Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Community Falls Team

Job Summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist looking to develop your knowledge and skills working in the community?

We are a friendly, versatile and supportive community multi disciplinary team based within Solihull Hospital. Our patients all have a Solihull GP, and all have a risk or history of falls, often alongside complex vulnerabilities and health and social issues. You will hold an interesting caseload of patients, working with them and their carers and relatives to reduce their risk of falls, ultimately to ensure their goals are met and they remain living safely in the community with reduced risk in the future.

Your role will include carrying out face to face holistic, multifactorial falls assessments within patients homes and care homes, before linking with the team, other community colleagues and the wider BSOL network to work together to reduce the future risk of falls for each patient. Our remit is large and we signpost and involve many different agencies to ensure that we address all identified risks as far as we can.

You will also be involved in triaging referrals, conducting telephone assessments, supporting students and junior staff, providing and attending in service training, and assisting with audit, research and leadership.

We are looking to increase our team of Therapists within the Falls Team and have a part time (33 hours a week) vacancy for a Band 6 OT or PT to join us! Please contact Helen Thomas for more information on 0121 424 5177

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

To provide a high standard of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy within the Specialist Community Falls Team across the borough of Solihull.

To undertake holistic multi-disciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their own homes with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.

To take on a triage and co-ordinating role within the team.

To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation.

To contribute to the development of the Falls service including involvement in ongoing projects.

To take an active role in supporting students and new starters of all levels and disciplines

To be involved in new and developing initiatives within the team and wider Community Therapies within UHB

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC/RCOT Registered OT
• Evidence of experience working within the frail or elderly patient cohort
• Evidence of post registration CPD/ post registration qualification in an appropriate area relevant to banding
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of falls specialist experience
• Evidence of leadership training/experience
• Health assessment qualification
• Evidence of experience supporting students
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates relevant and recent clinical experience enabling the post holder to assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting within a complex health care setting.
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of comprehensive clinical assessment of patients
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues/ procedures
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Experienced in supporting the development and delivering education / training of junior staff / others
• Experience of clinical audit / monitoring of standards / practice / benchmarking
• Sound understanding of evidence based practice and its application
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of professional priorities and issues relating to NHS care provision
• Specific experience in Falls prevention
  
  

Additional Criteria

Essential

• An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues
• Ability to work autonomously , manage / prioritise own workload across competing priorities
• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical judgment and decision making , supported by theoretical knowledge
• Ability to deliver evidence based care that is responsive to the needs of patients and carers
• Ability to work in partnership with patient / carers and other health and social care professionals
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues, patients, the public and others
• Ability to work under pressure , manage and prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Be IT literate to a good standard and willingness to develop IT skills for audit and data collection and to find and appraise evidence
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis
• An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments
• An ability to concentrate and produce comprehensive documentation following an initial assessment
• An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
• Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include weekend working
• To possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
• Able to manage a combination of mobile working and working from base location
• To work within core service hours (8am -- 4pm) managing clinical caseload and own time effectively.
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Helen Thomas

helen.thomas3@uhb.nhs.uk

01214245177

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-9018299-1

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Attachments

Job Description

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