Community Occupational Therapist - Crisis Team | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 October 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M23 9XD |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6573553/349-LCO-6573553 |
Summary
The Crisis service is a seven day service, therefore this role entails working some weekends, bank holidays and shift work on a rota basis. The post involves working within the community, delivering holistic assessments & interventions to patients in their own homes/ place of residence to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital. Independent travel within the local geographical area to deliver the role is essential.
With the above in mind, you must have experience of working in the NHS and in community services. The successful candidate should have at least 3 years post registration experience and have the ability to assume a Team Lead role. The Team Lead role is integral to providing adequate leadership to support the multidisciplinary team and to ensure service development in line with Urgent care requirements. Previous leadership experience would be beneficial for the ideal post holder.
The clinician will be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of clinical skills in occupational therapy, will be experienced in administering person-centred assessments, as well as implementing and evaluating occupational therapy interventions in a fast paces working environment. You must have a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification and current HCPC registration.
The post holder will be responsible for providing leadership and senior clinical input for the South Manchester Crisis Response service. The clinician will provide rapid assessment and stabilisation of patients who have urgent care needs in the community and initiate services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation. This will be through assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis, identifying complex and specialist needs and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.
As a Band 7 practitioner working with this high level of autonomy, but within agreed guidelines, you will initiate history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis and the implementation of a range of care interventions for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. To make onward referrals to other services and or agencies for individuals with ongoing needs. Provide leadership, education and support to other team members through promotion of innovative strategies to manage change and improve service delivery.
The post holder will provide highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills to ensure the delivery of care within the service and also in the wider community and across the acute / community interface. They have a fundamental role in the delivery of high standards of care, ensuring an environment that is conducive to well-being.
Work collaboratively with the MCR services, NWAS, Primary Health Care Teams, Neighbourhood Teams, Social Care and Voluntary sectors to ensure patients can be managed safely at home to avoid an unnecessary hospital admission.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 14 Oct 2024
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