The Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team (REACT) are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join their leadership team!
REACT’s interdisciplinary way of working within Emergency Medicine’s Assessment Areas and Short Stay wards aims to avoid hospital admissions, whilst providing high standards of care and discharge planning.
The team are passionate about safely discharging patients back into the community and we achieve this through comprehensive holistic therapy assessments and working alongside external community partners.
In addition to working clinically across our footprint, the successful candidate will play a key role in driving forward change whilst offering leadership and operational support to our REACT service and wider Emergency Medicine and Allied Health Professional Groups.
This will support many opportunities to develop skills in leadership, service improvement and change management, as well as opportunities to gain knowledge in patient flow, operational processes to support this and integrated care systems.
Applicants should be dynamic, innovative, have experience of working within Admission Avoidance &/or Community pathways and be ready to work within a fast-paced environment, for which a high level of problem solving and clinical reasoning will be required.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Emma Gregory (REACT Manager) on emma.gregory@uhcw.nhs.uk.
To manage a caseload of patients with a varied range of conditions +/- complex needs using evidence-based practice with client centred principles in order to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
To effectively identify and utilise appropriate discharge pathways and services in order to promote a ‘home first’ approach and support patient flow
To provide specialist advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT across the Emergency Medicine footprint regarding the management of patients presenting to Urgent and Emergency Care services
To support the operational delivery of the REACT service and workforce management
To support the learning and development of junior staff and students
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the REACT service, including holding responsibility for defined projects
To participate within a 7 day working model, including extended hours
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation’s core values.
Be professionally and legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work
Carry a clinical caseload consisting of patients with a varied range of conditions, complexities and health & social needs.
Complete holistic and comprehensive assessments in order to determine appropriate treatment plans & discharge pathways, ensuring that decisions are patient centred
Work collaboratively with patients, their relatives/carers and external health/social/voluntary services in order to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and minimise length of stay
Work as an autonomous member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care and discharge plans
Carry out therapeutic intervention using a broad range of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique with the view to improve function and reduce deconditioning
Evaluate therapeutic/discharge plans and modify as required in response to changing patient need
Identify and prescribe appropriate equipment essential to support a timely and safe discharge, including appropriate risk assessment as required
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