Senior Occupational Therapist - Paediatric Team
Band 6
Main area: Occupational Therapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (7 day working patterns may apply)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (weekend working patterns may apply)
Job ref: 275-2502SOTPT-1
Site: Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Medway Maritime Hospital
Town: Gillingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Occupational Therapist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will work in an integrated therapy team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants, providing excellent therapy care to patients in assessment areas and the wards.
The Paediatric Senior Occupational Therapist will have the opportunity to work with children with a wide range of different conditions as well as supporting our Women's service.
You will work within the multi-disciplinary team, working closely with consultants, site practitioners, flow coordinators, nursing staff and specialist nurses, community therapy services and discharge teams.
The role will provide you with experience of working in a challenging and fast-paced acute ward and assessment environments and the opportunity to develop skills within this area.
Working for our organisation
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
* B – Bold
* E – Every person counts
* S – Sharing and open
* T - Together
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient case/work load.
2. To undertake assessment, standardised and non-standardised, of patients and children including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions.
3. To deliver individualised Occupational Therapy intervention and treatment programmes using a broad range of Occupational Therapy skills in individual and group settings.
4. To continually reassess patients and children progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.
5. To refer patients and children appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care.
6. To communicate effectively with families and children, carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools.
7. To supervise and mentor rotational therapists, students and therapy assistants.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/degree in occupational therapy
* Current Health Professions Council registration
* Membership of the College of Occupational Therapy
Experience
* Broad range of experience including acute environments
* Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload
Knowledge
* Good knowledge of basis assessment and treatment of patients with a range of conditions
* Understanding of the balance of professional development needs with service needs
* Understanding of Clinical Governance and managing risk in your own work
Skills
* To have developed a CPD portfolio and demonstrate a planned commitment to CPD
* Experience of implementing change
Values Based Question
* Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
All staff must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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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.
Application numbers
Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.
Name: Zara Elenkova
Job title: Acting Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Email address: zara.elenkova@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07771710450
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