Occupational Therapist - Senior Discharge Navigator

at  East London NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Senior Discharge Navigation
Full time or part- time hours. Flexible working patterns available.
We are looking for an exceptional Occupational Therapist to join the Transfer of Care Hub team at the Royal London Hospital as a Senior Discharge Navigation Occupational Therapist. The Transfer of Care Hub team is a joint health and social care service aimed at facilitating discharges from the acute setting and from step down beds, based on the home first principle. The team prevents avoidable delays in patient discharges through coordination and planning in accordance with current government discharge guidelines. You will problem-solve to overcome challenges and work with the ward multidisciplinary teams, step down bed facilities in the community, senior management and external agencies as well as advocating on behalf of your patients.
You will be based both on the wards and non-clinical areas, as well as visiting step down bed facilities and providing home visits as required by the service. You will provide discharge advice and information on local authorities, voluntary agencies, and other help and support available to patients once discharged into the community. You will act as a discharge planning expert on the wards and step down bedded units to ensure that people who do not require acute hospital care or step down beds are discharged to their usual place of residence, rehabilitation units or residential/nursing home placements.
Am I the right person for this role?
You will be an experienced Occupational Therapist with a sound knowledge of discharge planning and discharge processes. You will possess an ability to prioritise both clinical and operational workload. Your experience will support a pro-active approach in a dynamic and continuously changing environment. You will be confident in supporting other staff with discharge processes a variety of settings. You are a team player, with excellent communication skills, who would enjoy the challenges that this role will provide. .
You will be able to manage conflicting priorities, be confident in challenging decisions at all levels and have experience of working in a high paced, high pressure environment. You will supervise more junior staff and will yourself be offered senior support and training to help develop you in your role.
You will be skilled in assessing the need for and provision of equipment/adaptations in line with the eligibility criteria set out by adult social care and provide advice and training to patients and family/careres on correct handling techniques.
If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you and welcome you to our friendly and supportive team.
We are a 7 day service operating from 08:00 to 20:00 including bank holidays. Working pattern flexibility and can be discussed.
As a senior specialist in this field you will supervise and line manage more junior staff, supporting them through teaching and guidance with their more complex caseload management.
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