RRIC Community Practitioner - Occupational Therapist
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- £38,682-46,580 per year
- Contract
- Part-time
- Your mission: To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
- Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You will also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
- Your role: Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
- Who are we? We are part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including a North and a South Urgent Community Response Squad. Together we operate as one collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
- Who are you? If you are committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of a team
- Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers using your OT skills and experience
- Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
- Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
- Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.Support the development of clinical pathway
- As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
- We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
- Valid and current UK driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.
- Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC -Occupational Therapist
- Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
- Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
- Demonstrate experience post or preregistration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
- In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration.
- Experience of electronic clinical systems
- Experience participating in research or audit project.
- Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
- Experience of working with single assessment process.
- Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
- Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
- Ability to manage complex cases
- Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
- Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
- IT Skills
- Report writing skills
- Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues
- Valid and current UK driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.
- Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC -Occupational Therapist
- Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
- Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
- Demonstrate experience post or preregistration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
- In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration.
- Experience of electronic clinical systems
- Experience participating in research or audit project.
- Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
- Experience of working with single assessment process.
- Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
- Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
- Ability to manage complex cases
- Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
- Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
- IT Skills
- Report writing skills
- Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues