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Job overview
Do you want to work for an outstanding NHS Trust? Are you an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills?
If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our rotational carousel offering rotations working across the acute and community services including:
* Integrated Stroke Services
* A&E, Ambulatory Care and Frailty
* Medicine for Older People
* Acute Medicine
* Critical Care and Surgery
* Trauma and Orthopaedics
* Burns and Plastics
* Seddon Rehab Unit
* Inpatient Intermediate Care Services
* Community Intermediate Care
In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer a friendly and welcoming team and all the support and continuing professional development you will need to make a difference to patients and staff. We have an innovative service of AHP’s with an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves. Clinical Governance, research and audit activities are encouraged within the service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
* Deliver high standard evidence based care
* Perform therapy assessments of patients, providing a diagnosis to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme
* Hold responsibility for their own caseload, working under supervision
A flexible approach to day to day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service especially as the majority of our services work over 7 days per week. Applicants will be expected to travel between our three hospital sites and when necessary participate in providing outreach services.
Current HCPC registration is required or working towards HCPC registration in the next few months.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
* To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use specialist clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options.
* To take delegated responsibility from a senior clinician for managing patients/clients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required, reporting back to senior clinician with regular support and advice.
* To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* To maintain Professional Registration.
* To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and BAOT guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these.
* To establish, maintain and develop professional working relationships with colleagues.
* To be responsible for a designated area of work, as delegated by a senior clinician. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively patient/client caseload and use of time for self.
* To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.
* To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of treatment and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
* To provide clinical advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas.
* To train, supervise more junior staff and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
* To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
* To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients/clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
* To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT team) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.
* To maintain tact and diplomacy and use highly developed communication skills when working in situations which may become hostile/antagonistic including potential complaints as per Trust Policy.
* To be aware of and to be responsive to the changing nature of the trust and adopt a flexible and pro-active approach to work.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
* To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
* To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
* To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments and incorporate them as appropriate into your work. To support other staff to do likewise.
* To be an active member of relevant training programmes attending, delivering presentations, training sessions at staff meetings, tutorials and by attending external courses and being a reflective practitioner.
* To participate in the supervision scheme as supervisor and supervisee when appropriate.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
* To demonstrate leadership by means of:
* Effecting change within sphere of practice when and where indicated, to improve service delivery.
* Motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Therapy Team.
* To take responsibility for own decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery.
* To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by senior staff.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, RESEARCH & AUDIT
* To adhere to the BAOT code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and comply with local and national standards of practice.
* Implement policy and service development changes as directed.
* To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.
* To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence-based practice projects, audit and outcome measures under direct guidance.
* To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.
* To support research activity within the Service.
* To engage actively in practice development, evaluation, audit and research activities relevant to service to promote evidence-based practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational therapy
* HCPC registration
* Clinical Educators Certificate
Knowledge & Experience
* Ability to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills in Occupational Therapy
* Awareness of own strengths and limitations
* Able to work under supervision and as part of a team
* Evidence of effective working within an MDT
* Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
* Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
* Audit and research in a clinical area
Skills
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
* Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills
* Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Other
* Ability to travel to various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
· All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
· There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
· Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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