PCN Occupational Therapist

· To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and to ensure that work meets professional standards and clinical guidelines
· The post holder manages patients identified by the PCN to provide therapy assessment and intervention in patients own home as well as in a GP surgery environment.
Following the principles of Governance, to develop and maintain a high-quality service, through recognised professional standards, evidence-based practice, and effective clinical audit programme.
To be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent for assessment and treatment interventions, and sharing of information following legal and professional guidelines
Following specialist assessment, to use advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re assessment skills, and using a client centred approach provide individual treatments and programmes. These may include manual treatment techniques, patient education, neuro specific facilitatory techniques and the use of specific equipment
To prescribe equipment and educate staff, patients, and their families in the safe use of this equipment in order to maximise client's independence and safety
To work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive, seamless service aiming to improve and maintain the functional ability of patients whilst preventing hospital admission
To manage in managing a caseload of clients with complex conditions., · Manage a highly complex and specialist caseload independently, working as an independent practitioner to plan and carry out assessment and treatment, demonstrate autonomous clinical judgements.
· To assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans, with the aim of increasing patients' independence in activities of daily living.
· To provide personalised care, through shared decision making and development of outcome focused goals.
· To undertake both verbal and non-verbal communication methods to address the needs of patients with communication difficulties.
· To motivate and persuade others through advanced communication skills and to be able to gain cooperation for treatment where there may be significant barriers to understanding such as cognitive deficits
· To communicate information related to complex conditions from assessment through to treatment and discharge
· To ensure that therapy is clinically effective and evaluated as such by outcome measures and the use of evidence-based practice
· To ensure that quality is at the root of all treatment and provide leadership to ensure this is the case
· To work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team, communicate with a variety of professionals, patients' families, carers, employers in treatment planning to aid rehabilitation.
· Where appropriate to support discharge and contingency plans with relevant professionals to arrange on-going care in residential, care homes, hospital and other community settings.
· As required, advise on home and workplace environmental alterations.
· Demonstrate and maintain clinical credibility through the provision of high standards on clinical care using current evidence-based practice. Apply clinical leadership to continuously review and change practice demonstrating good and efficient clinical care
· Develop, implement and evaluate a seamless occupational therapy support service across the PCN, working with community and secondary care where appropriate, aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and wider MDT working.
· Take a lead in standard setting of occupational therapy practice in general practice as designated.
· Share learning with colleagues promoting peer review and best practice within the work environment.
· Maintain accurate and contemporaneous healthcare records.
Managerial Responsibilities
· Ensures the development and maintenance of a clinical learning environment within the integrated team that is appropriate for the development needs of all members.
· Facilitate an environment where health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed to its maximum potential, within the available resources.
· Evaluates clinical practice within the area by monitoring standards of care, undertake audits and support staff in the delivery of evidence-based care.
· Works with the PCN, Therapy Professional Lead and Locality Manager to ensure safe, efficient, and effective clinical pathways for patients using the service
· Works with the PCN, Therapy Professional Lead and Locality Manager to develop and implement clear processes for the promotion and maintenance of patient safety.
· In conjunction with the leadership team and MDT ensure robust action plans and learning from incidents are cascaded and embedded into clinical practice
· Review, develop and implement policies and procedures to support delivery and development of service provision, Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don't want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).
Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.
We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.
The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust)., Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4^th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.