Senior Occupational Therapist 

Undertake Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis (where appropriate), development, and delivery of individualised treatment programmes.

To support the case management process by 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 ensure that up to date written and electronic records, reports and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.

To provide intervention in a variety of environments, e.g. clients home, hospital / healthcare settings, schools, work environment to meet client needs.

To provide clinical Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy skills within the Community Therapy Team / Community Hospital Team(s), and all other provider organisations.

To ensure that delegated tasks and activity has been handed over clearly and are within a person's level of skill and competency.

To be skilled in assessing and treating a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition, diagnosis and prognosis.

To provide specialist intervention tailored to meet the uniqueness of the individual.

i.e. complex manual handling and 24-hour posture management.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Allied Health Professional, educated to Degree level or Diploma equivalent.; - HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist is essential.

Desirable: - Practice educator

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of practice within community settings.; - Multi-disciplinary working

Additional Criteria