Are you passionate about patient care and are looking for a new and exciting challenge? Come and join our innovative, supportive and highly skilled Occupational Therapy Team at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust!
We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join our Band 6 rotation programme. LUHFT has experienced and highly skilled Therapists working in a wide range of areas and this post will include working in specialities such as:
1. Major Trauma
2. First Response
3. A& E
4. Stroke pathway (hyperacute, rehab, ESD)
5. Reablement
6. Complex Rehabilitation
7. Critical care
8. General acute inpatients
9. Outpatients
You will have the opportunity to work across Aintree, Broadgreen and the new state-of-the-art Royal Liverpool Hospital. Some specialities provide extended service hours, 8am-8pm seven days a week, therefore flexible working arrangements can be considered to support work-life balance.
You will have a key role in completing skilled assessment and clinical reasoning to provide treatment, promote recovery, risk assess and problem solve to arrange complex discharges at the earliest and safest opportunity.
We are committed to staff development and training including leadership. You will have peer support, access to regular supervision and support from the Band 7s/8as.
This opportunity is open to both existing Band 6s and experienced Band 5s who are keen to develop into a band 6 role via a training route if appropriate (Annex 21).
Main duties of the job
We wish to recruit an experienced clinician who has a clear understanding of the developing role of Occupational Therapy within integrated therapy services, and the ability to support leadership of a team which delivers innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. The post holder will have clinical experience working with adults with complex presentations, in particular older people with multiple co-morbidity.
The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an effective member of the wider team as well as with other external agencies. You will be required to participate or lead on service review in order to identify service development needs and support the band 7 in delivering this while meeting clinical service demands.
We have regular team meetings and are committed to continuing professional development. We have a clear supervision structure and advice is available from our highly skilled Band 7s and 8as within the departments.
Band 6 employees are required to supervise Band 5 and assistant staff, and deputise for clinical team leads.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
Desirable
* Member of Special Interest group
Experience
Essential
* Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
* Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Evidence of participation in audit
* Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges
Knowledge
Essential
* Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
* Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
* Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Skills
Essential
* Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
* Effective written and oral communication skills
* Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
* Teaching / Presentations at In - Service level
* Able to evaluate and be critical of self
Desirable
* Competent IT Skills
Other
Essential
* Flexible and open to change
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool University Hospital
Liverpool
L9 7AL
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