About this role
Job summary ***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Occupational therapist specialised in rehab and reablement to work within the Community integrated Greenwich Reablement team. Greenwich. We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Band 7 therapist to join the team, with excellent communication skills and a positive approach to the management of patients in community
The post holder will work closely with the service Lead and band 7 Physiotherapist and the wider Reablement MDT Team across borough of Greenwich. You need to be a confident autonomous practitioner with high level leadership and communication skills, a flexible problem-solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management. The role offers opportunities to develop expertise in rehabilitation and reablement alongside regular supervision, support for professional development, and involvement in research and audit projects. We are an innovative team who are a passionate about the specialist service we provide offering skilled development.
Main duties of the job
The Reablement Team provides support to Greenwich residents who have rehabilitation or reablement needs and allows them to be supported in their own homes. The aim of the team is to promote independence and safety of service users, reduce care packages and prevent early long-term placements. The team is managed by Social Services for the Royal Borough of Greenwich and support is provided by trained support workers. The Occupational Therapist will have a role in the MDT in designing and monitoring progress of rehabilitation/Reablement care plans for clients referred to the team.
The role of the Occupational therapist will be:
To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessments for clients receiving input from the Reablement Team To lead in the delivery of a specialist Occupational Therapy service within the multidisciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice. To deliver a broad range of training programmes covering all aspects of Occupational Therapy rehabilitation and professional development to the multidisciplinary team.
About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
To undertake Reablement assessments, risk assessments, goal setting and support planning, reviews and make appropriate recommendations for on-going care as required.
To deliver and support a reablement programme, empowering users and families to participate in the management of their illness or disability. Setting goal plans for community reablement workers to follow.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities
To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients
To be responsible and accountable for management and implementation of client rehabilitation programmes in the community
To prescribe, delegate and monitor the work of support workers in the reablement team
To provide an excellent standard of highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment as an autonomous and lone practitioner to clients including those with highly complex cases where advanced clinical reasoning skills, evidence based practice and expertise are essential to develop effective, individual care plans
To work with Occupational therapy teams in social services and other health teams to ensure that pathways of care are followed
To demonstrate enhanced theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments in the assessment of community clients
To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients care plans and objectives against outcomes measured in order to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals
Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.
To work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care
To provide highly specialist advice and education to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence
For full details please refer to attached JD and PS
Person Specification
Education/Qualification Essential
Recognised Occupational Therapy / MSc qualification Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable
Evidence of leadership development inc: qualification /courses Qualification on seating and posture management or willingness to work towards this qualification
Experience Essential
Minimum 3 years experience working with adult client group in reablement Evidence of recent Continuing Professional and Personal Development Experience of supervising and contributing to service development
Desirable
Experience of developing and delivering training packages
Knowledge, skills & abilities Essential
Professional/ Clinical knowledge acquired through training and practical experience Advanced knowledge of the range of presentations, diagnosis and management options for general rehabilitation Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills - clinical reasoning Ability to provide clinical leadership to a team of therapists and assistants and manage through change In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group) Excellent teaching and presentation skills, both written and verbal Knowledge of posture and seating management
Desirable
Ability to manage poor performance of others Experience of leading clinical audits Excellent awareness of current research into relevant areas
Personal Qualities Essential
Self-motivated, able to reflect and appraise own performance Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
Other Essential
Driving license Car owner / access to vehicle for work
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 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Memorial Hospital
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)