Senior Occupational Therapist - Community

This is an exciting opportunity for you to become a member of our friendly, dynamic community team. Consisting of technical instructors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists you will be a part of a rewarding and patient centred service, committed to providing evidence based intervention.
The Adult Community Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Team is based at Dewsnap Lane Clinic and provides rehabilitation for people aged 16 or over who either live in Tameside and Glossop or who have a GP in Tameside and Glossop. This excludes certain patients who live in Mossley as their physiotherapy services are provided by Northern Care Alliance NHS FT.
Utilising your knowledge and skills, you will work closely with the service users, their family, their carers and other professionals from statutory and non statutory agencies, to offer consultation, advice, education and goal focused episodes of therapy. You will be a competent and confident practitioner, as the team's present structure means you will be responsible for clinical supervision and education of other staff.
As a member of an interdisciplinary team, you will understand the benefits to be gained from a team approach, where each team member's contribution is valued and where experience is shared.
Our team is committed to supporting personal and professional development., This position requires the post holder to be able to travel (often at short notice), and carry bulky and/or heavy equipment between diverse clinical and non-clinical environments and bases, including patient's homes, GP clinics, primary care facilities, community centres, hospitals, office spaces and residential/nursing homes, so access to reliable transport is essential. The post holder will be expected to complete four individual AM and four individual PM clinical contacts a day, at separate addresses, to maintain provision of our services.
Carry out occupational therapy assessments, plan and deliver treatment and offer education and support to patients and their families, in a variety of community settings.
You will be expected to practice autonomously but work as a part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will be expected to carry a complex clinical caseload and be required to delegate work to support staff. You will be responsible for specific areas of service development and deputise for Band 7 when appropriate.
This advertisement will close when the number of pre-determined applications have been received.
Please note we are only able to reply to applicants who have been invited for interview., Section 2 - Knowledge and Skills:
Communications
The post holder will need to:
+ Develop working relationships with the immediate team
+ Communicate with a wide range of people to ensure that treatment planning and intervention is holistic and cohesive
+ Use a variety of communication methods throughout the working day, eg: email, written records and telephone.
+ Communicate difficult or sensitive information relating to patient care
+ Ensure that all locally produced information documents are in the corporate style and that all written information complies with Trust policy
Responsibility for Patient Care
The post holder will be responsible for:
+ Carrying out appropriate occupational therapy assessments, based on good practice
+ Developing treatment plans, tailored to the patient's need and demonstrating sound clinical reasoning
+ Delivering therapeutic intervention based on the findings of your assessments
+ Promoting self-management to all patients
+ Supporting patients (and their carers if appropriate) by providing information which is well sourced and of good quality.
+ Assist patients, carers, relatives during incidental contact
Planning and organising
The post holder will:
+ Organise and plan their own day to day workload, in order to meet the demands of the service and job role
+ To participate in the supervision of more junior/unqualified staff
+ To supervise occupational therapy students on clinical placement within the team
Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources
The post holder will ensure safe and effective use of equipment, resources and consumables at all times.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation
The post holder will:
+ Be aware of, comment on and actively participate in changes on policy, procedure or service development.
+ To contribute to service development within the team
+ Embrace and support line management and the department, in making service improvements effective within the work place
+ To contribute to interdisciplinary training
+ Attend training as identified in appraisal
Responsibilities for Human Resources and Leadership
The post holder will:
+ Support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the work place
Responsibilities for Teaching and Training
The post holder will:
+ Participate in training and development activities that are relevant to the job role
+ Deliver education and training to patients, their carers and other appropriate agencies, in relation to the role of an occupational therapist, the patient's condition, healthy lifestyle choices and self-management
+ Support learners of all disciplines and be a main educator for occupational therapy learners
Responsibilities for data and information resources
The post holder will:
+ Comply with the standards expected by the Organisation, in relation to the inputting of activity data
Research, Development and Audit
The post holder will:
+ Contribute to departmental, local or National audits when required

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Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
+ Safety
+ Care
+ Respect
+ Communication
+ Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more., + Be required to carry out activities which involve manual handling and physical activity
+ Have access to reliable transport
+ Be required to switch attention between tasks throughout the day
+ Be required to use a computer for parts of every day
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.