Main area: Occupational Therapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This includes weekend and bank holiday working)
Job ref: 357-PR-903-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Pilgrim Hospital
Town: Boston
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/10/2024 23:59
Senior Occupational Therapist (Surgery) Band 6
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Surgery Team at Pilgrim Hospital. You must be someone who enjoys the fast pace of life as well as being a great decision maker and communicator. You must be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of people living with frailty.
Main duties of the job
To manage a complex caseload, whilst using expert clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to patients, families and staff to support discharge planning. With a focus on the person's meaningful occupations, enabling participation in daily activities to improve and support quality of life.
To complete complex moving and handling assessments and/or demonstrating the use of moving and handling equipment with families and/or informal carers to support discharge planning and to promote independence. This may also include identifying and completing access and environmental home assessments to identify and minimise potential risk, part of effective discharge planning.
To support the therapy assistant practitioner within the team with the delegation of assessments, caseload management and to provide regular supervision.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Occupational Therapy DipCOT or BSc OT
* Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration.
* Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area.
* RCOT Member.
* ECDL or equivalent
* Willingness to undertake post registration study relevant to Frailty
Experience
* Relevant post graduate Occupational Therapy experience within an acute NHS or Community setting
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities.
* Evidence of active involvement in service developments
* Evidence of completion of your preceptorship
* Knowledge and understanding of Frailty as a condition.
* Evidence of involvement in organisations which support clinical practice
* Evidence of having taken a lead in service developments
Skills
* Well developed written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
* Ability to provide leadership and support for team and team leader
* Ability to work flexibly and proactively to meet the needs of varied clinical areas
* Change management and leadership skills
* Supervisory skills
* Able to meet requirements of preceptor profile
* Teaching Skills
Specific Requirements
* Commitment to meeting best practice standards
* Commitment to providing person-centred care and occupation-focused practice
* Demonstrated ability to complete PDR objectives.
* Ability to travel across county and between sites
ULHT recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer.
As a responsible employer ULHT would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULHT reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULHT where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULHT for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community.
Applications from applicants who meet the current criteria for Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK (where both the role and candidate are deemed suitable for a Tier 2 visa) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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