Occupational Therapist Kettering, England
Job description
Job Title: Primary Care Occupational Therapist (OT)
Responsible to: Practice Manager
Accountable to: Partners and Practice Management
Hours of employment: up to 28 hours per week
Salary: Approx. equivalent to AFC Band 7 (not AFC contract)
Job Summary:
This post requires an OT who is highly specialised and can work at an advanced level of practice within the Linden Medical Group, utilising their in-depth knowledge, clinical skills and experience at a senior level, in the management of patient’s occupational therapy conditions.
The post holder will provide intervention for the identified cohort of patients which includes the frail, elderly, care homes, palliative and complex patients from initial clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for. They will work collaboratively with the Practice’s and
PCN’s multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to meet the needs of patients and carers and support the delivery of policy and procedures.
The post holder will lead a team of Care Coordinators providing guidance, line management and support.
Clinical Role:
- Deliver high quality patient care as a primary care occupational therapist using advanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth knowledge base.
- Manage a highly complex and specialist clinical caseload independently, dealing with patients’ needs in a community setting. Where appropriate refer on for care or delegate to other members of the clinical or administrative team.
- Using shared decision making to assess, plan, implement and follow-up biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans to enable patients to live fulfilling and productive lives according to their goals and abilities.
- Working with the Community Nurse Practitioner and Care Coordinators, take responsibility for ensuring all the care plans of the identified cohort of patients are updated and their Long Term Condition care is up to date.
- Attend the practice MDT monthly to discuss patients from the caseload and be part of the AgeWell MDT on a weekly basis.
- Work in partnership with multi-disciplinary team colleagues, physiotherapists and social workers, alongside the patients' families, teachers, carers, and employers in treatment planning to aid rehabilitation and to reduce fragmentation of care
- Working with the Care Coordinators, perform discharge reviews and develop discharge and contingency plans with relevant professionals to arrange on-going care in residential, care home, hospital, and community settings.
- Advise patients, and their families or carers, on specialist equipment and organisations that can help with activities of daily living and support the learning of the Care Coordinators to be able to advise patients similarly.
- Help patients to adapt to and manage their physical and mental health long-term conditions, through the teaching of coping strategies
- Take the lead in standard setting for occupational therapy practice in general practice as designated
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of self-management advice, specialist equipment, environmental adaptation, technology and legislative responsibilities which may support increased function and/or management (for onward referral / request to secondary care)
- Ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve practice and PCN and objectives.
Leadership, Training and Mentoring Role:
- To act as a clinical leader in the delivery of care Coordination and Frailty services across practice sites
- Actively maintain, monitor and audit the standard of care provided, with reference to clinical governance, risk management, documentation and client records
- Implement agreed research based recommendations to improve care
- Be involved in the teaching of staff members, students and members of the multi- disciplinary team and others as appropriate
- Set up, maintain and organise agreed training and development programmes in line with the Practice policies
- To actively take part in the recruitment and selection to all posts that fall within the remit of the Care Coordination team
- To assist the management when needed, in recommendations to the Practice Manager on remunerations
- To lead on the annual appraisals of the Care Coordination team, collating training needs highlighted during the appraisal process
- To work with management on any identified performance issues of individuals within the Care Coordination team
- Ensure that there is effective communication between the Care Coordination team and other teams of the practice using the systems in place, to allow staff to keep abreast of patient care and practice or PCN developments
- To liaise with line managers on operational issues that involve the Care Coordination team
Personal Development and Professional Responsibilities:
- To provide a high standard of professional conduct and clinical care at all times in accordance to the HCPC Code of Conduct
- Ensure all records are accurate, complete and permanent in line with practice policy
- Be accountable for all decisions made and care provided to patients
- Be aware of personal limitations in knowledge and practice and seek appropriate advice from medical colleagues
- Monitor effectiveness of own clinical practice through audit and peer review
- Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up- to-date evidence based knowledge and competence in aspects of the role is maintained
- Work collaboratively with all colleagues within and outside of the practice
- To take responsibility for own developmental learning and performance. To identify with the support of management appropriate areas of personal development. To formulate a personal development plan to meet the criteria of the HCPC
- To undertake training as required including mandatory and statutory training, core skills training and on-going developmental training. Assess own preferred learning methods and to adapt learning as required
- All staff have a responsibility to participate in the practice’s appraisal scheme
- To actively participate in on-going one to one meetings with management to review development and performance
- To attend and participate in clinical, educational and developmental meetings. To strive to maintain quality within the practice
- To alert management and other team members to issues of quality and risk
- To assess own performance and take accountability for own actions
- To contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teams performance and making suggestions to improve and enhance activities
- To work effectively with individuals in external agencies to meet patient needs
- Ensure personal up to date validation
- To effectively prioritise, organise and manage own time, workload and resources
Supervision:
The postholder will have access to appropriate clinical supervision within the practice to provide general advice and support on a day to day basis.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
BSc in Occupational Therapy under a training programme approved by the college of OTs
Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice
Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development and education to maintain up to date knowledge
Desirable
Independent prescriber
Pre-reg MSc in Occupational Therapy under a training programme
approved by the College of OTs
Experience
Essential
Experience of assessment and treatment delivery in long term conditions and active management
Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
Experience of managing complex and changing conditions in patients
Experience of implementing change management
Experience of managing and developing a team
Experience of developing services
Desirable
Experience in a community or primary care setting
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
Ability to be an effective leader
Effective time management skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to analyse and understand information arising from patient assessments
Advanced assessment skills
Well-developed IT skills including use of clinical software and
Microsoft packages
Awareness of the content and application in practice of the HCPC
Code of Conduct
Display understanding of the role of OT in primary care
Ability to assess and manage patients risk effectively and safely
Management of patients with complex needs
Ability to remain calm and professional in an emergency situation
Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Ability to maintain accurate and contemporaneous computerised or written records
Understanding of safeguarding principles
Understanding of evidence based practice
Recognises and understands the important of chronic disease management and rehabilitation in the community
Understanding of clinical governance
Understanding of evidence based practice
Ability to work within a confidentiality policy
Undertaken clinical audit
Understanding of local & national health policy
Understanding and an ability to work within an equal opportunities policy
Desirable
Ability to make differential diagnosis and prescribe drug treatment and care
Knowledge of public health issues in the area
Knowledge of primary care clinical IT systems
Motivation and personal characteristics
Essential
Strong and inspirational leadership
Maintaining good medical practice and further developing competence and performance.
To keep up to date and adhere to current legislation and codes of practice related to your practice
Committed to own personal and professional development
Commitment to working in the NHS and improving the care given to patients and the health outcomes for deprived or traditionally hard to reach members of the local community.
Enthusiasm and common-sense
Self-motivated
Self-directed practitioner with an ability to organise and prioritise workload
Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs
Commitment to provide effective and high quality service
Ability to work in a multi-professional team and across boundaries and develop good working relationships with team members
Values and respects the different cultures and beliefs of patients and colleagues
Desirable
High degree of personal credibility, emotional intelligence, patience and flexibility
Physical requirements
Essential
Able to travel as required to patients’ homes
Personal physical contact with patients
Safe handling of patients and equipment
Exposure to unpleasant conditions e.g. patient bodily fluids
Ability to work within a busy environment
Able to work flexible hours
Personal Qualities
Essential
Professional and positive
Leading by example
Adhering to LMG core values
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 28 per week
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- KETTERING: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 28/02/2023
