Community Occupational Therapist - Adult Health and Social Care
Job Description
Job summary
The Salford Adult Social Care (ASC) Therapy team provide the people of Salford (including children) with assessments to support them to be as independent as possible and safe at home for as long as possible. Recommendations following assessment are often funded by the Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) and therapists have access to the latest in equipment to support assessment outcomes.
Our team has an excellent reputation for innovative working and the Therapists are specialists when it comes to moving and handling too.
You role will involve screening new referrals as they come into the service, carrying out functional assessments within a person's home environment, to identify risks to people within their own home or at times in a hospital setting to aid discharge.
You will use your skills and knowledge around specialist equipment, moving and handling, complex housing adaptations and the use of the DFG. The Community Therapy Service offers a comprehensive induction, regular supervision, and CPD / learning opportunities to support your role and development. Even if you have limited experience or understanding of the role of OT in Adult Social Care, but you are interested to learn, we would really love to hear from you as we can support your development.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the screening, prioritising and allocation of referrals into the service.
- To contribute to the overall development of the service
- To be responsible for carrying out Occupational Therapy duties in relation to complex cases requiring a high level of skill, knowledge, and professional expertise
- To work as an autonomous practitioner in the community, being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing your own caseload and maintaining patient and own records.
- To assist the Operational Lead, Team Manager and B7s, in ensuring the delivery of effective services through the promotion of high standards of practice in assessment and care planning.
- To work collaboratively with other disciplines, providing positive Occupational Therapy support and advice to enable independence and quality of life.
- To undertake responsibility for managing specific aspects of practice at the direction of the B7s and Team Manager.
- To provide clinical supervision, as per the team structure for other members of the team. Also, to supervise individual students and undertake the practice educator role and to provide assessment and support to other staff taking students on placement with the service.
- A degree or diploma in Occupational therapy is essential along with state registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Registration / Qualifications
Essential
- Member of the HCPC
- Degree / Diploma or Masters in Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- Health and Social Care Related Topics
- Leadership/Change Management
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Evidence of Post Graduate experience appropriate to be able to meet the knowledge and skills outlined in the job description
- Evidence of working in a MultiDisciplinary Team
- Ability to be able to prioritise individual and team caseloads
- To demonstrate awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity
- Evidence of supporting and supervising other staff and students
- Evidence of good organisational and time management skills
- Knowledge of local and national strategic legislation and policy
- Specialist knowledge and experience of a broad base of physical/mental health/learning disability conditions, to include moving and handling and wheelchairs
- Knowledge of appropriate NSF's local and national guidelines and healthcare governance
- Basic IT skills: Log -in and out; Operating a mouse and Keyboard; Navigating a Windows based environment
- Experience of supporting service development and supporting staff through change
- *Car owner/driver (or support from an assisted driver)
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
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Burrows House
Unit 10 Priestley Road
Salford
M28 2LY
Employer's website
https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
