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About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values

Our Vision

"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".

Our Purpose

"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".

Our Values

We Care
We Learn
We Empower

Our strategic objectives

We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

Mental Health Services
Community Health Services
Learning Disabilities Services
Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

We have exciting opportunities for experienced Occupational Therapist to join our established and varied Intermediate Care Services in South East Essex. Community services are changing and developing at a rapid rate with the development of Frailty virtual wards and Community Stroke Services.

Our Intermediate Care Physiotherapists, work as part of Multidisciplinary Teams, along-side Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation assistants, Nurses, Psychologists and Associate Practitioners. Therapists have an opportunity to make a real difference to patient's functional abilities in their own home or community settings.

There are opportunities to develop and specialise your clinical skills in orthopaedics, neuro/stroke rehabilitation, falls prevention and frailty patients, as well as developing leadership and managerial skills supporting the development of new and exciting services.

Intermediate care cover the following areas:

Inpatient Stroke rehabilitation
Frailty/complex neurology/orthopaedic rehabilitation beds
Early support stroke rehabilitation
Frailty virtual ward/admission avoidance
Re- ablement and unstable fracture management
Recovery to home - residential home assessment beds

Full or part time hours will be considered.

Due to nature of post a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for provision of Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation in conjunction with junior OTs within the service.

The Intermediate Care services provide multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in patient's own home or our bed based rehabilitation unit - (Cumberlege Intermediate Care Centre). The multidisciplinary team includes Rehabilitation Assistants, Associate practitioners, OT's, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapist and Nursing colleagues.
Therapy is patient goal led, with the focus on rehabilitation over approx. 3-6 weeks depending on the clinical area, post discharge from acute hospital.
We can offer excellent CPD opportunities with peer support groups, in-service training and professional supervision. There is the option for either static or rotational posts across intermediate care services

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

Season Ticket Loans
NHS discounts for staff
Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL

Delivering a compassionate, dignified and respectful service to patients at all times.

Ensuring that the values outlined in the NHS Constitution are adhered to daily and any matters of concern are raised with the relevant Line Manager or through the necessary processes within the Trust.

The responsibilities and duties of the post can be divided into the following three areas:

Clinical

To be responsible for the planning and delivery of occupational therapy within a defined area of our Intermediate Care Service, prioritising clinical needs to provide an effective service.

To work with a caseload of patients with varying difficulties including complex health and social care needs.

To independently carry out rehabilitation programmes aimed at improving or maintaining independence.

To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness.

To assess and order equipment as identified by patient need.

To ensure all equipment provision is fit for purpose and patient/team members are aware of the instructions for safe use.

To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide advice to users/carers as appropriate.

To arrange/attend case conferences as appropriate to patient need.

To respond effectively to changing needs of the patient caseload, managing the sometimes conflicting prioritises of prevention of admission and discharge.

To make appropriate onward referrals to ensure identified patient needs continue to be met after discharge from Intermediate Care Services.

Managerial

To liaise with the other therapists in Intermediate Care to ensure effective service provision.

To ensure effective organisation of own caseload on a day-to-day basis.

To allocate work to junior therapists, therapy assistant or care staff as necessary.

To attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings to ensure effective team communication and treatment of patients.

To assist in the prioritisation and acceptance of referrals to the team in a timely way.

Ensure the economic and efficient use of all resources.

To develop and maintain effective professional communication structures within the team.

Ensure all junior staff are managed in accordance with good personnel practice with particular attention to induction, appraisal and supervision.

To establish communication networks with other team members, patients, carers and other health, and social care agencies.

To undertake joint visits with other professional outside of intermediate care services as required.

To support /lead the discharge planning process for patients on the case-load.

To ensure written and electronic records and activity data are maintained, in accordance with Professional and Organisational Standards.

To work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team to support the planning and achievement of local service objectives.

To support the management team and contribute to the delivery of the Trust's Development plan for Intermediate care

To be involved in the identification of service developments needs and supporting the Service Manager in changes these into service provision as necessary.

Professional Leadership / Advice

To apply specialist skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 Occupational therapist

Provide advice and support staff on clinical rehabilitation issues.

To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.

Advice, guide and support staff on clinical rehabilitation issues.

To adhere to the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

To facilitate compliance of other therapy staff with local and national Standards of Practice.

To exercise good practice with time management, punctuality and reliable attendance.

Demonstrate ability to review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal in line with local guidelines.

To be involved in the supervision framework for therapy assistant staff and contribute to the organisation of the appraisal process.

To demonstrate and pass on specialist skills to other team members appropriate to their grade.

To identify training needs of junior staff and participate in the development and delivery of the Directorate training plans.

To contribute to the induction and training of students and other staff.

To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.

To contribute to the development of clinical governance and quality agenda for the service, and lead on implementation as appropriate.

To apply and advise when appropriate on guidelines/legislation relating to occupational therapy provision within Intermediate Care.

To be responsible for standards of service delivery using the organisations standards and guidelines.

To support research activity within the team as required.

To engage actively in practice development, audit and research activities relevant to occupational therapy and/or the service area, to promote evidence based practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

HCPC registration
Current OT qualification

Desirable criteria

Placement educators qualification
Further relevant course to clinical area

Experience

Essential criteria

Varied NHS experience as qualified OT Experience of working in a range of NHS settings
Experience of working in a range of clinical areas e.g. orthopaedics, neuro, medical
Excellent verbal, written communication skills and interpersonal skills
IT literate, with use of a range of packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Good oral Communication skills based on fluency in English language

Desirable criteria

Experience working in a community setting as a Occupational therapist
Experience of using systm1
Experience of supervising staff and students
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of various medical conditions
Ability to demonstrate efficient and effective time management organisation, planning and problem solving skills
Enthusiastic and able to work without direction
Holds valid UK driving licence
Access to car to use for work purposes

Desirable criteria

Ability to demonstrate good problem solving skills

!Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Band 6 OT Job Description (PDF, 720.5KB)
Band 6 OT Person Spec (PDF, 296.6KB)
Why Join The NHS Pension Scheme (PDF, 91.3KB)
EPUT Pledge - Step into Health (PDF, 211.0KB)
Candidate Privacy Policy (PDF, 173.9KB)
Right to Work Information (PDF, 293.6KB)
Employer Recognition Scheme - Gold Award (PDF, 27.7KB)
Trust Vision and Values (PDF, 168.9KB)
Values of the NHS Pension (PDF, 151.3KB)
EPUT Staff Benefits (PDF, 89.3KB)

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