Senior OT/Pathway Determiner - Community Therapy Services (Band 6) - Nottingham North & East Ad[...]

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Senior OT/Pathway Determiner - Community Therapy Services

Band 6

Main area: Nottingham North & East Adult Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Moving towards a 7 day working week, until 6pm on a rota basis.)
Job ref: 186-400-25-GH

Site: Nottingham North & East Community Therapy Team, Town Carlton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 01/05/2025

Job overview

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our Rushcliffe Community Therapy Service as an Occupational Therapist working in the community. If you want to be part of a forward-thinking and innovative service, then this is the opportunity you may have been looking for.

In your new role, you will work closely with Physiotherapists, Assistant practitioners, support staff, district nurses, specialist nurses, and social workers to provide the best possible care to service users in their own homes.

We are working towards a 7 day service - 8am to 8pm on a rota basis. Self rostering is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our developing integrated community services providing clinical triage, rehabilitation, falls management, palliative care support, and support timely discharges from our acute Trust partners.

You will work autonomously as well as part of the multi-disciplinary team, liaising closely with health and social care colleagues to coordinate services, promote recovery from illness, and enable health, wellbeing, and self-care. You will be visiting patients within their own homes using a goal-orientated focus, to maximise patients' independence, safety, and quality of life.

The post will involve cross-site working and community visits. Part of the role will be in the South Nottinghamshire Transfer of Care HUB - on a rota basis with B6 colleagues.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however, reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium, and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service, and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network, and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will manage your own caseload in the community. As part of the integrated care team, you will work closely with the rest of the MDT to provide the best possible outcomes for our service users in Rushcliffe.

You will have a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy & be HCPC registered. You should possess excellent interpersonal and time management skills, be a good communicator, and able to prioritise and work well as a member of a team. An induction period and supernumerary support will be given. Ideally, you will have experience of working in the NHS in the UK and being part of our healthcare services.

You will work with system partners to deliver care on Pathway 1 of Discharge to Assess and be part of Notts Transfer of Care Hub.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Clinical Educator
• Relevant courses in Health Care of the Elderly/Falls/Orthopaedics/Palliative Care/MSK

Previous Experience

• Proven post qualification experience with some at a more senior level
• Recent experience in health care of the elderly /falls /orthopaedics /palliative care
• Supervisory skills
• Experience of audit.
• Experience of working in the UK as part of the NHS
• Teaching experience
• Standard setting, service evaluation Recruitment & retention
• Community experience
• Pathology of the older person
• Professional Codes of Conduct
• Awareness of diversity
• Evidence-based practice
• Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate rehabilitative treatment
• Knowledge of management of falls
• Knowledge of local & National priorities
• Knowledge of Risk Assessment
• Treatment of complex cases & diverse conditions
• Knowledge of equipment/adaptations and all aspects of ADL
• Organisational skills and use of initiative
• Self-motivated and able to work as an effective team member
• Ability to communicate with team, patient/client, and their families and other agencies
• Ability to manage self
• Flexible and positive approach
• Demonstrates meeting the requirements of CPD

Additional requirements

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use
• Flexible working to meet the needs of the team
• Working across community as role demands.

Values and Behaviours

• All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights legislation
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.