Job summary
Specialist Occupational Therapist - Respiratory Medicine
37.5 Hours per week (Flexible)
Permanent (potential for weekend working)
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Closing Date: 21st April 2025
Interview Date: 29th April 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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Main duties of the job
* An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist At George Eliot Hospital covering a Respiratory and a general medicine ward.
* The successful applicant will work on our respiratory ward alongside the Respiratory MDT and upon a general medicine ward as well as being involved within pulmonary rehab services.
* The role will be to assess, treat, educate and rehab patients with a range of conditions to provide best support for their discharge.
* George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both trust led and provided by external companies.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
Xcellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:
On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Date posted: 24 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 230-36772174-CSS-A-A
Job description Job responsibilities
* Undertake assessments, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide range of problems within Respiratory Medicine. These patients often have complex and / or chronic presentations.
* To work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision.
* To take a role in supervision and teaching of junior qualified therapists and assistants within Respiratory.
* To demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to service development and monitoring of standards of practice.
* To work flexibly over 7 day period, as the service requires.
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for further detailed information on this post.
Please contact the named people for further discussion or any queries.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Essential
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registration with HCPC
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses
Desirable
* BAOT
* Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group
Experience and Knowledge Essential
* Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience
* Previous experience in specialist clinical area
* Band 5 rotational experience
* Involvement in audit
* Supervisory experience
* Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff
Desirable
* Previous Acute NHS experience
Skills and Abilities Essential
* Understanding of clinical governance
* Importance in application of clinical governance in clinical area
* Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
* Able to prioritise and organise own workload
* Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
* Able to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team
* IT skills - computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
Personal Qualities Essential
* Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
* Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
* Motivated
* Flexible and adaptable
* Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
* To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
Other Essential
* Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working
Desirable
* Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address: College Street, Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ
Employer's website: http://www.geh.nhs.uk/
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