Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
About
Our staff are our most valuable asset. We are committed to making staff feel appreciated, supported and included in the Trust’s successes. Our mission is to be an outstanding place to work providing the very best care for our patients and excellent career opportunities for our staff. Everything we do is guided by our core values and behaviours, identified by our staff and embedded throughout the organisation.
We have the highest CQC rating of all Acute NHS Trusts in Kent and Medway (Good). The CQC highlighted that managers promoted a positive culture that supported, valued staff and created a sense of common purpose based upon shared values.
The Trust is a great place to work, stay, develop a career and enjoy a healthy work life balance. We have made and are delivering on a wide range of commitments to staff; health and wellbeing; equality; diversity and inclusion; access to education and career development. During 2020 we set up quality councils, driven by our staff to create a culture of shared governance and quality improvement.
The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We have a strong focus on innovation and improvement. Part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) ‘Healthcare Alliance’ we are introducing new models of care to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Our association with GSTT also gives staff wishing to develop their skills excellent opportunities to work across numerous specialities.
The Trust provides services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, for a local population of over 500,000 people.
If you would like to be part of our innovative and forward thinking team putting patients at the centre of all we do, we invite you to #joinourfamily.
Key details
Location
Site: Darent Valley Hospital
Address: Darenth Wood Road
Town: Dartford
Postcode: DA2 8DA
Major / Minor Region: Kent
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full and part time available)
Salary
Salary: £31,469 - £38,308 incl HCAS per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)
Specialty
Main area: Occupational Therapy
Job overview
We are excited to offer a joint rotation between KMPT and DGT. Occupational Therapist's will have the opportunity to rotate between the Trusts to enable consolidation of University training in both mental and physical health. We feel this upskills staff to be more holistic in their practice.
This innovative opportunity includes the following rotations:
1. A&E
2. Community Crisis Mental Health Team
3. Respiratory
4. Gastroenterology
5. Endocrinology
6. Hyper acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation
7. Elective Orthopaedics
8. Critical Care
9. General Surgery
10. Inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation
Advert
To provide clinical assessment and treatment for inpatients,
To support with a safe and effective discharge from hospital.
To actively engage in CPD activities offered such as: band 5 peer support group; team in-service training; preceptorship programme; specialist rotational competencies; clinical supervision.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you’ll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we’ve achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work.
If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all of our staff are double vaccinated against COVID-19, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and our patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities please see the attached job description.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* HCPC registration
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* The ability to discuss clinical reasoning in the management of cases
* Able to communicate complex information to patients, carers other health professionals and team.
* Ability to work effectively in a team environment
* Ability to self direct learning, be critical and evaluate own learning needs, demonstrated in a CPD portfolio.
* Able to provide a high standard of clear concise, written and verbal reports in English
* IT skills, including using hospital data bases, word processing, excel, email and power point
* Ability to manage own stress and work in a stressful and unpredictable environment. To show empathy and fairness to give support to others
Experience
Essential criteria
* A broad range of undergraduate experience in all core specialities of Occupational Therapy
* Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MDT
Desirable criteria
* Experience of clinical practice in an NHS environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* An understanding of evidenced based practice pertaining to Occupational Therapy
* Awareness of national guidelines and standards relevant to Occupational Therapy
* Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Desirable criteria
* Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments
Other
Essential criteria
* Self motivated with a clear understanding of role
* Physically fit and able to comply with Trusts moving and handling guidelines, therapeutic handling
* Professional manner and appearance
* Available for weekend duties and altered working patterns where clinically appropriate
* Full clean driving licence and availability of car to travel within Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley, and South East London areas in a timely manner and at short notice.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Leanne Hunt
Job title: Professional Lead Occupational Therapist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07454836577
#J-18808-Ljbffr