Advanced Clinical Specialist Community Occupational Therapist - Band 7

Job overview

East Cheshire NHS Trust has a very exciting opportunity available for a suitably qualified and experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist to become part of our established therapy team within the community. We welcome applications from Occupational Therapists with a keen interest in working within an integrated community team, with proven clinical expert experience in bed based rehabilitation and general community rehabilitation. The successful applicant will need to show a driven, positive, self motivated approach to work with the team to  further develop and enhance the service provision for community and bed based patients.

This post is based at Knutsford Community District Hospital.

You will be required to be flexible at times and work across sites in East Cheshire to assist colleagues from other teams. It is therefore necessary to travel efficiently between sites and to rural areas.

Band 6 applicants with relevant experience are welcomed.

Hours per week: 22.5

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical expertise, making decisions about the best course of action for patients' care (both in bed-based rehabilitation and within the community setting).  This will involve assessing patients and providing personalised rehabilitation plans, whilst working alongside multiple agencies, to determine the best management plan for patients.
• To provide leadership and clinical supervision to junior staff members
• To challenge multi-disciplinary team discharge decisions to ensure all patients in cluster beds meet the Criteria to Reside
• Deliver programmes of supported patient rehabilitation, in ways that facilitate behavioural change, optimise individuals' physical activity, mobility, fulfilment of personal goals and independence, and that ensure patients can be maintained safely within their own homes, if possible.
• To maintain and develop links with the wider multi-disciplinary team to support and improve community rehabilitation pathways across East Cheshire

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.