Community Access Team Therapist

Clinical: • Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical, and clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a graded treatment plan. • Formulate and execute individualised therapy treatment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collaboration with the integrated team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a wide range of treatment skills. • Provide assessment of functional ability and safety of patients to identify care, equipment, adaptation, and therapy needs. • Assess & plan treatment including teaching patients to utilise techniques & equipment to maximise their functional ability. • Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required. • Assess patients holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan. • Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation and treatment potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process. • Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance. • Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operation in their treatment plan. • Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately • Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework and red to green meetings. • Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs. • Ensure patient held records are completed and that electronic record inputting is completed on a daily basis. • Plan and organise specialist services within the integrated team. • Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills. • Order equipment and supplies via electronic ordering systems for use within the team. • Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this. • Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions. • Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies. Professional • Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately. • Share responsibility for the supervision of workload within the integrated team. • Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate. • Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions. • Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role. • Maintain own continuous professional development • Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies. • Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies. • May be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff. • Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration courses. • Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate. • Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support band 4 staff, and students where appropriate, and contribute to the induction process for new staff/students. • Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence. • Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students. • Be accountable for work delegated to others within the team, ensuring staff are competent to undertake delegated work. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical: • Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical, and clinical reasoning skills, and formulate a graded treatment plan. • Formulate and execute individualised therapy treatment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collaboration with the integrated team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a wide range of treatment skills. • Provide assessment of functional ability and safety of patients to identify care, equipment, adaptation, and therapy needs. • Assess & plan treatment including teaching patients to utilise techniques & equipment to maximise their functional ability. • Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required. • Assess patients holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan. • Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation and treatment potential, and to aid motivation and understanding throughout the treatment process. • Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance. • Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operation in their treatment plan. • Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately • Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework and red to green meetings. • Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs. • Ensure patient held records are completed and that electronic record inputting is completed on a daily basis. • Plan and organise specialist services within the integrated team. • Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills. • Order equipment and supplies via electronic ordering systems for use within the team. • Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this. • Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions. • Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies. Professional • Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately. • Share responsibility for the supervision of workload within the integrated team. • Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate. • Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions. • Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role. • Maintain own continuous professional development • Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies. • Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies. • May be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff. • Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration courses. • Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate. • Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support band 4 staff, and students where appropriate, and contribute to the induction process for new staff/students. • Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence. • Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students. • Be accountable for work delegated to others within the team, ensuring staff are competent to undertake delegated work.