Senior Occupational Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

NHS pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Blue Light Card discounts

Employee Assistance Programme, Well-Be

Discounted gym membership

Competitive pay

Job summary

General Practice Alliance, a GP federation, is seeking a senior Occupational Therapist to join the Collaborative Care Team. You will manage a complex caseload, carry out holistic assessments, and develop personalised care plans to prevent hospital admissions and support reablement.

This role offers hybrid working and home visits across the locality. You will work autonomously with clinical judgement, supervise students and peers, and collaborate with primary care, social care and housing

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered Occupational Therapist.
• Significant post-registration OT experience.
• Experience in community, primary care, social care or integrated care settings.
• Experience in guidance, support, supervision, mentoring or education for colleagues, students or peers.
• Proficiency in holistic OT assessments and person-centred interventions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied, complex caseload with specialist assessments and interventions that promote independence and hospital avoidance.
• Carry out holistic functional, environmental and risk assessments for people with complex physical, mental health and social care needs.
• Develop personalised care and support plans with patients, families and carers.
• Provide specialist interventions that promote reablement, self-management and quality of life.
• Assess for, prescribe and facilitate low-level equipment and minor adaptations.
• Work autonomously, using clinical reasoning and professional judgement to assess risk and decide interventions.
• Advise and support colleagues in the multidisciplinary team and contribute to decision-making and care planning.
• Support the induction, supervision, mentoring and development of staff, students and peers.
• Work with primary care, community health, social care, housing and voluntary sector partners to coordinate care.
• Advocate for patients and support access to services and community-based support.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, outcome measurement and reducing health inequalities.
• Maintain professional standards, clinical governance, safeguarding and accurate clinical documentation.

Skills

Advocacy

Clinical reasoning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Qualified OT and registered

Job description

This senior post sits within the Collaborative Care Team at General Practice Alliance, a GP federation covering 19 practices, and is a multidisciplinary community service that helps people stay safe at home. The role centres on a complex caseload of specialist assessments and interventions aimed at preventing hospital admission and supporting reablement. The post involves autonomous working, with hybrid working offered and home visits across the locality. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What the job involves

• Manage a varied, complex caseload with specialist assessments and interventions that promote independence and hospital avoidance
• Carry out holistic functional, environmental and risk assessments for people with complex physical, mental health and social care needs
• Develop personalised care and support plans with patients, families and carers
• Provide specialist interventions that promote reablement, self-management and quality of life
• Assess for, prescribe and facilitate low-level equipment and minor adaptations
• Work autonomously, using clinical reasoning and professional judgement to assess risk and decide interventions
• Advise and support colleagues in the multidisciplinary team and contribute to decision-making and care planning
• Support the induction, supervision, mentoring and development of staff, students and peers
• Work with primary care, community health, social care, housing and voluntary sector partners to coordinate care
• Advocate for patients and support access to services and community-based support
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, outcome measurement and reducing health inequalities
• Maintain professional standards, clinical governance, safeguarding and accurate clinical documentation

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered Occupational Therapist

Experience

• Significant post-registration OT experience working autonomously with complex physical, mental health and social care needs
• Experience of complex decision-making and risk management
• Experience in community, primary care, social care or integrated care settings
• Experience of guidance, support, supervision, mentoring or education for colleagues, students or peers
• Proficiency in holistic OT assessments and person-centred interventions, including low-level equipment and adaptations

Skills & knowledge

• Strong advocacy and professional reasoning skills, co-creating realistic, achievable client-centred goals
• Providing specialist OT advice and support within a multidisciplinary team
• Communicating highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentation form
• Identifying and managing risk, including safeguarding risks and mitigation strategies

Other

• Reliable transport and ability to travel across the locality regularly, including home visits

What’s offered

• Hybrid working
• NHS pension scheme with 23.7% employer contribution
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Employee discount schemes including the Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing portal and Feeling Good app
• Discounted gym membership
• Competitive pay