Clinical Specialist Community Occupational Therapist

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Specialist role in the CARE Point Community Therapy team, within our Community Response Services.
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the Community Response Services to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey, through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions, and help avoid unnecessary admission and re-admission to hospital.
The post holder will deliver a 2 hour urgent response or same day response to health and social care crisis. They will also support patients requiring assessments and rehabilitation having been discharged from hospital into to the community setting and supported onto our virtual ward.
The post holder will provide clinical expertise at an advanced level in the assessment, diagnosis and management of highly complex clients. The post holder will be expected to support the development of the team by providing leadership and clinical education for senior, junior and support staff, through supervision and day-to-day support.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role within our team, we welcome visits and any questions from interested candidates so please contact the team leads with any queries or to arrange a visit.
Our service operates 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week. Working patterns within these hours will be considered to accommodate individual needs, in line with needs of the service.
To manage a caseload of clients (often varied and with highly complex needs), using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To provide specialist input to strategic planning, development, audit and evaluation of clinical services, protocols and policies within the specialised area.
To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessments, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
To provide leadership and clinical education through supervision and day-to-day support within the specialist field to staff across Community Response Services.
To plan and implement training at a uni-disciplinary and multi professional level in order to enhance services within the specialism and ensure effective clinical practice.
To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff.
To regularly supervise undergraduate students on practice placement and participate in placement experience of other professionals.
To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Community Response Services.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The post holder will work alongside the OSM, Team Leads and the Occupational Therapy Professional Lead to provide specialist input to strategic planning, development, audit and evaluation of clinical services, protocols and policies within the specialised area. This post holder will lead and work with the multidisciplinary CARE Point Community Team and other teams within the Community Response Services to ensure that a high standard of care is delivered. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital. The post holder will provide a comprehensive service in the specialised area and provide clinical expertise at an advanced level in the assessment, diagnosis and management of highly complex clients. The post holder will be expected to triage and allocate referrals to ensure patients are seen within an appropriate response time.
The post holder will be expected to offer support and supervision to staff within the team and ensuring NHCT policies and procedures are adhered to. There will be an expectation to promote and ensure safe working practice for all team members both within the office environment and in the wider community at all times, adhering to the lone working policy, health and safety policy, risk assessments, moving and handling assessments etc. There will also be occasions where the post holder will facilitate student placements within the team e.g. nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, trainee doctors etc.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

Please refer the Job description for details