Occupational Therapist

Nottingham CityCare Partnerships Integrated Care Homes Service (ICHS) aims to improve the experience of care home residents and staff by delivering high-quality, integrated, multidisciplinary NHS care. The service comprises of dementia outreach clinicians, physical therapy, and general nurses.

As an OT you will undertake specialist assessments of care home residents with physical therapy needs as well as those living with dementia; developing and implementing treatment plans. And using clinical knowledge to enhance physical and social environments, supporting individuals to engage in activities of daily living.

Applicants must demonstrate experience supporting people ideally within community settings, and experience of working with people living with dementia.

You will collaborate with team members and specialist services, benefiting from regular therapy and dementia-focused meetings, alongside peer support and supervision to aid ongoing professional development.

The Dementia Outreach and Therapy teams play a key role in enhancing residents wellbeing through person-centred rehabilitation and interdisciplinary expertise. This supportive environment offers valuable opportunities to gain experience with complex cases and contribute to improving quality of life for vulnerable adults.

To learn more about this valued OT role, we encourage you to arrange a shadowing day to see the service in action and the positive impact on patients lives., This OT role is part of the Dementia Outreach (DOT) element of the Integrated Care Home Service. This element comprises of RMNs, AHPs with an interest in dementia and Assistant Practitioners. The DOT therapists work alongside the physical therapy clinicians within the service as an integrated therapy team, supported by a therapy lead.

The DOT OT is required to possess a high level of clinical knowledge and experience in dementia care. And are responsible for the holistic assessment of patients, prescribing individual programmes of therapy for the patient and will hold a clinical caseload.

They will provide supervision to Assistant Practitioners within the team, and act as a resource to other members of the service.

As an Integrated Service there is an emphasis on collaborative working across all the elements and with therapists from other services who in reach into care homes. Wider therapy meetings, led by the clinical lead, with therapists from other CityCare services take place enabling a sharing of knowledge and the development of new and innovative ways of working.

The service provides support to care home staff, enabling them to deliver optimal care to their residents. This includes delivering training and education sessions to staff within the care home setting to upskill and empower them to deliver optimal care to their residents. As well as developing joint handovers within care homes to enable proactive care and prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.