Job summary
Ealing Short Term Rehabilitation - Band 5 Community Occupational therapist

Are you an innovative, organised and motivated occupational therapist with a strong interest in community rehabilitation? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive environment with a focus on further learning and developing clinical skills? We have exciting opportunities for a Band 5 Occupational therapist to join our specialist multidisciplinary community rehabilitation service.

Please note that our service has 2 bases and interviews will be held in person at our office in Level 10 South Ealing Hospital, London or EDTC, Southall UB1 2SH.

Main duties of the job
The Ealing Short Term Rehabilitation (STR) team provides therapy-led rehabilitation to help patients improve their abilities and achieve their rehabilitation goals, through therapy led care. We focus on achieving goals and enabling people to regain independence and social integration effectively and efficiently after discharge from acute hospitals and community services in the borough. Therapists and rehabilitation assistants offer support for a period of up to six weeks, usually less if goals are achieved or care can be delivered in a different way.

Our team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants. The team provide a service in a variety of community locations but mostly in the patients' own home.

The post holder will contribute to the Occupational therapy provision within the STR team and will deliver skilled OT care to patients in their own home, based on a thorough holistic assessment of their clinical and personal needs and the agreement of an individualised rehabilitation care plan to the standards set by RCOT and HCPC.The post holder will participate in service-wide seven day working on a rota basis.

About us
We are a friendly team ,based across Ealing borough, we support staff to be autonomous and will support you in developing your clinical, supervisory and management skills.

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialised rehabilitation assessment, education, advice and treatment to adult patients in the community, who have complex health and social care needs.
• To prioritise factors involved in the patients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, prognosis and other physical, social emotional and mental health issues.
• To set goals for treatment with patients and/or their carer and ensure that care is patient centred and agreed by the patient and/or their carer.
• To independently screen and assess multi-disciplinary referrals from a variety of sources. This screening will establish priority, determine needs and initiate a plan of intervention.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of needs, utilising supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff.
• To work in a variety of community locations including patients homes, nursing homes, and residential homes and provide intensive rehabilitation.
• To successfully monitor, evaluate and review Occupational therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary, taking a key worker role as indicated
• To ensure patient and service records are recorded and maintained on IT databases and that patient documentation is according to trust and local policies.
• To prescribe, delegate and monitor the work of rehabilitation assistants and counter sign documentation.
• To actively be involved in service development, with support and guidance from senior therapy staff.
• To participate in departmental continuous professional development, education and training, audit and research projects.
• To maintain and update a Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (CPD).

Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential

• Degree/ Diploma Occupational therapy
• State registration with HCPC

Desirable

• Membership and/or involvement in National special interest group
• Member of RCOT

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health care set up as an Occupational therapist
• Experience in a variety of core areas to include the following:o Older people/elderly rehab o Medicine & general surgery o Orthopaedics o Falls o Dementia o Long term conditions

Desirable

• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent communication skills, fluency in written and verbal English
• Evidence of maintenance of a CPD portfolio with self-directed learning and Reflective practice
• Knowledge of developments within NHS community rehabilitation and Occupational therapy profession.

Desirable

• Excellent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, databases etc

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Ealing day Treatment Centre
Britten Drive
Southall
UB1 2SH
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Service Lead Short Term Rehabilitation.
Thushara Prakash
thushara.prakash@nhs.net
02085711143