Specialist OT/ Physiotherapist - Integrated Discharge Team

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts via external providers

Job summary

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Discharge Team. The role is fixed-term until March 2028 and focuses on driving patient flow and reducing length of stay across 7 days of service.

The post requires dual competencies in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, with responsibilities including assessment, treatment, and collaboration with ED, Frailty and Acute Medical Unit teams to support

Qualifications

• Dual qualification in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.
• Autonomous practitioner with strong assessment and treatment skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Flexible and adaptable to service needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapy assessment and treatment to patients in the Integrated Discharge Team to support timely discharge.
• Contribute to reducing length of stay and avoidable readmissions.
• Collaborate with ward teams, Frailty Assessment Unit and ED to meet therapy and social care needs.
• Link with community services to ensure smooth patient flow.

Skills

Physiotherapist

Occupational Therapist

Dual skilled

Discharge planning

Job description

We have an excellent opportunity for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join our established Integrated Discharge Team based at DRI on a fixed term basis until March 2028.

The successful candidate will be dual skilled in both Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy competencies working to drive patient flow.

As part of the Team you will play a vital role in providing quality care for our patients over 7-days, whilst delivering the Trust’s goals of reducing length of stay, admission avoidance and reducing avoidable readmissions. This post will also support the Trust’s Frailty Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit, Gresley Unit comprising of Kestrel, Kingfisher and Mallard wards along with the discharge to assess pathway.

This position may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

You will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with complex problems as an autonomous practitioner within the Integrated Discharge Team

You will support the Team Lead in the operational management of the Integrated Discharge Team and service developments on a local or service-wide level

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate not only patients but staff. You must be organised, flexible and able to empower others.

You will provide Therapy assessment and treatment to patients who attend our Emergency Department, Frailty Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and support timely discharge of patients, accounting for their therapy and social care needs. You will link with community health and care providers to meet the needs of patients.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jess Charman Job title: Senior Occupational Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07787532563

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