Band 6 Early Intervention Occupational Therapist - Ann Marie Howes (Band 6) - Adult Community S[...]

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Band 6 Early Intervention Occupational Therapist - Ann Marie Howes

Band 6

Main area: Adult Community Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent, Part-time (22.5 hours)
Job ref: 820-6800565-COM

Site: Early Intervention Community Team - East AMH, Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Looking for a new opportunity to develop your skills in rehabilitation?

Want to live in the youngest city in Europe? Truly cosmopolitan with a diverse population of over 1.1 million, Birmingham has the largest open space in Europe and fantastic network links to the rest of the UK.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.

Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77,000 fewer acute bed days used, 19,000 fewer non-acute bed days, and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8 million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care, and facilitating early hospital discharge. Working multi-professionally, you will complete assessments and interventions while ensuring the delivery of high-quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.

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Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families, as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will act as a practitioner for Occupational Therapy within the Adults Community Services Division. They will ensure access to urgent and routine Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention, provide and monitor treatment programmes at home, and ensure safe discharge or referral on to alternative services as appropriate. They will work in partnership with patients, carers, and other health and social care agencies to promote independence and develop individual plans of care relevant to person needs.

The post holder will be expected to work shifts as required over 7 days per week in line with service delivery.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
• Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
• Extensive evidence of relevant post-registration training and CPD.

Experience

• Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary team.
• Relevant rehabilitation experience for a variety of patients in a community setting.
• Experience of working with other agencies.
• Proven supervisory skills.
• Ability to plan and delegate daily workload.

Skills/Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment and treatment approaches for the patient group.
• Demonstrates a problem-solving approach.
• IT skills in Microsoft, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge and application of clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to act as mentor/supervisor to junior staff and students on placement.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, or has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible.

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays.
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers.
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
• Flexible working where possible.

Application numbers

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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