Specialist Band 6 Occupational therapist, Discharge to Assess, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) - Wandsworth. Fulltime Are you a Band 6 occupational therapist or experienced Band 5 looking for an exciting, new challenge and a chance to take on greater responsibilities? We are looking for a highly specialist, dynamic and motivated Occupational therapist with excellent clinical skills and a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic community-based care. The person will join our group of AHP staff in a permanent role and supporting an MDT community therapy service. Discharge to assess (D2A) is a 7 day a week community assessment and rehabilitation team in Wandsworth. It provides therapy services to specific types of patients upon discharge from hospital. These patients are often more urgent and/or complex upon discharge to the community. The team supports the discharge to ensure readmission is avoided. This involves risk management, disability management and rehabilitation. The team sees a wide variety of conditions/pathologies and provides therapy in a holistic way using a wide variety of knowledge and skills. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and rehabilitation assistants in a multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to work as an integral part of a D2A team. As part of the wider Occupational Therapy team, you will deliver high quality, evidence based occupational therapy intervention. The role will provide leadership in the development and ongoing quality assurance of the service, undertaking evaluation, audit and contributing to research. You will be key in being part of service development and support the team to strive for clinical excellence. Key roles of the post: • Experience of working within a community team • Work as a highly skilled senior practitioner with expert knowledge and work alongside clinical lead to develop the service • Providing highly specialist occupational therapy care to a community based caseload. • Carrying out robust triage of patients referred to the team to ensure their safety and optimal pathway allocation • Ability to provide leadership within the occupational therapy and wider team. • Experience of line management and supervising others. Supporting and deputising for the Clinical Lead and Operational manager of the service • Opportunities to take the lead on service improvement opportunities, develop your managerial skills and suggest and lead on audit and research projects. • Highly motivated, passionate and enthusiastic team player with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care and evidence based interventions. Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours! We can offer you: • A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role • Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply • Flexible working options • Annual travel card loan • Training, support and development in your career To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits • To undertake specialist occupational therapy and holistic assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, interpret results appropriately, use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice, in relation to the individuals clinical and psycho-social issues to determine treatment options, recommending the best course of action. • To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients receiving intermediate care including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies, in order to identify their problems and needs and implement agreed treatment plans that respect people’s privacy, dignity and individuality. • To undertake treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal orientated intervention with client/carers. • To contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities. This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024