Main area Therapy
Grade Band 6
Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 269-SFT9103
Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Salisbury Foundation Trust, Salisbury District Hospital
Town Salisbury
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 30/04/2025 23:59
B6 Occupational Therapist - Maternity Cover
Band 6
Job overview
Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Early Supported Discharge Team - Full time 37.5hrs p/w. Maternity Cover
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team at Salisbury Hospital for Maternity Leave cover. The ESD Team was formed in 2016 as a pilot scheme to support patients with an early transition home from hospital and to provide Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physiotherapy in their home environment. The initial focus was to enhance the speed and quality of discharges for hip fracture patients. The team has since evolved into a ‘discharge to assess’ therapy team and works alongside patients from: orthopaedic, stroke, elderly, medical and surgical wards. Due to the team's success, the ESD team is now a well-established and evolving team within the hospital.
The team works both within the acute hospital and in the community, to enable a smooth transition and consistency of care through the discharge process. Patients may require a discharge home visit and/or follow-up visits in the community to assess them in their own environment. The main focus is always to assess functional ability in a familiar environment where possible, to support people to regain their optimal level of functioning, and to achieve what matters to them.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to treat and support patients who have been identified for the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team either as an inpatient or in the community. You will be expected to work autonomously, setting treatment goals, monitoring patient progress, encouraging independence with activities of daily living and adapting treatment as necessary. You will also be required to support the daily running of the ESD team and supervising junior team members and driving motivation and a positive ethos throughout the team.
There is an expectation that the candidate will be committed to providing high standards of care. Consideration will be given to those who demonstrate the trust's visions and values and a commitment to develop in this role within the team.
If you are able to use your own initiative, be flexible in your approach, and are motivated to be part of a developing service, with patient-centered rehabilitation at its core then this will be the right post for you.
The ESD team is a 7-day service from 08:00-18:00 therefore flexibility in working pattern is required. A standard working week is 08:00-16:00. Having a full driving license and daily access to a car is essential.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
* Broad clinical experience as a Band 5 therapist.
* HCPC registration
* Able to demonstrate evidence of ability to work at a Band 6 level whether through current Band 6 role or through development and training within a Band 5 role.
* BSc honours degree or diploma in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
* Evidence of successful working within a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience of working within a community setting.
* Evidence of advanced specialist knowledge in management of complex patients with Long Term Conditions which require advanced clinical reasoning.
* Experience of managing risk around discharge and an understanding of the importance of embracing risk to enable patient choice when planning hospital discharge.
* Post-graduate training/qualification/education in relevant subject area. E.g. masters modules, leadership courses.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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