Occupational Therapist Job at Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC (Nottingham)

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled, enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist with an interest in holistic practice to join the Integrated Reablement Team, including the Urgent Community Response Service across Nottingham City. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team including Advanced Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Registered Medicine Technicians, Assistant Practitioners, Rehabilitation Support Workers and administrative staff. The team promotes independence through rehabilitation and crisis management, supporting individuals at home, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and enabling timely discharges. We are a dynamic organisation delivering well-recognised rehabilitation services across health, social care, care homes and the independent sector, providing education, advice and support. An understanding of Health and Social care provision and ability to work closely with partner organisations and other stakeholders is essential. You will need excellent assessment and intervention skills in order to plan, develop and evaluate goal focussed rehabilitation and Reablement programmes, as well as complex discharge planning experience.

Job Responsibility

Work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking comprehensive and holistic assessments to determine the most appropriate service for clients referred
Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team in planning and delivering goal-focused rehabilitation and reablement programmes for adults with a wide range of complex physical and mental health needs, either within community beds or in patients own homes
Maintain and support the ongoing development of high standards of clinical practice with an evidence-based focus
Work across the Urgent Community Response and Integrated Reablement Team to respond to health and social care referrals
Prevent hospital or care home admissions, facilitate timely discharges from community beds and acute settings, and promote patient independence
Participate in rehabilitation treatment programmes alongside the MDT
Provide training to other staff members
Support senior colleagues in facilitating student placements
Meet the physical demands of the role, including manual handling
Travel across the city for client visits, meetings, and training

Requirements

BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
HCPC Registration
Relevant undergraduate experience working with adults including Health Care of the Elderly and Older peoples mental health / Integrated Medicine, Orthopaedics, Neurology and Musculoskeletal
Understanding of multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency working in a community setting
Competence in individual caseload and time management
Potential ability to work under pressure, manage caseload
Customer service skills
Enthusiastic and motivated
Non-judgemental attitude, motivated
Flexible, adaptable, innovative, self-reliant and with a positive attitude
Ability to relate well to all groups of people and to create and maintain effective working relationships within the team and externally
Ability to manage workload in terms of risk and priorities
Professional codes of conduct
Ability to adapt theory to practice
Ability to assess, plan and evaluate treatment
Working knowledge of broad range of pathologies
Good communication skills verbal and written
Demonstrates meeting the requirements of CPD
Ability to self-manage
Ability to participate as an MDT team member
IT literacy
All appointments are subject to satisfactory medical clearance and the ability to cope with the demands of the role
Ability to undertake frequent moderate physical effort for several short periods during the working day
Activities may include manoeuvring people, and operating physiotherapy equipment
Periods of prolonged concentration as work pattern dictates and some exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances and occasional unpleasant conditions
Able to work OOHs and weekends service hours 0800-2200 7 days
Full driving licence, use of vehicle for work with business insurance
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
UK Registration

Nice to have

Relevant postgraduate education and training
Manual Handling, Safeguarding Children & Adults, Medico-legal issues training
Post graduate training / courses
Specialist interest in older people and dementia
Post graduate experience working with adults including orthopaedics, neurology, falls prevention and musculoskeletal
Experience of multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency working
Competence in individual caseload and time management
Relevant post graduate courses/training
Full KSF for the role/other relevant competency framework
Community experience
Lone working
Experience of working within multicultural communities
Interest in working in community
Understanding of Social Enterprise
Awareness of diversity
Knowledge of risk assessment
Specific treatment skills
An understanding of mental health policy and legislation, e.g., Mental Capacity Act, Dementia Strategy
Basic ability to integrate theory and practice and demonstrate creative problem solving processes
Able to supervise and delegate to Support Staff
Able to apply more complex interventions
Awareness of modernisation agenda and its impact