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Job overview

Are you looking for a faced paced service with the ability to be involved in service development. The role of the UCRT therapist is to carry out rapid response functional assessments and interventions to support patients to remain safe and independent in their own home and support recovery. The post holders will need to have a high degree of professional autonomy and be able to make critical/clinical judgements using expert knowledge, skills and experience in order to provide a gold standard of holistic care including complex management to patients with both physical and mental health conditions. As the Band 6 you will be responsible for working autonomously during shift, feeding back to Clinical Leads within UCRT. You will be expected to contribute to the service as a whole with MDTs, service development, supporting the trust and attend service meetings.  

The post requires you to be able to carry equipment and travel though out the whole area commissioned.

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities

· Undertake comprehensive, holistic assessments of individuals, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical & clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a treatment plan.

· Undertake functional assessments for patients, by using investigative and analytical skills for those with acute/complex/rehabilitation or palliative care needs

· Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector, to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

· Communicate effectively with individuals and their carers to maximise potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process.

· Empower/enable patients and carers to maximise potential for self-care.

 · Required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the individual’s cooperation in their treatment plan.

 · Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs.

· Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.

· Where safe care is not able to be sustained to liaise with the wider community services and care coordination centre to plan and implement appropriate actions

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.