Specialty Occupational Therapist - (Acute and Emergency Medicine)

Job overview

Dear Prospective Candidate,

This role would be ideal for an individual who is dynamic and enthusiastic with a passion for Acute and Emergency Medicine, and someone who will promote and educate on the importance of early intervention, risk management and safe discharge planning. The Therapy team at the Horton have a key role in managing frailty and the successful candidate will be involved in the assessment, intervention and discharge planning for this cohort of patients.

As part of the multi-disciplinary team, you will screen individuals across Acute and Emergency Medicine, commence holistic assessments using a frailty assessment tool and clinically reason a safe discharge or admittance plan with a focus on early intervention and a Home First pathway.

You will join an already well respected team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants who work within Frailty, General Medicine and Trauma at the Horton. There will be an expectation to support the wider team not only clinically, but also from a learning, teaching and supervisory perspective.

If you are interested in applying for this post and feel you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to contact myself to discuss this role further. We are open to flexible working requests if the hours stated do not meet your needs.

Best wishes,

Hannah Spencer, Horton Therapy Clinical lead

Main duties of the job

Alongside support from other therapists and wider members of the Acute and Emergency Medicine team, the successful candidate will provide high quality, safe and effective Occupational Therapy to patients attending the Emergency Department, Emergency Assessment Unit and Acute General Medical wards. Within these fast-paced area, there will be the expectation to assess the needs of individuals attending the department with a promotion of early intervention, Frailty specific assessments and discharge planning. Alongside this, support for the wider team will be required, depending on service priorities.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team including the undertaking of joint assessments, liaising with families and places of residence and providing follow-up treatment and handover plans to inpatient or community teams.

Support from senior members of the team will be provided and education, training and development will be promoted. Active participation in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects will be encouraged to enable relevant and best practice to be delivered.

The ability to work across days is required.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. 

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