet is integral to the day-to-day running of a Crisis Team.

The purpose of the team is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. As a team, we initiate, assess, and treat patients with complex, acute, and specialist needs to enable them to remain safe and stable within their own homes. Referrals are received from NWAS, GPs, A&E, and community services. Together, we work with primary care, social, and voluntary sectors to collaborate on services, support, and care for the patient.

1. Perform comprehensive assessments of patients with diverse physical, social, and medical presentations to provide clinical assessments and evidence-based interventions, and effective discharge management.
2. Hold responsibility for complex and non-complex cases and be aware of collective responsibility for the team's caseload, working without direct supervision.
3. Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, within scope of practice.
4. Play an active role with daily handovers, leading on planning and implementation of therapy.
5. Refer patients to alternative services as determined by their clinical need.
6. Work on a shift basis to provide Crisis Response service from 8:30 am - 10:00 pm across 7 days a week via a rota system.
7. Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organization to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organization together.