NHS

Specialist Occupational Therapist

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Whiston, L35 5DR

Job description

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Band 6 Permanent

2-hour Urgent Crisis Response (UCR) and Community Frailty Team

37.5 hours post

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the St Helens 2-hour UCR, Community Frailty and Virtual Ward Therapy Team. This integrated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team will provide specialist rapid assessment and interventions to our local population of St Helens. Whilst being predominantly community based you will also work as part of a larger team in several Frailty specialist areas. Working in a diverse environment offers scope to build on skills across all our pathways including the community, a high paced AED setting as well as a specialist service within Bevan Court - our Frailty and Reablement Unit.

Our progressive working environment will manage 'crisis' on a daily basis, taking referrals from community, care homes and acute colleagues as well as self-referrals. Your clinical skillset will contribute to people being able to remain safely and supported in their own homes wherever possible and preventing unnecessary A&E attendances.

Our Crisis Response Service operates as a clinically led multi-disciplinary team comprising of Frailty Consultants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Social Workers and support workers.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

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