Occupational Therapist- Frailty Intervention Team

We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking, enthusiastic experienced Band 5 or Band 6 Occupational Therapist with a specialist interest in frailty to join our Frailty Intervention team (FIT). FIT are a supportive and friendly integrated Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team working in the Emergency Department and Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU).

You will need to have solid experience and sound knowledge of a range of common pathologies, aging, falls and frailty and ability to apply your knowledge from several disciplines including neurology, trauma, musculoskeletal and respiratory areas. You will need to have high levels of professionalism and strong communication skills to work effectively in this role as part of the multidisciplinary team.

As part of FIT you will work in a blended role; assessing and identifying needs through comprehensive assessments of older adults and deliver interventions to help with admission avoidance within the Emergency Department and EAU.

You will be actively encouraged to participate in CPD, audit, service development and supervision and teaching of junior staff the wider MDT including students from Coventry and Oxford Brookes Universities. A culture of continuous service development and education for all grades of staff underpins our team ethos. The trust core values of delivering compassionate excellence are integral to the service.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, safe and effective therapy services to patients in the Emergency Department and Emergency Assessment Unit, including those with highly complex presentations, as part of a multi-professional team.

To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to effectively assess and implement the rapid deployment of admission avoidance services.

To supervise and teach recently registered professionals, support workers, therapy students and members of the MDT

To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects within the Frailty Intervention Team (FIT).

To take an active part in the team's extended hours and seven-day working roster to maximise the access and delivery of the service

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.