Job summary

The ethos of the team is a rehabilitative, person-led approach to recovery and self-management, to ensure we offer care close to home, avoiding unnecessary admissions to bed based services and supporting timely discharge from hospital. The post holder will be part of a rotation between the Home First/Reablement team, the Core team and the Referral Centre team, all within Gloucester ICT. The post holder will work as an integral member of the Integrated Community Team to provide a service through assessing, collaborative goal planning, delivering and evaluating treatment for adults over the age of 18 with a physical disability as follows:

• Using recognised models of practice and evidence based interventions and outcome measures to underpin all practice
• Assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients, adopting a health coaching approach for all intervention
• Providing supervision and support to OT Assistants, Students and Reablement colleagues as appropriate.
• Providing occupational therapy advice to other disciplines and promoting the role of OT within the wider team.
• Participate in departmental research/project work when opportunities arise

Main duties of the job

• Carrying out evidence based assessment, intervention and evaluation of occupational performance needs of patients with physical disabilities. You will assess, provide advice, provide appropriate standard or specialist equipment, refer on for minor adaptations and liaise with the borough councils and housing associations in relation to major adaptations.
• Be competent in risk assessments and managing risk autonomously within the home environment.
• To advise other professionals e.g. district nurses, carers.
• Liaise with partner agencies to ensure patients access to environmental adaptations via the Disabled Facilities Grant process.
• To manage a diverse caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Understand the nature, aetiology and expected progression of a wide variety of diseases/disabilities and to plan appropriate interventions.
• Understand the psychological and sociological impact of disease/disability on patients and carers.
• Provide training, advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the physical, psychological and social environment to meet the occupational performance needs of the patient.
• To plan and implement individual interventions by setting goals in collaboration with the patient.
• Attend appropriate specialist courses and cascade training to colleagues.
• To monitor and support supervisees e.g. Occupational Therapy Assistants, students.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.