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Job overview

Are you passionate about working in the complex area of frailty?

Are you a confident decision maker, who can think on their feet and embrace positive risk taking?

Would you like to work in a ground-breaking, and fully integrated intermediate care team, in a brand new, purpose-built intermediate care hub?

If the answer to the above is yes, then we would like to hear from you!

Due to reorganisation and restructure in the integrated service, we have Band 7 opportunities for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

Working to a home first agenda, the role is to support service delivery across inpatient, emergency department and community settings. 

Our service consists of Health and Social Care colleagues.

Consultants, GPs, Advanced Care Practitioners, Social Workers, Nursing, OT, Physiotherapists, Discharge Team and Multi-Disciplinary Assistants all work together to support patient flow. We operate 7 days, 365 days a year to support some of our most vulnerable, frail patients.

We have just employed our first Apprentice Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapist Apprentice and have also developed a new progression role in the Discharge Team. We are fully committed to career development within the service. 

You will be based across our 4 community bases in addition to our new purpose-built Hub at Harrogate Hospital, working with, colleagues from social care and our Acute Therapy Team.

The interviews will be face to face on Wednesday 14th August.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Harrogate and Rural Alliance (HARA) and Intermediate Care (IC) Hub at Harrogate Hospital.  Previous community experience will be essential for this role. 

We are seeking to expand the HARA / IMC Team in line with the planned further development of the Intermediate Care Hub. The ARCH team cover across acute and community setting. Our staff work alongside our NYC colleagues to provide interdisciplinary care, developing skills such as advanced practice.

We are a fully integrated community team and you will be expected to provide leadership for the HARA practitioners in conjunction with other senior therapists, Clinical Team Leads and Service Managers / AHP Lead in continuously developing aspects of HARA / Community hub.

We are fully committed to service development and governance to enhance the quality of service we provide.

Working to a Home First Agenda, HARA / IMC Hub provides care and support 7 days a week to enhance and facilitate early hospital discharge / admission avoidance.

In conjunction with our NYC colleagues, we are a team consisting of Geriatricians, GPs, Advanced Care Practitioners, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, UCR Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Multi-Disciplinary Assistants and our District Nursing Colleagues.

We have recently recruited our first Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy apprentices, so the successful applicant will have a key role in their professional development.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East. 

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you! 

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. 

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