Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Care of the Elderly
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Occupational Therapist to join our team providing a therapy service to older adults within Beech Frailty Unit. An emergency department for older adults.
The responsibilities of the post will be to monitor quality of care and provide expert Occupational Therapy input. The department is actively involved in the education of other health care professionals and you will be expected to participate in this training. You will work as part of an integrated therapy team and liaise closely with community organisations.
We are looking for innovative individuals who are excellent communicators, good team players with exceptional leadership skills. Successful candidates will have the ability to integrate into a multidisciplinary working environment.
Main duties of the job
Through a holistic approach, to provide a specialist standard of Occupational Therapy service to patients within your area of speciality, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries.
To give highly specialist guidance to other members of the MDT on matters relating to your specialist area.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* H.P.C. Registration as an Occupational Therapist
* Appropriate post graduate study in specialist field
Experience/ Knowledge
* To have extensive clinical experience in the relevant field at a senior level
* Evidence of recent leadership
* Evidence of developing service provision
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum inclusive
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