Community Occupational Therapist - MACC Team

If you are excited about working in an innovative community team, this opportunity to work with the Multi Agency Care and Coordination Team (MACCT) is for you!
We are looking for someone who has excellent holistic personalised care skills, able to support clinicians to improve the physical & mental health and wellbeing of clients living in the borough of Haringey. Although this is advertised as Band 6 post, we are happy to accept applications from Band 5 in a development post to a band 6 dependent on achieving Band 6 competencies during the probation period.
The role is a great opportunity to work with other professionals in the team including Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapist, Community Matrons, Mental Health Workers and Care & Dementia Navigators, supported by a fantastic administration and MDT coordinator team.
You will be committed to addressing Health and Social Inequalities for your clients and work towards the team purpose of; Managing health, wellbeing and preventing crises through innovative partnership working.
You will be supported to develop skills and competences and have the opportunity to stretch and develop your skills with the support of the team and with regular professional supervision.
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To provide high quality efficient and effective holistic occupational therapy assessment and intervention to the clients care coordinated within the MACCT MDT.
To provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and creative personalised treatment programmes co-produced alongside client's strengths and their support network to support them to manage with complex health conditions both physical and psychological and to support the stabilisation of their social situations.
To promote good collaborative working links with partnership agencies across the health, social and voluntary sectors to ensure the clients have the best possible support network to prevent unplanned hospital admissions.
To be an active motivated member of the multidisciplinary team and participate in projects and service developments as identified by the successful candidates, their colleagues and managers including audits, quality improvement projects and the promotion of integrated personalised care approach. To provide support and clinical supervision to colleagues or junior staff, and to share specialist knowledge with others working within the MACC Team and the associated teams, hubs, care providers, clients and their support networks.

Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work., Clinical
To be professional and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the standards and guidelines of the trust, the team, professional services, and appropriate professional body.
To stay up-to date with new emerging evidence and evidence-based practice for frailty and long-term conditions and be able to utilise this to continue to develop the service going forward.
To undertake advanced assessment of people with frailty who present with complex multi-pathology amalgamating in both physical and mental health presentations. To undertake joint visits with all multi-disciplinary team members where appropriate and provide specialist advice on treatment / management regimes.
Comprehensive subjective history taking - supporting the individual to only have to tell their story once - enhancing client experiences and promoting integrated working.
Completing outcome measures and recording on appropriate systems.
To formulate, evaluate and reassess individualised management and / or treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options in order to formulate a personalised care plan.
To complete assessments and interventions in a variety of settings utilising a range of methods to do this e.g., face to face and virtual, the clients home and in community settings.
To be able to manage a caseload of people with complex health and social care needs.
To provide specialist advice for clients, their families and colleagues based on up-to-date theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience, and provide specialist advice and guidance to MDT colleagues, junior team members and other health care professionals both within and outside the trust.
To use collaboration and partnership to empower patients to effectively self-manage their condition and identify those that may need alternative support to achieve this.
To be able to identify when a client can be discharged from the service, taking into account their confidence and competence to self-manage and to be able to effectively communicate this to the client and their support network.
Ensuring crisis and escalation plans are in place to support client and their support network post discharge.
To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate written records using electronic patient notes. This includes communicating to other health professionals in a contemporaneous manner.
To ensure that high standards of clinical practice and patient care are maintained and to ensure that other clinicians in the team do likewise, through ongoing competency assessment and supervision/appraisal.
To identify appropriate patient cases, present and discuss these the appropriate MDTs, identifying risks to ensure that the wider MDT are aware and involved in decision making. Supporting more junior staff members with this process.
To triage referrals into the team with appropriate clinical experience and supervision and identifying if appropriate or not. To be able to establish priority and assign to appropriate pathway.
To attend and actively participate in MDT clinical meetings and take part in MDT teleconferences to support with multi professional discussions
To use specialist knowledge to refer to other disciplines as appropriate for both physical and mental health support.
To ensure that the service provided is client centred, that all verbal and written information is accessible and understandable to users, considering cultural, sensory, cognitive and behavioural needs.
Leadership
To support, supervise and appraise the work of supervised staff, students, and rehabilitation assistants / care navigators and to induct new staff as required.
To participate in the Trust Appraisal Scheme, both as appraisee and as an appraiser.
To assist and support the Clinical Leads and service managers, taking an active part in patient engagement, audit and project leading when required.
To be involved in the recruitment, selection, and induction process for staff in the MACCT / Proactive care service.
To support staff to achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development, maintain and update a Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (CPD), are up to date with mandatory training.
To assist in the organisation and presentation of In-service training to staff in the team and wider MDT.
To supervise undergraduate students as required and to liaise with academic institutions regarding student performance and placement within the team.
To establish and maintain robust and effective lines of communication within the MACCT but also with other stakeholders, including publicising and promoting the service.
In line with the Trust's commitment to Clinical Governance, to identify and participate in quality improvement (QI) within the team alongside clinical audit and evaluation of clinical effectiveness.
To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out duties and to adhere to departmental equipment policy. To ensure that all equipment defects, accidents and complaints are reported to the team lead and appropriate actions taken as per trust guidelines.
To ensure the competent and safe use of equipment by other designated team members, patients, and carers.
Communication/Collaboration
To work collaboratively with members of the Anticipatory care network and other clinical specialities, e.g. GP practice, palliative care teams, in order to provide seamless, high quality care
To work in partnership with members of NCL & ACS Anticipatory Care teams to assist in the development and review guidelines and protocols.
To develop and maintain collaborative relationships, partnerships and networks to influence and improve the delivery of MACCT / Haringey Anticipatory Care.
To contribute to the development of formal mechanisms to share good practice across Whittington Health and elsewhere sharing knowledge, skills and clinical expertise.
To maintain patient information systems in a timely and professional manner and in line with local guidelines and protocols.
To provide specialised advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT regarding the Occupational Therapy management of adults in the community.
Research/Audit
To be proactive in local and national audits in order to assess the effectiveness and productivity of MACCT/ Haringey Anticipatory Care and service provision.
To participate in and critically evaluate research findings, to disseminate them appropriately and implement findings to improve the service and patient care
To participate in research appropriate to the role.
To provide regular information and statistics to assist in the audit of the service and respond to the needs identified and in keeping with national standards / guidelines.
Note: this job description is a reflection of the current position and the post holder is expected to view it as a guide rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities. It may be varied from time to time in consultation with the post holder.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation