Rotational Community OT

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

We have created this new community OT rotation between Community Therapies (long term disease management, rehab, complex equipment, posture and positioning, moving and handling etc) and ERS (rapid response admission avoidance and facilitated discharge from hospital, working with patients with an array of medical & social needs).
Both teams benefit from their own dedicated OT and PT Lead, and as such you will receive professional line management and supervision from your B7 OT, alongside regular peer support opportunities. You will manage your own caseload, get involved in service development and provide clinical & operational supervision to junior staff. We will support you with your ongoing CPD including specialist study days, Masters modules in relevant subjects and clinical supervision to name but a few. We are proud of our accomplishments, our strong MDT approach and our constant evolution and development.
We are a 7 day, 8am-9pm service, although our clinicians usually finish by 6pm. Ability to drive is essential for this Community role.
We would happily welcome your visit to meet the team and Team Leads, talk to the other clinicians and non-registered staff in the teams prior to your application and/or interview.
Previous applicants need not apply
To undertake holistic OT assessment, clinical diagnosis and individualised treatment plans for patients on the caseload. These patients may have complex and/or chronic presentations and diagnoses, with varied rehabilitation potential, including palliative patients
Case management, providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care
To provide OT supervision, support and line management to junior staff, and mentorship to students
To work with senior staff to develop a comprehensive service in partnership with Integrated Care Teams and all relevant stakeholders.
To work on a rota basis covering 08:00-20:00, 7 days a week.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
To provide holistic OT assessment, goal setting, individualised treatment programmes, care planning and delivery.
Regular review and discharge of patients.
To manage a varied caseload, seeking support from senior staff where necessary to ensure the provision of a timely, clinically effective service based on evidence based practice.
To provide services to support discharge of patients from acute hospital and to provide an admission avoidance service for patients in crisis within community settings.
To undertake in-reach to acute and community settings.
To be actively involved in, and lead on, projects towards the development & delivery of the service and to contribute to new developments and initiatives.
To provide standardised cognitive assessments and treatment programmes as required.
To provide comprehensive environmental and functional assessments and treatment programmes.
To educate and provide necessary interventions around management of anxiety and fatigue.
To provide comprehensive manual handling care plans in a timely manner to ensure the effective and safe delivery of care plans.
To identify, assess and manage risk.
To triage new referrals, manage handovers and allocate work accordingly.
To contribute to interdisciplinary working by teaching and education of professional skills & techniques as defined by an agreed competency framework, both personally and for other staff and students.
Where appropriate to take responsibility for the application of new skills to rehabilitation programmes.
To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and practice placement students as appropriate.
To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed.
To work closely and jointly at times with Physiotherapy and Nursing colleagues to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient.
To be responsible for the day-to-day management and prioritisation of your caseload and be able to respond to urgent referrals and an unpredictable workload. This could require prolonged concentration in an unpredictable environment.
To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner when imparting bad news regarding rehabilitation potential. To ensure this is communicated sensitively to all parties concerned.
To keep yourself well at work both physically and emotionally, to access peer, clinical and management support when needed and to be aware of own limitations and escalate accordingly.
To report risks and harm to patients using the Trust reporting system

Please refer the Job description for details