Senior Occupational Therapist

Are you a dynamic, experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for providing excellent care to residents in care homes and enhanced assessment beds? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced band 5 or established band 6 Occupational Therapist to strengthen the Care Homes Team at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. We cover Sandwell care homes, Harvest View and other Enhanced Assessment Beds across the borough.

As part of your role, you will ensure best quality therapy for residents in both care homes and enhanced assessment beds, delivering effective treatment and rehabilitation. You will support the Team Lead Occupational Therapist's in establishing and developing pathways and services provided to those in enhanced assessment beds and care homes. This will support delivery of specialist assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning. You will work as part of an established multidisciplinary including Physiotherapist's, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Support Worker's, ACP's, Nurses, and Speech and Language Therapist's to meet the complex needs of our patients. The care homes team provides a 7 day therapy service to our patients.

As a Trust, we will support your training and development objectives and encourage networking with peers across the region. You will play a key role in supporting Physiotherapy education and clinical competency within the Care Homes Therapy Team.

Main duties of the job

To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients within enhanced assessment beds and in care homes, including those with diverseorcomplex presentations;usingadvanced clinicalreasoning skills.

To formulate and deliver patient specific Occupational therapy programmes based on patients goals and needs. This will include groupwork sessions including breakfast groups and exercises classes etc.

To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatmentprogrammes if required and to set patient centered goals.

To support the discharge process working as part of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate discharges from Harvest View and EAB beds. This will include completing post discharge assessments in the individual's own home.

To attend MDT meetings and feedback on patient plans and progress.

To provide effective daily guidance and supervision for junior staff including Support Workers.

To be a clinical educator and support students undertaking placements within the team.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.