Job summaryHome First Clinical Assessors Band 5 (Occupational Therapist)The Community Independence Service (CIS) Urgent Community Response and Home First are developing services in Intermediate Care. There is an exciting opportunity to join our Home First Pathway as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist. The service aspires in supporting development of team members to strengthen the quality of our Home First Pathway and the services we provide. We aim to provide the best care to all our patients in their homes avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharge from hospital to home utilizing team members from a variety of clinical background.We are looking for therapists with a passion for the highest standards of patient care and excellent team work. This role would be suitable for someone who enjoys working creatively beyond the traditional boundaries of normal practice and who has a real drive to make sure their patients get the best treatment possible.Main duties of the jobThis is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 looking to develop further and diversify their scope of practice to support a small but expanding service working alongside the wider Community Independence Service Teams (CIS). We offer significant development opportunities and the chance to work in a supportive, friendly and exciting team.The successful applicant will be well supported by the Pathway Lead (Occupational Therapist), band 7 OT/PT, band 6 OT/PT and the multidisciplinary team, physiotherapists, HCA's, nurses, paramedics and health technicians. Your role as a Home first assessor in CIS will be to work in an integrated way and provide a high quality, client-led and goal focused treatment. You will be working across Home First and Urgent Community Response caseloads.Continuing professional development is actively supported via clinical supervision, Personal Development Reviews and in-house training. Professional development is supported by involvement in service improvement and quality improvement projects. There may be an opportunity to rotate with Rehab team within Westminster CIS.The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.About usIn return for your skills and dedication to the team and our patients we endeavour to provide:A supportive environment to learn and develop your new skills.Opportunities to work with Consultant Geriatricians to advance your clinical management skills of patients in their own home.Regular training above and beyond statutory and mandatory training.An emphasis on a good work life balance including meal breaks to enable staff to perform at their best.A management team that listens to and acts on your concerns.Experience helping to manage the team.Invitations to attend the monthly CIS Occupational Therapy forums with other colleagues from across the three boroughs.A full NHS benefits package plus a lease car option.Agenda for change pay scale band 5 + inner London weighting.For this post, the following are essential:Excellent communication skillsStrong clinical knowledge and assessment skillsCurrent HCPC registrationJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo identify/case find and pull potential CIS patients in partnership with acute colleagues ensuring that as soon as patients are medically stable they are transferred to the appropriate community service.To independently undertake assessments of health and social care needs of patients in order to plan community services required.To support and enable the process of safe discharge from secondary to Community Services and assist in bridging the gap from hospital to home.To proactively promote a seamless and multidisciplinary approach to health and social care provision.To proactively develop close working relationships with primary, secondary, voluntary and social care colleagues which promotes and supports effectively, utilising resources, ensuring patients receive the right service at the right time and in the right environment.To ensure that the patients individual needs, cultural beliefs, dignity and privacy are maintained at all times.To work in partnership with secondary care on the further development of CIS Liaison to be responsive to patient and service needs.To work in partnership with GPs in order to plan and provide the best care for their patients in the community.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialOccupational Therapist with current registration with relevant professional bodyEvidence of continuing professional education and training at degree levelDesirableMembership and/or involvement in special interest groupPost -registration qualificationExperienceEssentialExperience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary teamExperience of working with people with complex needsExperience of urgent therapy assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet theseneedsExperience of working in collaboration with and across organisational boundariesExperience of dealing with difficult or unexpected situationsExperience in presenting and service promotionA problem-solving approachDesirableExperience of service improvementEvidence of recent post-registration experience in community therapy, urgent community response, and/or discharge planningExperience of teaching others and mentoring studentsKnowledge.EssentialoKnowledge and application of principles of care for long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standardsoAble to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of othersoAble to deal with conflict and manage appropriatelyoAbility to work under pressure and meet deadlinesoAbility to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing and to make onward referrals to otheragenciesoKnowledge of common clinical presentations in the primary care setting and application of successful treatment plans and outcomesoKnowledge and application of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare servicesoKnowledge and application of clinical supervisionoCompetent computer skillsDesirableoAble to work outside own professional boundaries for basic competencies across nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in a 'first responder' model of servicedeliveryoKnowledge and application of change managementOtherEssentialoAble to work in a mobile and agile way using a laptop and smartphoneAble to drive a car or willing to use public transportDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameCentral and North West London NHS Foundation TrustAddress7F Hathaway HouseWoodfield RoadLondonW9 2BAEmployer's websitehttps://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)