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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate about supporting individuals on their rehabilitation and recovery journey? Do you believe in rehabilitation that empowers people to regain independence, confidence, and wellbeing? If so, we would love to welcome you to our team for a fixed term post over 15 months.
 
We are looking for a dedicated, compassionate and professional Band 6 Occupational Therapist who wants to make a genuine difference in the lives of people working within our Community Therapy South Team.
 
What We’re Looking For
 
Qualification in Occupational Therapy
 Experience in community-based rehabilitation or recovery work
 Strong communication, empathy, and problem-solving skills
 Ability to motivate and encourage individuals at varying stages of recovery
 A commitment to holistic, strengths-based rehabilitation
 
What You’ll Do
 
Provide person-centred rehabilitation therapy in clients’ homes and community settings
 Support clients to develop daily living skills, mobility, confidence, and independence
 Deliver structured intervention plans and monitor progress
 Work collaboratively with physiotherapists, OTs, nurses and wider MDTs
 Facilitate group-based rehabilitation, wellbeing sessions, or community outreach and in-reach
 Promote safety, dignity, and empowerment in every aspect of care
 
The service has recently undergone an exciting restructure to help support and empower our patients even further with specialities for service development being fundamental in our approach.
 
What We Offer
 
A supportive, forward-thinking rehabilitation environment
 Ongoing training, supervision, and professional development
 Flexible working patterns to support work–life balance
 Opportunities to shape and grow community rehabilitation services
 The chance to create meaningful, lasting impact in people’s recovery journeys
 
Work within and adhere to the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, The Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) standards of practice, The Trust relevant policies and guidelines.
 The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, responsible for provision of highly specialised assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning of clients referred to the service.
 Responsible for managing a caseload of patients with a variety of complex
 conditions including chronic, disabling and life limiting illnesses.
 Carry out specialist assessment and treatment including the prescription of essential equipment as part of the therapeutic intervention. Specifically assessing issues related to the barriers which prevent the individual carrying out activities of daily living e.g. mobility, moving and handling, functional restrictions, activity tolerance, hand eye coordination, positioning, cognitive impairment, social and psychological
 issues, environmental restrictions.
 The post holder will act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge, skill and experience in their role.
 Assist the Clinical Specialist in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the therapy service.
 Educate other health care professionals, multi-agency professionals and therapy students within the speciality.
 Work in the community as a lone practitioner in line with the Trust Lone Worker Policy.
 The post holder may be responsible for deputising for the Clinical Specialist as appropriate.

Band 6 Occupational Therapist

To contribute to the provision of a professional midwifery service, ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by clients and their carers.
 
To assist the shift leader and deputise as appropriate in her/his absence. To act as an excellent clinical role model and practice autonomously within the parameters of guidelines/policies and sphere of professional practice
 
Our Intrapartum service includes a co-located birth centre. We have a 22 bed antenatal and postnatal ward and provide community service to Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
 
We have proactively implemented the Saving Babies Lives care bundle which has significantly improved our health outcomes.
 
We are working collaboratively with multi-agency partners to improve the health of 0-2 yr olds based in our community through Lottery funding.
 
We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated midwives to join our friendly and progressive service where innovation and transformation is encouraged at all levels. The midwifery services in Blackpool offer excellent experience in all areas of midwifery practice and there are good opportunities for professional education and development.
 
We are looking for either newly qualified or due to qualify band 5 midwives, who will be rotating through our excellent two year preceptorship package in all areas of our maternity services.
 
We are also looking for experienced band 6 midwives for either a rotational post or a core community midwife post, working in the community hubs across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
 
MAIN DUTIES
 Hospital
 Provide care for all risk categories of midwifery clients in whichever care setting and support junior staff in same.
 When ‘Acting Up’ as shift leader / team co-ordinator the post holder will support the midwifery team during obstetric emergency situations in keeping with local policies and guidelines.
 Community
 Participate in on call commitments throughout the geographical area and support the hospital team when required, working within the lone worker policy.
 Update clinical skills in the hospital annually.
 Contribute to the care of a client caseload.
 To offer/facilitate a homebirth service and conduct risk assessments of clients homes for homebirths.
 Responsible for transporting/carrying equipment/ gases in the community setting Occasionally may be actively involved in Child Protection case conferences in liaison with the Safeguarding midwife.
 Participate in and lead Antenatal Education classes
 Continuity of Carer
 In line with Better Birth Recommendations, the Trust is working towards implementing Continuity of Carer teams. This will involve providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for the women within your continuity team.

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