Employer: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
Town: Derby
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing date: 02/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 14/02/2025
Senior Occupational Therapist
Band 6
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466.
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Job overview
To provide leadership, specialist advice and Occupational Therapy interventions as part of the neurological rehabilitation services, working as a key member of a wider multidisciplinary team for both in and out patients.
To be part of the Specialist Rehabilitation Services within the Trust, working within outpatient neurological rehabilitation, with a specific focus on traumatic brain injury. To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet both Trust and national targets and standards.
To provide supervision and teaching for Occupational Therapists, students and assistants working within the speciality as well as providing multidisciplinary education, advice and support.
Main duties of the job
* To use specialist skills to perform advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive, psychological and social needs.
* To develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes to patients with neurological conditions.
* To hold responsibility for own caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular reflective and clinical reasoning sessions.
* To delegate work to Junior and support staff.
* To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Occupational Therapy students; this would be to a graduate level standard and involve working with the Universities to meet the standards required.
* To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising and working with other Trust staff in the management of the patients’ care appropriate to the service area.
* To liaise with other Occupational Therapy and MDT colleagues to provide a flexible service during pressure times, due to workload or staffing difficulties.
* To participate in the training and supervision of Junior Therapists and Assistants.
* To work and liaise with external agencies as required.
Closing date of applications: 2 February 2025
Interview date: 14 February 2025
Working for our organisation
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Occupational Therapy degree.
* Current driving licence.
* Post qualification training related to neurology.
* Accredited student educator.
Knowledge
* Basic theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and psychology.
* Comprehensive working knowledge of head injury and other neurological conditions.
* A working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.
Experience
* Significant clinical experience through a wide variety of rotations to include neurology and rehabilitation.
* Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
* Previous experience of head injury rehabilitation.
* Experience of facilitating therapy groups.
* Experience of working with patients with significant psychological distress.
* Experience of administering and analysing a variety of cognitive and perceptual assessments.
Skills
* Ability to use analytical and judgement skills to make decisions regarding patients diagnosis, prognosis and inform treatment programmes.
* Ability to use a risk assessment approach to maximise patients’ function and safety.
* Able to move and handle patients safely for self and others as part of the rehabilitation process.
* To have experience of complex discharge planning including the DST process (or equivalent) and liaison with external agencies.
Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.
We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.
Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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* the points-based immigration system.
* the EU settlement scheme.
* eVisa.
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