Job Description:

Job information Hospital to Home Service Occupational Therapist from the Company Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, this latest Hospital to Home Service Occupational Therapist job vacancy is located in the city Wareham BH located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Healthcare field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

The Hospital to Home Service is a highly motivated multidisciplinary team which works across Dorset to support people leaving mental health wards and returning to their homes. The role of the Occupational Therapist will be to undertake OT-informed assessment and interventions to enable people to leave hospital is a safe and timely manner. The Occupational Therapist will provide support to the other members of the team (including Peer workers, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Support Workers and Housing Officers) as well as deputising for the service lead when required. To be responsible for providing and overseeing the delivery of evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to patients under the Hospital to Home Service. To provide clinical leadership to members of the Hospital to Home service. To undertake OT assessments, multidisciplinary and multi-agency care planning, case management and co-ordination, review, liaison, record keeping, clinical risk assessment and discharge planning of patients under the Hospital to Home Service. To plan and implement client centred individual and group interventions using graded activities to achieve therapeutic goals. 1To visit patients in their own homes to monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to reassess progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention using evidence based/standardised assessments and outcome measures. To work innovatively and creatively to engage patients and their carers in the treatment process. To work in partnership with patients and carers, dealing sensitively with their concerns, educating about illness and treatment and supporting them to access community resources. To assess and provide adaptive equipment necessary to promote the patients independence. To exercise a reasonable degree of professional autonomy and make judgements and decisions in order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job. At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people. We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities. Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves. Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do. For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. Dorset HealthCare is in partnership with The Prince's Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. Please contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net to access the support. Keywords : Wareham jobs
Closed Date : 2025-11-09