Primary Care Network Occupational TherapistNHS
Job summary
Boston Primary Care Network (PCN) is made up of six practices situated across Boston, Lincolnshire. With four town and two out of town practices, the PCN serves a population of approximately 77,000 patients.
Boston PCN is a forward thinking organisation that understands the importance of trusted relationships to provide a platform for communication with all parties to ensure the safe, efficient and effective delivery of care to the population.
An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist to join Boston PCN. The role is a job share with one of our existing experience Occupational Therapists and is for 2 days a week - 7.5 hours per day. The days of work can be negotiated.
This role will focus heavily on working with our older patients living in care homes.
The successful candidate will be joining our Primary Care Wellbeing team working closely with EHCH care co-ordinators, specialist neighbourhood nurse, the acute trust and care homes.
Main duties of the job
This role will focus on:
Assessing and supporting our complex, frail elderly patients, supporting a proactive, patient-centred approach. Supporting our patients to avoid crises and hospital admissions and to stay well in either their own home or care/residential home wherever and whenever possible
Supporting patients with complex health care needs.
Carrying out assessments predominantly in a patient's place of residence
To provide clinically, effective, person-centred and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and intervention to our patients.
To provide support and share information with the relevant surgery staff with regard to occupational therapy interventions
The person in role will also work closely with Practice, PCN/Neighbourhood & Care Home teams to help create and get agreement on a long-term plan for the structure and processes to support the Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and the ongoing patient case management.
Job description
Main Duties:
Take referrals from Care Co-Ordinators, GP Practices and Neighbourhood Team
Assess aids around the house and outdoors to increase/maintain independency
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans with the aim of increasing independence to prevent or delay the need for care and support
Work with patients to plan realistic, outcome-focused goals
Effectively manage a caseload of patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) providing specialist and evidence-based assessment and interventions to patients in both a stable and acute phase of their condition, ensuring the physical, psychosocial, behavioural, perceptual, cognitive, sensory and environmental needs of patients are addressed
Utilise specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning to plan and provide clinical interventions in consultation with other colleagues in the MDT and to work in a range of settings as appropriate (eg patient's home or other community setting)
Adopt a patient-centred and sensitive approach to therapy, collaborating with patients (and/or carers where appropriate) in all aspects of the therapy process (assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, reporting)
Have a good level of knowledge of a variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, care of the elderly, respiratory and falls and specialist knowledge of at least one of these areas
Works as part of a multi-disciplinary community team to support patients effectively
To utilise individual and/or group work skills as appropriate in order to achieve therapeutic goals
Engage with community partners enabling patients to access social activities to enhance their health and well-being, and to ensure effective, safe care
Work collaboratively with Social Services and third sector providers
Manage your own caseload and contribute to service development
Assist in the quality and activity monitoring systems to support evaluation of the effectiveness of the service
Assist in the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy service for the PCN
Attend practice meetings of the member practices if required, as well as Core Group Meetings (Community MDTs etc)
Attend any training courses and supervision sessions as required
Provide training to the member practices on relevant therapies or interventions if required and as appropriate
About us
The team at Boston PCN work collaboratively to provide services in addition to those already found in local GP practices. Primary care networks benefit patients by offering improved access and extending the range of services available to them and by helping to integrate primary care with wider health and community services.
Boston Primary Care Network brings together the 6 GP practices in the Boston area, health and care partners, patient organisations and the voluntary sector across Boston.
Boston PCN puts people at the centre of all that we do. We are an inclusive PCN and we challenge the status quo to bring about innovation and real change.