Senior Occupational Therapist Frailty Intervention Team (FIT)
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
The Senior Occupational Therapist will work at in line with their competency level; providing specialist assessment and interventions for patients who are over 65 and may be frail in the Emergency Department.
The role will include but not be limited to: Cognitive assessments.
Functional assessments.
Assessment of transfers and functional mobility.
Holistic needs assessment.
Developing care plans and interventions to either discharge the patient to home from ED or facilitate an early discharge if the patient is admitted.
In conjunction with the Occupational Therapist Manager and FIT colleagues, lead service planning and development by anticipating the changing needs of the service and service users.
Foster and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, front line managers, and other healthcare personnel in the team.
To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of their own work including the management of patients in their care.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under their management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
Ensure the quality of documentation of all assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, reports and discharge summaries are in accordance with local service and professional standards.
Communicate verbally and/ or in writing results of assessments, treatment/intervention programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy.
To work within the multidisciplinary team ethos and liaise with staff to ensure that effective communication takes place at all times.
Attend clinics, review meetings, team meetings, case conferences etc.
as designated by Occupational Therapist Manager.
Be responsible for adhering to existing standards and protocols and for leading out on the development and maintenance of standards / strategies for quality improvement and outcome measurement.
Seek advice and assistance with any assigned duties in line with principles of evidence-based practice and clinical governance Incorporate national and international Evidence Based Occupational Therapy Practice (EBOTP) into their practice.
Ensure that professional standards are maintained in relation to confidentiality, ethics, and legislation.
Operate within the scope of Occupational Therapy practice within Ireland and in accordance with local guidelines.
Will adhere to the Ethics for Occupational Therapists from CORU and the AOTI.
To serve on and advise such committees that may be set up relevant to this area of clinical specialty.
To undertake other appropriate responsibilities consistent with the nature of the post as specified by the Occupational Therapy Manager.
Eligibility Criteria:
Qualifications and/or experience Each candidate must on the latest date for receipt of completed application form to this office possess: Hold an Occupational Therapy qualification recognised by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
Be registered on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU. All candidates must have 3 years full time (or equivalent) years post qualification clinical experience.
All candidates must demonstrate a proven record of clinical excellence in the specialism.
Professional Development and Practice:
All candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the required area of specialism, in the form of post-graduate qualifications, clinical experience or relevant courses.
All candidates must demonstrate achievement in the areas of clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, practice development, teaching and research.
All candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, management, leadership and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
Annual Registration:
On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
Full Job Specification is available on request.
This role will follow a 5/7 8am to 8pm roster.
Closing Date 1pm on Tuesday, 4 February 2025.
MUH reserve the right to create a panel for this post from which permanent, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies of a full or part time duration may be filled.
Mercy University Hospital (MUH) MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City.
We have over 1,500 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.
We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.
Providing 24/7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand.
We support staff development with approx.
100 promotions annually. We prioritise work life balance with 28% of our team working part time hours. We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance. And from Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team. And finally, we live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.