Occupational Therapist

Job summary

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within the Harlow Integrated Community Care Team (ICCT), you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of proactive, neighbourhood-based care that enables people to remain independent and well within their own homes and communities. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for individuals with complex physical health needs, focusing on preventing hospital admissions, facilitating timely discharge, and reducing health inequalities. You will work closely with local Primary Care Networks, community services, social care, voluntary sector partners, and neighbourhood teams to deliver coordinated, person-centred care plans that promote independence, wellbeing, and self-management. The role supports the wider neighbourhood agenda by fostering integrated working, early intervention, and population health approaches to ensure residents receive the right care, in the right

Main duties of the job

See job description for details in relation to main duties and personal specification for role requitements

About us

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities

• To deliver high quality, skilled clinical care to patients and provide rehabilitation and long term care/conditions management in a variety of community settings.
• To manage a caseload of patients with complex health & social care needs, using evidence based, client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement & evaluate interventions.
• To utilise specialist skills and knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessments of patients.
• To analyse information gained form assessment to formulate an accurate intervention.
• To collaboratively discuss and agree SMART goals and outcomes for treatment with patients. This at times may involve negotiation and motivation skills and the need to work sensitively with patients.
• To ensure patients understands and consent to treatment plans. If the patient does not have the capacity to give consent, to be able to work within the legal framework as appropriate.
• To develop collaborative treatment programmes with patients, carers and colleagues, demonstrating client centred practice and specialist problem solving techniques. The selection of techniques will be based on both theoretical, practical knowledge and evaluative past experiences.
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess and review treatment programmes as required through the monitoring of medical and rehabilitation needs and adjusting if needed. This will involve determining the potential for rehabilitation and future care and support needs
• Plan and prioritise own workload and delegate tasks where appropriate to ensure effective use of time.
• Facilitate the safe transfer of patients using approved moving and handling techniques and equipment.
• To assess and clinically justify the provision of equipment to patients. To be responsible for ensuring equipment provided is safe to use and advise the multi-professional team/family where appropriate.
• Identify and undertake risk assessments of patients and environments during each intervention.
• To liaise with GPs, other professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver patient centred care to a high standard.
• To be able to hand over patients to non-qualified staff, providing a clear treatment plan and review progress of this at appropriate and regular intervals.
• To be able to manage discharges of patients in a timely manner in agreement with patient, carers and families. To complete clear discharge summaries explaining interventions, outcomes of therapy and appropriate next steps.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational therapy
• Relevant training appropriate to role

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of experience across a sample of clinical areas
• Evidence of wide range of clinical and non clinical experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of NHS polices and Neighbourhood and proactive care, preventing admissions and enabling people to remain independent at home.
• Experience of rehabilitation and functional assessment
• Experience of working with adults with physical health needs

other

Essential

• UK licence
• access to vehicle for work