Specialist OT Assistant - Stroke Inpatient @ Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Opportunity to join an innovative and forward thinking team!- Join our Stroke Inpatient Team as a Specialist Occupational Therapy Assistant.

• We aim to enhance health, well-being and recovery for people admitted with stroke by facilitating participation in meaningful activity and promoting functional independence throughout their inpatient rehabilitation journey.
• This post plays a key role in supporting patients to achieve their maximum level of function and independence through the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation interventions, working as part of the multidisciplinary stroke team. The post holder will undertake delegated assessments and interventions autonomously within agreed competencies and protocols.
• The role contributes significantly to improving patient outcomes by supporting timely rehabilitation, facilitating safe and effective discharge planning, reducing length of hospital stay, preventing avoidable complications associated with stroke, and promoting successful transitions to community services and ongoing rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job

• Hold a delegated caseload of stroke patients, carrying out autonomous assessments and implementing rehabilitation programmes aimed at maximising functional independence, mobility, self-care, cognition and participation in daily activities.
• Work autonomously and flexibly as a member of the inpatient stroke multidisciplinary team, supporting patients and their families/carers under the supervision and guidance (predominantly indirect) of Occupational Therapists and other registered professionals.
• Contribute to the delivery of person-centred, goal-orientated stroke rehabilitation in line with national stroke guidelines and local pathways.
• Support discharge planning processes, including assessment of functional abilities, equipment provision, home environment considerations and liaison with community rehabilitation services.
• Maintain concise, accurate and contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with professional, organisational and legal standards.
• Undertake administrative duties that support the efficient delivery of the inpatient stroke service and contribute to service quality improvement initiatives.
• Act as a first point of contact for delegated aspects of stroke rehabilitation management, working within agreed competencies, protocols and escalation processes.

Please also see Job Description

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE grades 9-4 (A*-C) including Maths and English.
• NVQ Level 3 in Therapy / Health and Social Care.
• 'A' Level or equivalent.
• Evidence of completion of Care Certificate

Desirable

• Demonstrated successful completion of courses and study days relevant to Occupational Therapy Practice in the relevant to this role setting
• Health/social care related Foundation Degree

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in autonomously working for client group to diploma equivalent level.
• Demonstrated previous training/experience relevant to autonomously working with vulnerable people relevant to this role.
• Demonstrate current clean driving licence, access to a car with business insurance.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully pass an enhanced CRB check.
• Demonstrated experience/ knowledge of Occupational Therapy Services.
• Demonstrated applied knowledge and understanding of confidentiality.
• Demonstrated understanding of Occupational Therapy strategies for short- and long-term management of wide variety of conditions
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use computer software (e.g. Microsoft Office) to support Occupational Therapy interventions
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage own workload and determine priorities with access to a registered Occupational Therapist for support
• Demonstrated motivational skills to enhance therapy interventions
• Demonstrated ability to supervise junior staff and students with access to a registered Occupational Therapist for support
• Demonstrated ability to work across sites.

Desirable

• Demonstrated skills and knowledge in working with Occupational Therapists in:
• Rehabilitation/Care
• Health/Social Services
• Community
• Paediatrics
• Wheelchairs
• Demonstrated ability to appropriately delegate
• Demonstrated ability to work with people and their families and carers in managing a variety of medical conditions

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please see attached person specification

Desirable

• Please see attached person specification

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. Mary's Hospital (IOW)

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)