specialist occupational therapist

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust; Spalding; Vor Ort; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is seeking a specialist occupational therapist based in Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding. The role focuses on purposeful activity to support rehabilitation, recovery and self-care, with a base on the ward and outpatient home visits where appropriate.

You will lead the therapy team, work with partner organisations to promote discharge to assess, and contribute to service innovation.

Qualifikationen

• Assessment of frailty and palliative health conditions.

Aufgaben

• Assess and develop personalised care plans for ward patients.

Ausbildung

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Jobbeschreibung

As a specialist occupational therapist working within Community Hospitals you will have the opportunity to champion the key values of your profession. We understand that through purposeful and meaningful activity we can support people to rehabilitate, recover and self-care. Although your base will be on the ward, we understand that working beyond boundaries is the only way to holistically support people toward their goals to allow individuals safely home. We strongly believe that our therapy teams within our community hospitals play a vital role not just in the health and well-being of our patients, but for our wider communities as a whole. As your caseload will be varied, you will have the opportunity to work alongside individuals experiencing a range of long-term health conditions. A key aspect of this will involve assessment of frailty and providing meaningful support for people with palliative health conditions. This role is to be based in Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, PE11 3DT.

• To assess and develop personalised care plans for individuals admitted on to the ward
• To (where appropriate) complete/delegate visits to individuals homes
• To provide clinical leadership and supervision to members of the therapy team
• To work with partner organisations in order to promote a 'discharge to assess' model of care
• To work alongside the therapy leads in order to innovate and develop the therapy service
• To demonstrate a commitment to personal development

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey. At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce. LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively. We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev Please see attached job description for further detail regarding the main responsibilities of the role

Lincolnshire is well known for its diverse landscape and offers everything on its doorstep from the historical City of Lincoln and the Cathedral rising above Lincolns skyline to the peace and quiet of the countryside with its picturesque villages, market towns, rolling hills and woodlands. Not only does it cater for all it also has some of the most affordable living costs in England.