Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22 hours per week (Week days. Over 3 days to include Thursday and Friday if possible)
- Job ref
- 201-24-338-B
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Helston Community Hospital
- Town
- Helston
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Community Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
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- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and preferably experienced Occupational Therapist to join the South Kerrier Integrated Community Team at Helston Community Hospital.
This post will be part of South Kerrier Community Rehabilitation Team. You will be working alongside another experienced Occupational Therapist and two experienced part time Physiotherapists as well as a band 3 and 4 Occupational and Physio Therapy support workers.
This will involve working in the South Kerrier geographical area, visiting patients in their own homes including care homes and working on promoting independence and achieving their personalised goals.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a colleague who has experience of working in an community and/or inpatient rehabilitation setting and wishes to develop or showcase their assessment, care planning and rehabilitation skills whilst being part of a dynamic, progressive multidisciplinary team. This is a very supportive environment, and would be an ideal post for progression from a Band 5 position, or for an experienced Band 6 to gain skills working in a different team.
You will be responsible for the assessment, treatment and discharge planning of patients within your care. You will need to interpret information relevant to the patient’s condition/progress, identify problems and patient needs, setting realistic goals.
You will need to have excellent organisational skills combined with experience of working in older person’s services. You will need a UK driving licence and the ability to travel to different locations within South Kerrier and occasionally within the wider West area.
We are a supportive team of multi-disciplinary staff with opportunities for regular Band 6 Occupational Therapist peer supervision meetings and regular individual supervision. We offer a friendly , supportive working environment where you can develop your clinical and interpersonal skills. CPD is actively encouraged and supported through regular supervision/appraisal and staff training.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist skills in assessing and treating a wide variety of patients
- Advanced knowledge of discharge options and agencies and the reablement approach
- Ability to deliver specialist cognitive assessment and therapy to complex patients
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Ability to work in highly stressful situation including the ability to manage distressing and highly emotive situations successfully
Desirable criteria
- Specialist skills and experience in postural management and specialist seating
- Skills and experience in the organisation and facilitation of Groups
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently where required
Desirable criteria
- Use of own car
Essential
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification and HCPC registered
- Evidence of professional knowledge
- Experience of managing complex clinical situations
- Understanding of an MDT and Integrated Team
Desirable criteria
- Masters Modules
- Member of RCOT
- Experience of managing a team or leadership
- Experience of working within an inpatient team and community rehab team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Mitchell
- Job title
- Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01326 435920
- Additional information
Please leave a message if I am not available and I will return the call as soon as possible. Alternative contact number: 07557859972
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
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