With the development of our therapy services, we are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated people with experience in Occupational Therapy and/or Physiotherapy to join our dynamic community rehabilitation teams at Petersfield & Bordon.
You will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality care and rehabilitation. You will use your skills and experience to support the provision of individualised rehabilitation programmes to patients with a range of functional and rehabilitative needs.
The post holder will assume responsibility for delegated aspects of healthcare delivery, working within a scope of practice under the direction/supervision of a registered practitioner., Work under indirect supervision from the Therapy Team Leader, Senior Therapists, and Therapists being responsible for own workload and prioritising effectively.
Assess, plan and implement Therapy to a designated caseload and adapt intervention to meet client needs:
To ensure patients and carers are an integral part of their treatment planning and goal setting.
To be responsible for assessment, prescription and fitting of equipment, whilst demonstrating an awareness of local cost implications.
To ensure that up to date written and electronic records, reports and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
To provide intervention in a variety of environments, e.g. client's home, hospital / healthcare settings, schools, work environment to meet client needs.
To take part in procedures to ensure smooth running of the team such as patient registration, liaison reporting and recording data etc.
To adhere to national and local manual handling guidelines.
To support the work of the registered practitioners in the team. To prepare patients for and assist with clinical / therapeutic activities or treatments.
To ensure that delegated tasks and activity has been handed over clearly and are within a person's level of skill and competency.
You will have a clear understanding of patients with long term conditions and should be able to demonstrate a level clinical assessment and reasoning. Previous case holding experience and group work is desirable.
You will need to be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills. You will need to be confident and assertive with excellent personal skills and have the ability to demonstrate these in a pressurised environment. The successful applicant will need to have proficient IT skills.
Access to a vehicle and possession of a full driving license is essential.
There are CPD opportunities that support development of clinical skills as well as structured supervision, peer support groups and appraisals.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
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