Occupational Therapist

ICRAS (Integrated Reablement and Assessment Service) is a supportive multidisciplinary service providing a rapid responsive approach to support admission avoidance and early hospital discharges and reablement. We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary teams in North Sefton. If you are motivated, with a passion to work within urgent care therapy to develop your clinical knowledge and experience within community care division we are looking for you and would love you to join our supportive team.

ICRAS Therapy teams work to support patients in their own homes, we provide a urgent care response service to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge and provide short term rehabilitation, and reablement services through delivery in our hub beds and within patients own homes. Access to a vehicle is required for this role - being able to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential.

The role will involve regular travel across health care organisation sites in the Liverpool/South Sefton catchment area. Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Reasonable adjustments will be made for applicants who are unable to meet the criteria due to a disability. The access to work scheme may be able to support applicants.Main duties of the job To undertake a comprehensive holistic Occupational Therapy assessment, devise treatment plans individualised to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge.

To gain consent through engaging patients / clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice and as part of their recovery. To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals within ward setting. To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To monitor and offer professional advice to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices. To liaise with family members, carers and other professionals as necessary when completing the assessment and carrying interventions., The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patients co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group.

The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of therapy services within a designated area/team. The post holder takes a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment.

To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Registrant Body guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own practise against these. To demonstrate as appropriate skills for assessment and treatment of patients e.g., dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory and other senses, Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change and fully Apply Professional skills to enable MDT working partnerships and liaise with external agencies Up to date knowledge and application of current best practice in relevant area of practice Application of therapeutic Outcome measures and Models of practice Application of the process of standard setting, audit, evaluation and review A sound knowledge of the core Occupational Therapy skills and their application in this field Be able to communicate effectively with service users within the specific client group Demonstrates