Surrey Wheelchair Services B6 OT/PT

Ross Care; Woking, Redhill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Woking seeks an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to provide clinical input to wheelchair services. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of complex service users and ensure compliance with clinical best practices. Post-registration experience with long-term medical conditions is crucial, along with excellent communication skills. Ongoing training and a supportive environment will be provided for career development. The position requires a full UK driving license and a flexible approach to workload demands.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Training provided

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.
• Confident in the use of IT.
• Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input to wheelchair services.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner managing a caseload.
• Ensure compliance with record-keeping systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Clinical competence

Education

BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for anOccupational TherapistorPhysiotherapist to join our SurreyWheelchair Service team. We support people in the Surreyand NE Hampshire area who require long term mobility equipment andseating solutions to achieve and maintain their lifestyle choices. The role involves holistic assessment andprescription of Wheelchair equipment and you will develop experience andknowledge of posture, pressure mapping, seating and products.

The Clinical Team, led by a Clinical Lead, consistsof OT's, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Engineer, technician and assistant support. We operate as a whole service provision whichincludes Customer Services, Warehouse Operatives and Field Service Engineers. This gives the opportunity to provide Wheelchairs, cushions,and accessories on the day of Assessment.

We are primarily clinic based at 2 sites Wokingand Redhill where we have excellent facilities. We also work in service users homes,schools, day centres and specialist services, alongside community providers and acute services. You will be involved in trainingreferrers and prescribers.

The team work Independently or with peer support,we utilise Video assessments and telephone triage to focus provision andresources.

You will receive line management support from aBand 7 Therapist with additional support from the Clinical Lead. Training forthe role will be provided with an ongoing commitment to learning anddevelopment, including PDR/PDP and CPD.

Main duties of the job

Providing clinical input to the wheelchair services, working closely with service users, their families and carers and the multi-disciplinary teams supporting service users.

Workas an autonomous practitioner, managing a caseload including complex serviceusers.

Demonstrateclinical competence, effectiveness and best practice in all areas of clinicalservice delivery, including -

Triage.

Duty activities.

Clinical interventions, including assessmentof mobility, posture and pressure care needs, prescription, review, andhandover/set up of prescribed equipment, demonstrating evidence of serviceuser involvement and collaboration in care planning.

Documentation, ensuring compliance with agreedrecord keeping systems and standards.

Caseload management.

Use of outcome measures.

Takeresponsibility for maintaining safe clinic environments.

Safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adultswith whom the service comes into contact.

Carryout physical/postural assessments and interventions which may involvekneeling, squatting, crouching, bending, twisting and maintaining static orawkward postures for short periods of time.

Lift,carry or adjust wheelchairs and other equipment, potentially several times aday on a daily basis.

About us

About Us

Ross Care provide clinically lead, high-quality wheelchair services on behalf of the NHS. Our friendly teams include OTs, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Engineers, providing services for all age ranges.

We operate across 40 regions in England and Wales, supporting over 400,000 wheelchair users each year and covering 45% of the population. We take great pride in the role we play in making a real difference in the lives of those who matter most - our patients and their families.

Culture and Values

Ross Care are a values-led organisation where people come first and whilst demand can often be high, our commitment to delivering high-quality care never wavers.

We foster an environment where every team member is included, supported and empowered to contribute ideas and shape how we deliver services.

Career Development and Support

We provide a mature career pathway designed to help you grow with us and clinical supervision and CPD opportunities are embedded at all levels. We offer opportunity, structure, encouragement and excellent line management support.

We offer a wide range of learning opportunities, including apprenticeships and training programmes. Many of our team members progress into new roles within the organisation, thanks to our strong grow your own culture.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

We take our environmental responsibilities seriously - tracking our carbon footprint, setting measurable targets, and continuously seeking new ways to reduce environmental impact.

Job responsibilities

Post-registrationexperience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medicalconditions.

Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.

Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.

Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.

Confident in the use of computers with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.

Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.

Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.

Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.

Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.

Ability to work under pressure.

Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.

Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.

Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).

Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.

Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.

Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.

Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.

Understanding of multi-cultural issues.

Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.

An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

Experience

• Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.
• Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.
• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.
• Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.
• Confident in the use of IT with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.
• Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.
• Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.
• Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).
• Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.
• Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.
• Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.
• Understanding of multi-cultural issues.
• Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

Additional

• HCPC registration.
• Enhanced DBS Clearance.
• Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.
• An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

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.