Senior Occupational Therapist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

This exciting opportunity allows you to join a dedicated team within the Central Crisis Response Team, focusing on hospital avoidance and patient care at home. As an Occupational Therapist, you will perform rapid assessments and provide interventions for patients with urgent care needs in the community. You will work autonomously, supporting a multidisciplinary team, and play a critical role in ensuring patients remain safe and stable in their own homes. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care while working in a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration required.
• Minimum 2 years community experience with teaching and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Manage complex cases autonomously and lead daily handovers.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Risk Assessment

Clinical Reasoning

Staff Development Contribution

Critical Appraisal

Education

Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Evidence of Post Registration Training

Clinical Educators Course

Job description

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Main area: Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Secondment: 12 months (Maternity cover)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working rota)
Job ref: 349-LCO-6915673*

Site: Gorton Hub
Town: Gorton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

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 working 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 team 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 an integral part of the day-to-day running of a Crisis Team. The purpose of the team is to avoid unnecessary hospital admission and 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 and as a team we work together with primary care, social and voluntary sectors to collaborate services, support and care for the patient.

Main duties of the job

1. Perform comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse physical, social & medical presentations to provide a clinical assessment and evidence-based intervention 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 8.30am – 10.00pm 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.

Working for our organisation

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 & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC - Health Professionals Council Registration
• Evidence of relevant post registration training / CPD
• Clinical Educators Course

Experience

• Community experience minimum of 2 years
• Broad experience as a Band 5/6 core clinical areas.
• Experience of teaching others, mentoring students and supervising junior staff members
• Experience of urgent assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs
• Knowledge of the workings of community therapy services
• Involvement with audit and research

Skills

• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills - clinical reasoning skills
• Awareness of own limitations
• To carry out risk assessments and ensure effective risk management strategies
• Contribution to staff Development
• Critical Appraisal

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for practice
• Knowledge of current health policy and relevance to the delivery of health care service.
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
• Knowledge and understanding of complex medical, social and psychological needs of older adults.
• Awareness of the political/national situation
• Flexibility to meet service delivery needs over 7 days in the Acute trust and the Community settings
• Car driver / access to an appropriate vehicle on a daily basis and ability to transport equipment safely in vehicle.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.