Job overview

This vacancy is open to applicants currently employed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, or the Integrated Care Board for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our team, delivering assessment and treatment to patients within the community, including their own homes and care settings across East Cornwall. You will work closely with the Early Intervention Home First Team and the Community Rehabilitation Team to support patients’ independence, recovery, and wellbeing.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and interventions tailored to patients’ individual needs.

• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure effective and timely care.

• Supervising and supporting junior staff and contributing to their development within the service.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a supportive and integrated community team.

Main duties of the job

       To manage a defined caseload of patients with complex needs within the Community setting using evidence-based practice, Occupational Therapy process and patient-centered principles

·        To provide a high standard occupational therapy to the service, performing advanced assessments of patients including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan.

·        To operate as a practitioner being the first contact for soon requests to help both prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge.

·        To have an active role with the triage of new referrals coming into the teams.

·        To provide leadership and support for junior staff through supervision, training, and appraisal as well as leading with Occupational Therapy students

·        To participate in the planning and development of Occupational Therapy services.

·        To cover a 7-day Rota.

·         To participate in the planning and development of occupational services.

·        Model and deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, working as an autonomous Practitioner.

·      To support the community rehabilitation and re-ablement model in line with a ‘one workforce’ culture across services, settings, and sectors in the community and step-down intermediate care settings.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.  We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.  We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.  As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust.  This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases.  Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.  Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here.  A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.  As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.  In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area.  This increase the numbers of people who use out services.