Allied Health Professionals - Specialist Occupational Therapist - Complex Discharge

  • Department Therapy Inpatients OT
  • Salary £38,682.00 – £46,580 per annum
  • Closing Date 07/11/2025
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
  • Job ref 223-TCD-751-A
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract fixed term until 31st March 2026
  • Hours 15 hours per week

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work collaboratively with our Care Transfer Hub (CTH) to cover weekends on a fixed term contract from the 1st November 2025 - 31st March 2026. The purpose of this service is to enable the rapid discharge of complex patients listed on the no criteria to reside (NCTR) list and reduce length of stay.

You will work in conjunction with a Specialist Physiotherapist and a Therapist Assistant Practitioner to deliver complex discharge assessments and to assess the need for specialist equipment. You will be designated tasks from a shared worklist that are aligned with your professional role.

This is expected to be a fast paced work environment with a high turnover of patients and would therefore require a skilled, dynamic and confident individual. 

Informal conversations about the opportunity are welcome.

*Please note that NHS experience is essential for this position.*

Main duties of the job

  • To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
  • To undertake prompt discharge planning of complex patients, using a home first/discharge to assess mindset
  • The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
  • To act as a source of specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.

Working for your organisation

The Therapy centre is committed to the SaTH’s overall vision to provide excellent care for the communities we serve. As a member of the Therapy Services Team your contribution to the profession of Occupational Therapy will be integral in enabling patients to receive holistic assessment to enable them to recover and be discharged from the hospital environment. 

The Care Transfer Hub's (CTH) vision is very similar to our own: "Putting patients and their families first, we will work together through a multi-agency approach to ensure people get the care and support they need upon discharge from hospital". The CTH is a multi-agency and inter-disciplinary discharge team which launched in October 2024. It works in a seamless and integrated way across numerous partner organisations, spanning health, social care and the voluntary sector. The CTH will proactively ‘pull’, and case manage the needs of a range of people with moderate and complex care needs and support these people safely to transfer via the most appropriate discharge pathway. 

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

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In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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