Specialist Occupational Therapist - Intermediate Care & Discharge Team

Integrated Care System; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their Community Therapies service in Barrow-in-Furness, offering support for patients discharged from hospital. The role emphasizes independent and team-based patient assessment and rehabilitation, providing opportunities for career progression and flexibility in work arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training and support provided

In-service training opportunities

Team support and staff supervision

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist.
• Experience working in complex community settings.
• Ability to travel independently for patient assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct dynamic assessments for patients upon discharge from hospital.
• Plan and implement rehabilitation plans while coordinating with support staff.
• Work flexibly across various community health care settings.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Assessment skills

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Intermediate Care & Discharge Team

The closing date is 23 July 2025

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Discharge and Intermediate Care

We have a exciting opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Community Therapies service in Barrow in Furness.

The service assesses patients in their own homes at the point of discharge from hospital and provides short term rehabilitation after a hospital stay, which may be in a persons own home or in our newly opened (Aug 2024) intermediate care unit at Parkview Gardens.

The post holder will need to work flexibly across all the teams work streams according to service needs.

The post is suitable for an experienced band 5 looking for the next step in career progression, or a more experienced therapist wishing to pursue a career in community assessment and rehabilitation.Support in provided from clinical leads, team leaders and the wider teamTraining and support will be provided to support transition into the role.This is a newly created role with fixed term funding agreed until end of March 2026. Secondment into this role will be considered with current line managers support.The service hours are 0800 to 1830 with weekend working on a roster arrangement.Flexible working requests are welcome and as this is a fixed term post we would be open to consider wider flexibility including term time only contracts.

Main duties of the job

As a confident clinician with experience working with a wide range of clinical presentations, you will complete a dynamic and holistic assessment with the patient and or family at the point of discharge from hospital to either their own home or the intermediate care unit.Integrating assessment finding, information from several sources and using dynamic and positive risk taking principles, you will support the patient/family to identify and reduce risks, agree initial support needs and make ongoing rehab plans. You will need to be prepared to work in complex and evolving situations and be confident in clinical decision making and reasoning.When working within the intermediate care and supported discharge streams, you will plan and implement rehab plans with patients, delegating to support staff when appropriate to do so.

Requirements:-

A Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist

The ability to travel to a variety of venues throughout the community to deliver patient assessments within an identified locality.

Experience working as a band 5 Occupational Therapist with the experience, knowledge and skills to progress to band 6 level or to have worked as a band 6 or above with appropriate experience/transferable skills.

In addition to a comprehensive induction package we offer team support, staff supervision and in-service training opportunities

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

• Health and Care Professions Council registered Occupational Therapist
• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of OT, UK
• Full UK driving Licence, or equivalent qualification to enable independent travel in the community
• Accredited training in risk assessment and positive risk management
• Practice placement educator accreditation/experience
• Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
• UK Post graduate training or experience to post graduate diploma level or equivalent

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience as an Occupational Therapist to demonstrate competency in core requirements of this post.
• Ability to work as an autonomous Occupational Therapist, working without direct supervision in a community setting.
• Evidence of confident clinical reasoning skills to support safe and effective occupational focussed practice
• Experience of research or audit
• Experience as a supervisor of OT (Band 5) and/or OT support staff and/or OT students
• Experience of caseload management and lone working as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience working in a community setting
• Experience prescribing moving and handling equipment and writing moving and handling plans
• Experience of discharge planning process
• Experience working with people with cognitive impairment/dementia

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Transferable knowledge and skills at basic practitioner level with aptitude to develop to specialist OT practitioner level
• Assessment, observation, evaluation and reporting skills to HCPC standards
• Ability to develop effective working relationships / team working
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and seek support when required
• Ability to demonstrate trust values and behaviour standards
• Able to demonstrate reflective approach to work
• Applied knowledge of health and social care legislation
• Ability to apply knowledge of principles of clinical governance
• Training and facilitation skills
• Supervisory skills
• Understanding of Occupational focused models of practice (for example MOHO)

Personal Qualities

• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the post with adjustments if required
• Ability to travel to provide assessment and treatment to patients in the community and to attend meetings
• Ability to perform effective team working and communicate effectively with the team and MDT.
• Ability to adapt communication methods to meet the needs of services users and families.
• Awareness of wellbeing in the workplace in relation to self and team you work with

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours,Term time hours