Specialist Occupational Therapist - IDT (28.5 hours)

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing program

Career development

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Discharge Team. The role covers A&E and acute assessment, with 28.5 hours across three fixed days and shared weekend working.

You will rapidly assess patients, identify outcomes, and support admission avoidance while coordinating with hospital and community teams. You will assess working-age and older adults in crisis, considering physical, functional, environmental, social, and

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist
• Experience in acute care settings such as A&E/Front Door
• Proven track record in discharge planning and patient flow

Responsibilities

• Rapidly assess patients in A&E/acute assessment areas.
• Develop person-centred plans to support returning home safely.
• Promote admission avoidance where appropriate and safe.
• Supervise juniors and contribute to service development

Skills

OT

A&E experience

Discharge planning

Clinical reasoning

Admission avoidance

Job description

Specialist Occupational Therapist Band 6 | 28.5 hours over three fixed days | A&E & Front Door | 8am–6pm

Do you enjoy acute assessment, clinical reasoning and finding alternatives to hospital admission?

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Discharge Team (IDT), working across A&E and other acute assessment areas.

This is a varied and fast-paced front-door role where you will use your OT expertise to rapidly assess patients, understand what matters to them and identify the most appropriate outcome. You will support admission avoidance where safe and appropriate, helping patients to return home with the right support, access rehabilitation or be admitted when this is required.

The working pattern is a key feature of this post: 28.5 hours over three fixed days, ideally Monday, Tuesday and Friday, with approximately 1 weekend in 4. Days off in lieu are provided for weekend working.

If you enjoy autonomy, problem-solving and making a difference to a patient's journey through hospital, we'd love to hear from you.

You will assess working-age and older adults presenting in crisis, considering the physical, functional, environmental, social and psychological factors affecting their ability to return home safely.

You will work closely with A&E, acute medicine, acute frailty, adult social care, Hospital at Home and community services to develop person-centred plans and support positive risk-taking.

We particularly welcome applicants with experience in A&E, SDEC, acute assessment, acute frailty, front-door therapy, admission avoidance, UCR, or Hospital at Home.

You will work autonomously within a supportive team, with responsibility for clinical decision-making, supervision of junior staff/students and contributing to service development.

The service is supported by highly specialist Band 7 OTs and an experienced team lead, providing excellent opportunities to develop your clinical reasoning and front-door assessment skills.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

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