Senior Occupational Therapist - Petersfield Inpatient Therapies

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our friendly Therapy Inpatient and Outreach Team at Petersfield Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who is passionate about delivering person-centred care, supporting people with complex needs to maximise independence, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and achieve the best possible quality of life.

The successful candidate will have excellent assessment, communication, and problem-solving skills, enjoy working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, and be committed to providing high-quality care across inpatient and community settings.

Please note this post is part time 31 hours per week and fixed term for 4 months.

Main duties of the job

To provide advanced clinical and professional Occupational Therapy to the Petersfield Therapy Inpatient and Outreach Team based at Petersfield hospital, and to provide support to the Integrated Community Care team leaders in ensuring that the team contributes to the implementation of Southern Health Clinical Governance Strategies

Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis where appropriate, development, and delivery of individualised treatment programmes

To support the case management process by providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions living in the community who are at risk of deteriorating health that may result in declining quality of life or avoidable hospital admission to secondary care

To provide clinical Occupational Therapy skills within the Community Inpatient and Outreach Team, and all other provider organisations

Skilled in assessing and treating a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition, diagnosis and prognosis

To provide specialist intervention tailored to meet the uniqueness of the individual

To contribute to partnership working with partners in Primary and Social care to support Integrated Care team model which identifies, and case manages those patients needing complex chronic disease management or palliative care supporting the needs of the local community

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence