Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Community Falls Team

To provide a high standard of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy within the Specialist Community Falls Team across the borough of Solihull.

To undertake holistic multi-disciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their own homes with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.

To take on a triage and co-ordinating role within the team.

To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation.

To contribute to the development of the Falls service including involvement in ongoing projects.

To take an active role in supporting students and new starters of all levels and disciplines

To be involved in new and developing initiatives within the team and wider Community Therapies within UHB

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Essential: - *HCPC/RCOT Registered OT; - *Evidence of experience working within the frail or elderly patient cohort; - *Evidence of post registration CPD/ post registration qualification in an appropriate area relevant to banding

Desirable: - *Evidence of falls specialist experience; - *Evidence of leadership training/experience; - *Health assessment qualification; - *Evidence of experience supporting students

Essential: - *Demonstrates relevant and recent clinical experience enabling the post holder to assess and manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.; - *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting within a complex health care setting.; - *Experience of working in a community setting; - *Experience of comprehensive clinical assessment of patients; - *Knowledge of safeguarding issues/ procedures; - *Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice; - *Experienced in supporting the development and delivering education / training of junior staff / others; - *Experience of clinical audit / monitoring of standards / practice / benchmarking; - *Sound understanding of evidence based practice and its application; - *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Desirable: - *Knowledge of professional priorities and issues relating to NHS care provision; - *Specific experience in Falls prevention

Essential: - *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action; - *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues; - *Ability to work autonomously , manage / prioritise own workload across competing priorities; - *Ability to demonstrate sound clinical judgment and decision making , supported by theoretical knowledge; - *Ability to deliver evidence based care that is responsive to the needs of patients and carers; - *Ability to work in partnership with patient / carers and other health and social care professionals; - *Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues, patients, the public and others; - *Ability to work under pressure , manage and prioritise workload and meet deadlines; - *Be IT literate to a good standard and willingness to develop IT skills for audit and data collection and to find and appraise evidence; - *Flexible to meet the needs of the service; - *An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis; - *An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments; - *An ability to concentrate and produce comprehensive documentation following an initial assessment; - *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations; - *Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include weekend working; - *To possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points; - *Able to manage a combination of mobile working and working from base location; - *To work within core service hours (8am -- 4pm) managing clinical caseload and own time effectively.