Psychology Support Secretary

5 days ago

Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Full time

Job overview

Do you have a passion for rehabilitation? Do you want to support patients to improve their quality of life and promote positive health outcomes? If this sounds like you then we have a fantastic opportunity for you

We are excited to offer a 24-month secondment for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to work alongside our fantastic Cardiac Rehabilitation team. This role will offer you a wide variety of opportunities to demonstrate and develop your skills, such as facilitating therapeutic groups and supporting individuals to manage anxiety. You will utilise your specialist assessment and intervention skills alongside your MDT colleagues to ensure a holistic care that supports the health and well-being of patients.

You will also be supported to complete the BACPR part 1&2 course, The FCA course, the BACPR heart failure course and REACH HF course which will provide you with invaluable skills that will enrich your secondment experience and give you stable foundations to build upon.

This is a new role and something the team have been passionate about developing for some time so they are very excited for you to join them

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide assessments and interventions to heart failure patients in a variety of ways. This will include holistic assessments and collaborative decision making, supporting the provision of group classes and also working with patients to provide techniques to manage anxiety. Your ability to remain organised will prove invaluable to the smooth running of the service and ensure positive patient experiences.

As this is a new position your duties will involve engaging in training and education opportunities to develop your practice to deliver excellent patient care. It will also be important for you to implement audits and gather outcomes measures that demonstrate the vital work you will be doing.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. 

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have excellent communication skills to enhance your working relationships and interactions with patients as well as a strong rehabilitation focus.

This is a fabulous opportunity to improve and develop therapy provision across the trust and you will be fully supported by the appropriate clinical leads and professional leads in your clinical development.

Our organisation, clinical management structure and culture provide a supportive and innovative work environment where you can continue to develop your skills and knowledge and play a key role in the delivery of high quality, compassionate care. Come and join us – we know you won’t regret taking the leap.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy. HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

Member of a Professional Body Additional relevant post graduate training/education

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience of effective MDT working Specialist knowledge and experience within rehabilitation Knowledge of a broad range of clinical conditions and relevant current evidence-based practice Experience of facilitating individual and group interventions Ongoing commitment to continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

Understanding of the regional and national drivers influencing service provision within cardiac rehab Supervision of therapy assistants and/or students Understanding of clinical audit, research and outcome measures and their use in service development.

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