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Occupational Thearpist ICELS
| Posting date: | 12 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £40,221.00 to £43,421.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 July 2024 |
| Location: | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Leicester City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ4322 |
Summary
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
This post will have a key role in the delivery of the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The ICELS plays a critical role in supporting health and social care services across LLR delivering care and support to the people of LLR including hospital discharge, crisis response to avoid hospital admission, end of life and palliative care, support to keep people independent and remain in their own homes. This is a very busy service supporting the wider health and social care economy across LLR. The service deals with in excess of 120,000 pieces of equipment to around 30,000 people each year. The delivery of the ICELS is contracted out to an external provider (Medequip).
Working as part of the wider ICELS Team who provide contract performance and quality assurance monitoring of the service provider, day to day operational management of the service, support for health and social care professionals and a clinical team consisting of an Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Lead Nurse, Triage Nurses and Technical Instructors who undertake active recall of equipment in the community, triage of orders placed by health and social care professionals.
The ICELS has an office at the Equipment Provider’s base in Glen Parva. The team works both remotely and at the office. The role will work Monday to Friday between 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (4.30 p.m. on Friday), flexible hours and working arrangements are available. Attendance at the office will be required for meetings, training and other matters that require face to face contacts.
What you’ll be doing
Triaging equipment orders placed by health and social care prescribers. Providing support, advice and guidance to health and social care professionals working in organisations/services across LLR. Working closely with other members of the ICELS team to deliver operational efficiencies and budget savings. Providing daily operational support to the equipment provider to ensure effective and timely delivery of equipment.
What you’ll need
A Diploma/Degree from College of Occupational Therapy and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and responsibility for maintaining registration.
Extensive experience of working in an occupational therapy role in NHS Community Health Services or a Social Services Department. As well as experience of multi-agency/multi-disciplinary work and/or hospital discharge processes.
Having up-to-date knowledge of and experience of assessing for equipment to meet needs of a range of people to aid their daily lives including specialist disability equipment, both new and recycled back onto shelf for reuse.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
This post will have a key role in the delivery of the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The ICELS plays a critical role in supporting health and social care services across LLR delivering care and support to the people of LLR including hospital discharge, crisis response to avoid hospital admission, end of life and palliative care, support to keep people independent and remain in their own homes. This is a very busy service supporting the wider health and social care economy across LLR. The service deals with in excess of 120,000 pieces of equipment to around 30,000 people each year. The delivery of the ICELS is contracted out to an external provider (Medequip).
Working as part of the wider ICELS Team who provide contract performance and quality assurance monitoring of the service provider, day to day operational management of the service, support for health and social care professionals and a clinical team consisting of an Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Lead Nurse, Triage Nurses and Technical Instructors who undertake active recall of equipment in the community, triage of orders placed by health and social care professionals.
The ICELS has an office at the Equipment Provider’s base in Glen Parva. The team works both remotely and at the office. The role will work Monday to Friday between 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (4.30 p.m. on Friday), flexible hours and working arrangements are available. Attendance at the office will be required for meetings, training and other matters that require face to face contacts.
What you’ll be doing
Triaging equipment orders placed by health and social care prescribers. Providing support, advice and guidance to health and social care professionals working in organisations/services across LLR. Working closely with other members of the ICELS team to deliver operational efficiencies and budget savings. Providing daily operational support to the equipment provider to ensure effective and timely delivery of equipment.
What you’ll need
A Diploma/Degree from College of Occupational Therapy and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and responsibility for maintaining registration.
Extensive experience of working in an occupational therapy role in NHS Community Health Services or a Social Services Department. As well as experience of multi-agency/multi-disciplinary work and/or hospital discharge processes.
Having up-to-date knowledge of and experience of assessing for equipment to meet needs of a range of people to aid their daily lives including specialist disability equipment, both new and recycled back onto shelf for reuse.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
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