ITOC Band 6 Occupational Therapist

The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners. We also work in alignment with social services and other Locala community services.

Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit, and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the person's needs. Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible. We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.

The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required

The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:

Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care preventing hospital acquired infections and 'deconditioning' (the loss of strength and independence)

Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital giving a more accurate indication of their strengths and needs

Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans, and if necessary short-term care and support, to help people gain and re-gain independence, preventing or reducing need for longer term care.

For full details about the duties and responsibilities of these roles, please follow the link to the Locala careers site, job search page and the Job Description and Person Specification is available to view within the vacancy.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high-quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

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