Senior Occupational Therapist - Community Discharge to Assess

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Good work-life balance

Staff development support

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 senior Occupational Therapist for the Discharge to Assess service, covering City-West and City-East localities. The post focuses on home-based assessments and rehabilitation for people leaving hospital, including equipment and adaptations, with remote working and supervision of junior staff.

You will work with health and social care partners to ensure safe transfers of care, contribute to service development and maintain CPD as part of a proactive

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required
• OT degree completed
• Post-graduate specialization or substantial post-graduate experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Complete holistic OT assessments in patients' homes after discharge
• Assess ADLs, cognition, mobility, environment and risks
• Develop rehabilitation and reablement plans to maximise independence
• Arrange equipment and home adaptations
• Provide direct rehabilitation and manage a range of conditions
• Collaborate with hospital teams and social care partners to ensure smooth transfers

Skills

Autonomous working

Multidisciplinary communication

CPD evidence

Computer skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Post-graduate specialist qualification or significant post-graduate experience

Job description

This is a Band 6 senior occupational therapy role in the Discharge to Assess service at Wye Valley NHS Trust, with one post across the City-West localities and one across City-East. The post centres on home-based assessments and rehabilitation for people leaving hospital, including equipment and adaptations, worked alongside partners across health and social care. It is a community role with a varied caseload, requiring autonomous and remote working and supervision of junior staff and support workers. HCPC registration and an OT degree are essential.

What the job involves

• Complete holistic occupational therapy assessments in patients' own homes after hospital discharge
• Assess functional ability, activities of daily living, cognition, mobility, environment and risks
• Develop personalised rehabilitation and reablement plans that maximise independence
• Recommend and arrange equipment, adaptations and support services
• Provide direct rehabilitation where necessary and manage patients with a range of conditions
• Work with hospital teams, primary care, community, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure seamless transfers of care
• Liaise with health and social care professionals to enable people to return home after illness or disability
• Support the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions
• Manage a varied caseload, triaging and prioritising within a dynamic community setting
• Provide supervision and support to junior staff, students and support workers where appropriate
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and integrated working across health and social care

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Post-graduate specialist qualification or significant post-graduate experience

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• NHS or equivalent experience, for example in inpatient, acute or community services
• Experience of using and fitting adaptive equipment

Skills & knowledge

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstrated core and specialist therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in the relevant area
• Multi-disciplinary communication, assessment and record keeping
• Computer skills, including word processing and email
• Working remotely and autonomously

Other

• Organised and disciplined approach
• Decisive and a team player, maintaining good team rapport daily
• Remotely supervising team members
• Passion for community rehabilitation

What’s offered

• Good work-life balance
• Support to help staff achieve their full potential