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Occupational Therapist, Ledbury Intermediate Care Unit - 12 month Fixed term  - Secondment cover. 18.75 hours per week.

We have an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist  to join and work along side other members of the multi-disciplinary team based at Ledbury Intermediate Care Centre.  This role is a mixture of working in the intermediate care unit and in people's own homes as part of the discharge to assess pathway.  

The teams aim is to develop optimum levels of function and independence in the physical, emotional and social aspects of life and to facilitate discharge, prevent further admission to hospital or long-term care and to reduce any inpatient length of stay, supporting the principals of care closer to home. 

To work autonomously on the unit and in the community, liaising with other health and social care professionals, to enable people to facilitate discharge from the community hospital to return to their homes in the community following illness or disability. 

To provide high quality Occupational Therapy assessments where appropriate and provide direct rehabilitation where necessary managing patients with a range of conditions. This is an ideal opportunity for an Occupational Therapist wanting community experience to gain knowledge and leadership within an Integrated team at the forefront of new and exciting changes.

Main duties of the job

Provide rehabilitative approach to client recovering from acute illness

Short term assessment into care facilities.

Assessment to manage longer term conditions from an MDT

Rehabilitative support for exacerbations of long term conditions

Longer-term management plans i.e posture/seating and healthy lifestyles.

Signposting/referring to the wider community services (negotiating between ASC, Neuro etc

You will need to be able to; triage cases and prioritise cases to effectively caseload manage display an organised and disciplined manner work remotely and autonomously be decisive and a team player – maintaining a good team working rapport daily remotely supervise team members display a passion for community rehabilitation.  Training/learning opportunities and be supported within your post by a Team Lead for both formal/informal supervisions When applying for this post please ensure that you have checked and provided evidence in how you meet the person specification and job description especially values, behaviours, experience and essential needs (ability to meet the travel requirements of the post)

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.