Community Occupational Therapist​/Physiotherapist - Care Home Team

Overview

Important note for candidates - please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our team to provide clinical advice and guidance within the care home setting to support early identification of increasing therapeutic and health needs, providing a clinical link between the care home setting and community health services.

The successful candidate will work in line with the Enhanced Health in Care Home (EHCH) principles, taking a pro-active approach to workforce development and early identification of escalation of need to support ageing well and quality of life for individuals.

You will deliver FALLS prevention and early identification of body shape changes due to positioning training & education to care home staff adopting a variety of educational methods.

You will ensure early identification, assessment & intervention of care home residents for therapy input, with independent management of own caseload.

You will provide clinical leadership within our therapy hubs and work autonomously across all care home settings within LLR and will empower residents to age well within their care home environment.

You will have the clinical expertise and communication skills to be able to identify areas of good practice and to effectively challenge areas for improvement.

• To promote the independence and well-being of older people and vulnerable adults in line with LLR Care Home Sub Group Priorities.
• To provide clinical oversight and advice around appropriate escalation and referral to appropriate services within CHS for identified individuals, to enable timely input and prevention of harm.
• To work autonomously with a solution focused approach, utilising hard / soft data and resources available across the system to identify and prioritise the care homes for intervention.
• Create data base to record interventions and to identify champions within the homes that are trained and refresher schedules.
• To liaise with CHS, LA and ICB, and use data collection to identify key care homes for targeted intervention, and provide feedback as required.
• To collate feedback following the training intervention and forums, to participate in evaluation and ongoing development.
• To ensure training content is contemporaneous and in line with current standards and guidelines and update as required.
• To maintain professional development through engagement with clinical supervision and training opportunities.
• To work with the care home to analyse FALLS, conveyance to acute hospital settings, and referrals into Therapy.
• To evaluate data following clinical intervention and obtain care home feedback.

It is essential that you hold a valid full driving licence and have access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community.

We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This…