Senior Occupational Therapist

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider based in Portsmouth is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Therapies Team. This role involves providing advanced clinical care and supporting complex rehabilitation for patients. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Occupational Therapy and the ability to work flexibly across shifts, including weekends and Bank Holidays. Join us in delivering high-quality care and support to our community's needs while striving for excellence in rehabilitation services.

Qualifications

• Experience with diverse and complex patient conditions.
• Ability to develop and deliver individual treatment programs.
• Strong communication skills for partnership working.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy assessments to patients.
• Support the case management process with expert clinical advice.
• Contribute to integrated care for chronic disease management.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills in Occupational Therapy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Patient assessment and treatment

Flexibility in working hours

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent

Job description

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Inpatient Therapies Team as a Senior Occupational Therapist based at Spinnaker Ward at St Mary's Community Health Campus.

The Portsmouth Inpatient Units provide specialist rehabilitation and support to patients who need a period of rehabilitation following a period of hospital admission or an episode of being unwell at home. These patients may be working towards goals to see them return home or may require further assessment to enable a safe and well thought out discharge to an alternative destination. Our patients are cared for by a multidisciplinary team - led by our Matron, Clinical Leads, Nursing and Therapy Staff.

Our units offer our patients a 24-hour approach to rehab and this is your opportunity to join a team striving for excellence in providing rehabilitation to the local community.

In order to provide safe and effective care staff you will be required to work over the-day period with working hours 8am -- 4pm. You will also need to be flexible with the potential to work later than 4pm. This working pattern includes working Bank Holidays and weekends.

To provide advanced clinical and professional Occupational Therapy to the Community Therapy Team/Community Hospital Team, and to provide support to the Integrated Community Care team leaders in ensuring that the team contributes to the implementation of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare Clinical Governance Strategies.

Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis, development, and delivery of individualised treatment programmes.

To support the case management process by providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care.

To provide clinical Occupational Therapy skills within the Community Therapy Team/ Community Hospital Team(s), and all other provider organisations.

Be skilled in assessing and treating a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition, diagnosis and prognosis.

To contribute to partnership working with partners in Primary and Social care to support Integrated Care team model which identifies, and case manages those patients needing complex chronic disease management or palliative care supporting the needs of the local community.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence