Senior Occupational Therapist
6 days ago
Job summary
Part time - hours per week
Would you like a job where you make a difference every day and are part of services where you feel supported and valued? Would you like to be part of a dynamic team who rehabilitate and enable individuals to be as independent as possible? Look no further. We are developing our services and expanding our team of Occupational Therapists. You will be at the forefront of developing quality services, and you will be key to shaping and redesigning how we deliver our innovative services to patients across the acute and community pathways.
Join our supportive and inclusive interprofessional team who value the essential role of an Occupational Therapist in Community settings (Homebased, Home-First, Reablement, Bed Based Discharge to Assess).
This service will be transitioning to HCRG Care Group from the 1st April 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved.
Main duties of the job
Our senior therapists are an integral part of our Leadership Teams and are vital to the development of our Band 5, student, apprentice and assistant workforce. We value your career development you will have a mentor, a personal development plan, meetings with our scope for growth ambassadors, opportunities to shadow and regular supervision whilst working towards your band 6 competencies or your return to practise framework. Through our Improving Together methodology our staff can drive their continuous improvement ideas forward to completion and have the autonomy to implement change.
This role is suitable for:
Band 6 Occupational Therapists look for a change or new challenge Band 5 Occupational Therapists who feel ready to develop into Band 6 roles Experienced Occupational Therapists looking to return to the profession (Return to practise) Band 6 Occupational Therapists looking for flexible opportunities (Bank Work or Fixed Term Contracts)
About us
"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational Therapy intervention to each service within the rotation. To participate in the Band 6 Rotation Scheme within Acute Occupational Therapy, Orthopedic Therapy and Front Door Services. Each rotation will be for 9 months. During one of your rotations, you will have the opportunity to spend part of your time working on the Critical Care Unit. To be aware of the total therapy needs of the team, the changing demands and act in consultation with the Team Leaders to fulfil these needs. To be able to be proactive at delivering therapeutic interventions within a timely manner to enable patients to maintain their independence, identifying when patients would benefit from further rehabilitation and support services and to refer on to other services appropriately. To provide clinical leadership and specialist advice, through the supervision, coaching and education, for less experienced occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants, students, support workers and other members of the interdisciplinary team. To participate in the band 6 rotation Scheme. To assist with the continuous service development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention. To hold responsibility for own case load, working without direct supervision. To manage complex diverse cases which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric conditions. The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover as required by the team you are working in. To work within a framework of local, national and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice, this may include undertaking evidence-based audit, satisfaction surveys, recording statistics and service change. To actively participate in the Clinical Governance agenda of the team you are working in. To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each specialist area, developing knowledge of particular conditions and patient types. Please see Job Description for full details of this role. Person Specification
Education
Essential
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy Registered with Health and care Professions Council Evidence of continuing Professional Development and postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area - , Falls, Elderly rehabilitation, Frailty, Admission avoidance, Neurology, use of equipment. Registered Field Work Educator
Desirable
Evidence of basic management training Apprenticeship / NVQ Assessor Post graduate training Normal movement training, advanced cognitive/perceptual training
Experience
Essential
Relevant post-graduate experience in rehabilitation Broad range of clinical experience surgery, acute experience, Front Door, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, community Experience of providing supervision for less experienced staff or assistants. Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload. Experience of the application of the Occupational therapy process and models of practice
Desirable
Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a highly complex caseload Experience of project work Awareness of budget management Experience of Inter-disciplinary team working
Knowledge
Essential
Understanding of clinical governance audit, risk management, education Use of goal setting and outcome measures Up to date evidence based clinical knowledge Ability to manage resources Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools and outcome measures
Desirable
Acute / deteriorating patient / virtual ward assessment skills A and E experience or Community Urgent Response Working knowledge of internal/external NHS environment Knowledge of NHS National strategy NHS plan, NSF's, Nice Guidance-
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