Rotational Occupational Therapist
1 month ago
Job summary
Working Full Time - hours per week
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic Rotational Occupational Therapist who integrates quickly into a team setting and who will support in driving service provisions forward.
We offer:
Good team support A supportive and reflective learning environment Regular formal and informal supervision provided by experienced Occupational Therapy staff Opportunity to engage in Service wide clinical governance activitiesClinical areas include Medical/Surgical Rehab, Neurology, Rapid Response, and Community. The post holder will provide specialist Occupational Therapy to the allocated rotational areas.
Applicants must be experienced Occupational Therapists with HCPC registration and able to demonstrate they have successfully completed a broad range of rotations at Band 5 grade within the NHS.
Good time management skills, organisational skills and an ability to work under pressure are essential requirements to this post.
Rotations will be 6 months and some areas are 7 day services.
The post holder will be part of a senior network for peer support and professional development and will contribute to the development of Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students when on placement. Participation on the trusts on-call rota is an integral part of the post.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform a specialist occupational therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations. To use clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and develop, deliver and adapt individualised treatment programmes. To implement monitoring and evaluation of treatment in order to measure progress and outcomes to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and that of supervised physiotherapists and assistants, and hold responsibility for own caseload for a specialist area of the service, working without direct supervision. To provide clinical cover, as appropriate during staff absence with guidance and support of a senior member of staff if required. To participate in 7 day working as per service requirements, in evening and/or weekend duty rotas and/or emergency/on call rotas. To provide treatment to patients and to provide advice to medical and nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team without direct supervision. To identify and carry out Home Visits in accordance with Trust and Professional standards and to assess patient condition and suitability for discharge and where appropriate supervise physiotherapists and assistants in these tasks (If applicable).
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent HCPC Registration Relevant student training course or qualification
Desirable
Membership of professional body
Experience
Essential
Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience Evidence of post graduate short courses Evidence of CPD and reflective practice Evidence of audit and/or research work
Knowledge
Essential
Knowledge of current best practice in specialist occupational therapy area Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Communication skills (verbal and non verbal Evidence of group working and team working Evidence of participation in health, safety and risk management Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure Good computer skills Good interpersonal and organisational skills
Desirable
Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience-
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