Job Description

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area

Surrey Downs Health & Care

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time Part time
37.5 hours per week

Job ref

343-SDH&C-7582766

Site

Sites across SDHC

Town

Leatherhead

Salary

50,008 - 56,908 Pro rata Per Annum inc Fringe HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

02/12/2025 23:59

Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We are a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and rehabilitation assistants integrated within the Primary Care Network and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Rehabilitation is offered to those who are at risk of hospital admission or recovering from illness/post-hospital admission across the place of Surrey Downs.



Coordinated care to maximize independence by offering rapid multidisciplinary assessment and support. Providing essential moving and handling equipment and liaising with adult social care teams around additional support requirements as well as short term rehabilitation.



You will drive forward our Community Therapy services across Surrey Downs. Excellent organisational and time management skills, being passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its center. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a "one team" culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their career, joining an exciting forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dynamic individuals who will play a key role in driving forward our Community Therapy services in Surrey Downs. You will have excellent organisational and time management skills and be passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its centre. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a "one team" culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their career, joining an exciting forward thinking team.



You must have broad clinical experience including frailty and falls and enjoy the challenges of providing rehabilitation to people in their own homes. You will be supported by the Clinical Lead and experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists within the team and will have professional OT support provided by Senior OTs in the organisation. As part of your role, you will be responsible for training and supervising Band 6 Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Physiotherapists, and you will play part in developing the OT service within the team. You will also be committed to the 'Fair Share' model of development of student placements within the team.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.



Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:


The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.



It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.



In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be co - lead Occupational Therapist with existing B7 OT and wider team. To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of a caseload of clients. To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs. To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population. To promote effective teamwork within the wider Surrey Downs Health and Care, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery. As a therapist within Surrey Downs Health and Care there will be the opportunity to work closely alongside and potentially rotate into other sectors of the organisation. The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research

Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

AHP with appropriate Diploma/ Degree Current registration with HCPC #

Experience of Community Rehabilitation

Essential criteria

Post registration experience Strong Moving and Handling Background Leading a team Able to demonstrate best practice Use of audit to bring about transformation

Desirable criteria

Evidence of MDT working Evidence of Cross competency working Ability to train in moving and handling Additional experience demonstrated including Neuro #

Clinical

Essential criteria

Car driver with access to car for business use Able to complete physical handling of rehabilitating patients

Desirable criteria

Existing local relationships with partners across SDHC

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.