Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY1 6JX |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6235265/382-FICC122-24 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the proactive and enthusiastic Rapid Response Team (South) is looking to appoint a highly motivated band specialist O/T to join our Rapid Response Team.
The post holder will work as a member of the multi disciplinary team supporting the Team Leader and her deputies in the delivery of the Rapid Response Service, supporting the development of the Rapid Response Team and raising the profile of the Rapid Response Service. Rapid Response’s aim is to preventing hospital admission or facilitating early discharge from hospital by providing intensive packages of care to manage acutely and chronically ill patients at home.
Rapid Response is a multi-disciplinary team with support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and Nurses providing integrated skills and sharing knowledge. This includes performing therapy skills when therapy staff are not available, a comprehensive understanding of the roles of others in team is imperative. The post holder will work collaboratively with others and support members of the team in the delivery, and management of complex health issues. In particular they will be responsible for ensuring the timely provision of a high standard of assessment, advice, planning, implementation, training support and evaluation of care. A broad range of O/T knowledge, interventions and skills are required. With a particular emphasis on the care of the respiratory patient at home.
You will have experience of working collaboratively within a community or acute setting. The post-holder will have excellent assessment, and intervention skills. You will be able to carry out comprehensive assessments and make autonomous decisions based on the data obtained. You will have the opportunity to provide client-centered assessments and interventions for a caseload of patients with acute illness. You will also offer clinical supervision/support to other O/T and support staff.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire and offers a full range of District Hospital services and Community Health services to this population.
Commitment to undertake ongoing in-service training and development is essential. You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change. Our commitment to you is to provide the environment for this to happen an ensure that you are part of a defined preceptorship programme.
If you are motivated to deliver high standards of care and have the personal qualities and characteristics as outlined in the Blackpool person then this could be the post for you.
This role will have a main focus around the clinical governance of the service.
This will include but is not exhaustive to:
Provide a high standard Occupational Therapy Service in the most appropriate setting for Rapid, 2hr Urgent Community Response and Virtual Wards patients.
· Independently manage and be responsible for your own clinical caseload.
· Provide clinical leadership for staff, taking a lead role in Continued Professional Development activities (CPD) and to have a shared responsibility for the clinical development of staff.
· Take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the clinical speciality, to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis, discuss treatment options and agree a management plan with patients, in order to achieve agreed set goals.
· Act as a source of specialist advice in the management of problems within the clinical area to patients, Occupational Therapists, other health care professionals GP’s and Consultants.
• Supporting the delivery of an integrated approach to patient care across all professions, but specialising in the non-nursing elements of the service ).
• Identifying and addressing areas of clinical development across the service.
• Providing training from their own area of expertise.
• Managing the clinical performance of staff.
• Managing complex issues in the care of patients such as safeguarding risks or self neglect.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels are in place and work with the team leader to address this.
• Supporting the wellbeing of staff.
• Deputising in the absence of the Team Leader
• Facilitating effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as other primary care teams and GP Practice staff.
This role would suit an individual with leadership experience and a dynamic mindset regarding how the service can best meet it's current and future objectives.
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024
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