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Are you looking to develop your skills, knowledge, and experience in the core areas of occupational therapy and physiotherapy through a community rotation?
We offer a rotational programme to give you the opportunity to consolidate and enhance skills learnt in training and to experience a range of occupational therapy and physiotherapy practices to support you to become a well-rounded therapist. This programme would suit either a newly qualified or an experienced therapist looking to develop their skills and knowledge in different areas of practice.
The physiotherapy rotations and the occupational therapy rotations are 6 months long. The different rotations on offer are spread across Worcestershire.
We offer:
- A multi-professional preceptorship programme for newly graduates to support you to build your confidence as you transition into your new role for the first time, but the preceptorship programme also provides support at other points of transition such as for international recruited staff and for people who are returning to practice.
- A robust supervision model and appraisal processes are in place as well as varied training opportunities. Each rotation offers specific best practice sessions, and there are also opportunities for mentor, coaching, and career development support.
- We have close links with local Universities, and you will have the opportunity to become a practice educator after approximately one year post qualification.
- A friendly and supportive environment where we hope to empower you to develop a broad range of knowledge, skills, and clinical interests across the four pillars of practice.
Any vacancies that arise will be available on the NHS Jobs website.
If you have any queries about our rotational programme offer, please email the Rotational Coordinator: whcnhs.ddont@nhs.net.
Below is a sample of the areas you could experience, but we are continuously working to build on the rotations we offer.
Physiotherapy rotations:
Musculoskeletal (MSK) service
This rotation is based at the MSK outpatient services within the community hospitals.
There will be opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the management of musculoskeletal conditions, including assessment, treatment, and involvement in exercise classes.
You will be dealing with a varied caseload from the young athletic population to the older people population.
There will be shadowing opportunities such as advanced physiotherapy practitioner (APP) clinics and injection clinics.
Inpatient general rehabilitation, community hospitals
This rotation is based at the inpatient areas in the Community Hospitals where patients are admitted for further assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning following a period in an acute hospital setting or from a community setting. The majority of your caseload will be older people with frailty.
There will be an opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the management of general rehabilitation, including assessment, rehabilitation, goal planning, and discharge/rehabilitation planning.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary team working, including MDT meetings and joint assessments, as well as communication with further rehabilitation destinations and community services.
Reablement
The Reablement team supports patients discharged from hospital within Worcestershire who require care and support on discharge, and patients already in the community who need increased care support or therapy support to remain at home. The team collaborates very closely with other health and social care colleagues, with very strong working links with the council. This is an excellent rotation to promote multidisciplinary working.
The team provides short term, intensive support to enable patients to remain safely at home and live as independently as possible. Our support workers can visit someone up to 4 times a day to support with daily tasks but can also support with exercises and mobility practice as set by an physiotherapist in the team.
You will hold your own caseload of allocated patients who you will visit and assess in their own homes. The presentation is diverse, spanning all core specialities.
Inpatient stroke rehabilitation
This rotation is covering the Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation service where patients are admitted from the acute hospital setting following a stroke and receive further rehabilitation.
There will be opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the management of stroke rehabilitation, including assessment, treatment, goal planning, and discharge/rehabilitation planning. You will also be involved with group work that happens on the ward.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary team working, including MDT meetings and joint assessments as well as communication with further rehabilitation destinations and community stroke services.
Occupational therapy rotations:
Inpatient stroke rehabilitation
This rotation is covering the Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation service where patients are admitted from the acute hospital setting following a stroke and receive further rehabilitation.
There will be opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the management of stroke rehabilitation, including assessment, treatment, goal planning, and discharge/rehabilitation planning. You will also be involved with group work that happens on the ward.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary team working, including MDT meetings and joint assessments, as well as communication with further rehabilitation destinations and community stroke services.
Community hospitals
This rotation is based at the inpatient areas in the community hospitals where patients are admitted for further assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning following a period in an acute hospital setting or from a community setting. The majority of the caseload will be older people with frailty.
Core OT skills will be developed in assessment and treatment of personal and domestic activities of daily living, access and home visits, cognitive screening and complex discharge planning including equipment provision and fitting.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary team working, including MDT meetings and joint assessments, as well as communication with further rehabilitation destinations and community services to aid the smooth transition of care back into the community.
Reablement
The Reablement team supports patients discharged from hospital within Worcestershire who require care and support on discharge, and patients already in the community who need increased care support or therapy support to remain at home. The team collaborates very closely with other health and social care colleagues, with very strong working links with the Council. This is an excellent rotation to promote multidisciplinary working.
The team provides short term, intensive support – to enable patients to remain safely at home and live as independently as possible. Our support workers can visit someone up to 4 times a day to support with daily tasks but can also support with exercises/mobility practice/specific tasks as set by an occupational therapist in the team.
You will hold your own caseload of allocated patients who you will visit and assess in their own homes. The presentation is diverse, spanning all core specialities.
Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
This team provides assessment, treatment and interventions for people living with complex mental illness living within their own homes. The role of the occupational therapist is based upon the patients’ individual needs. Examples of occupational therapy iIntervention can include:
- Support to engage in and/or re-establish responsibilities and routines.
- Implement strategies for organisation and problem solving within activity.
- Assessment of environment and developing/maintaining independent living skills.
- Building self-efficacy to engage with activity and exploring future options for activity.
- Education regarding management of symptoms within activity.
- Developing and maintaining supportive social relationships and networks.
- Developing and maintaining independent living skills.
- Facilitating groups.