Occupational Therapist - #144917
Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust
Date: 4 weeks ago
City: Doncaster
Contract type: Full time

We are looking for an experienced, confident and enthusiastic band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Enhanced Care Home team at Tickhill Road Hospital.
The main aspect of this role is to triage patients as part of the multi-disciplinary team. Assess patients and formulate individual treatment plans to ensure that patients meet their goals, promote safe discharges and prevent the admission to the acute hospital.
We require an Occupational Therapist who is personable and has excellent communication skills. You will be expected to work independently and also inclusively with the multi-disciplinary team. You should be able to organise and prioritise your own workload and have experience of working with patients who have complex medical, memory and social issues.
We will provide support through in-house professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and peer supervision. We facilitate student education and have close working relationships with neighbouring teams in both acute Health and Social Care.
You should be HCPC registered, have appropriate demonstrable post qualification experience of working with patient who have long term conditions. It is essential that you are a car driver due to working in the community.
To provide comprehensive assessment, treatment and evidence-based programme of care to all residents within residential or nursing care home.
To provide a comprehensive assessment to clients in the assessment beds to advise of their correct placement either home or into residential or nursing care.
Triage referrals received from other health professionals, being aware of quality and appropriateness of referrals, and prioritise these as required.
Independently manage a caseload without direct supervision and to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk.
Be able to assess and provide moving and handling equipment, complete seating, sleep system and showering assessments along with advising care homes of other appropriate equipment that their resident may require.
Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
Participate in pathway design and promotion of the service to encourage new sources and routes of referral to optimise the scope and impact of the service.
On occasions, assist the Occupational Therapists within other areas of the Home First service.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
About
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We Are Committed To Inclusive Cultures And Really Value People In Our Organisation, View Our Allyship Video On YouTube To Find Out More
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Diane McIntosh Job title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07717 151094
The main aspect of this role is to triage patients as part of the multi-disciplinary team. Assess patients and formulate individual treatment plans to ensure that patients meet their goals, promote safe discharges and prevent the admission to the acute hospital.
We require an Occupational Therapist who is personable and has excellent communication skills. You will be expected to work independently and also inclusively with the multi-disciplinary team. You should be able to organise and prioritise your own workload and have experience of working with patients who have complex medical, memory and social issues.
We will provide support through in-house professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and peer supervision. We facilitate student education and have close working relationships with neighbouring teams in both acute Health and Social Care.
You should be HCPC registered, have appropriate demonstrable post qualification experience of working with patient who have long term conditions. It is essential that you are a car driver due to working in the community.
To provide comprehensive assessment, treatment and evidence-based programme of care to all residents within residential or nursing care home.
To provide a comprehensive assessment to clients in the assessment beds to advise of their correct placement either home or into residential or nursing care.
Triage referrals received from other health professionals, being aware of quality and appropriateness of referrals, and prioritise these as required.
Independently manage a caseload without direct supervision and to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk.
Be able to assess and provide moving and handling equipment, complete seating, sleep system and showering assessments along with advising care homes of other appropriate equipment that their resident may require.
Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
Participate in pathway design and promotion of the service to encourage new sources and routes of referral to optimise the scope and impact of the service.
On occasions, assist the Occupational Therapists within other areas of the Home First service.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
About
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We Are Committed To Inclusive Cultures And Really Value People In Our Organisation, View Our Allyship Video On YouTube To Find Out More
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Diane McIntosh Job title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07717 151094
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