Specialist Occupational Therapist - Hand Therapy & Rheumatology
Permanent
Closing Date: 31st March 2025
Interview Date: 30th April 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.
Main duties of the job
A great opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Therapist (either Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) to work within the area of Hand Therapy and Rheumatology in the out-patient therapy setting. This post offers a great chance for a motivated individual to develop within this field. There is an excellent in-service set up including monthly supervision with a senior member of staff and monthly team training.
Within the role you will be expected to supervise junior members of staff and students from surrounding Universities, for which training is provided.
The successful candidate will join a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, a Senior Therapy Assistant and work alongside the multidisciplinary team.
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
excellence 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 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.
Job responsibilities
* Specialised, experienced practitioner employed to assess and treat a caseload of patients who require Hand Therapy, rehabilitation and splinting, including Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology, Trauma and Orthopaedics and GP patients.
* To participate in the planning, co-ordinating and delivery of the Hand Therapy Service.
* To supervise, educate and assess the performance of more junior/rotational staff within the specialty.
* To be a Practice Educator, supervising and assessing Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy students on placement.
* The post holder will participate in quality and audit activity and management of clinical role.
* Deputising for the Team Lead when required.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* Registration with HCPC.
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses.
* BAOT.
* Involvement/membership in Special Interest Group.
Experience and Knowledge
* Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience.
* Previous experience in specialist clinical area.
* Band 5 rotational experience.
* Supervisory experience.
* Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff.
* Previous Acute NHS experience.
Skills and Abilities
* 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 a multi-disciplinary team.
* IT skills - computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint.
Personal Qualities
* 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' needs.
* To follow the Trust's values of EXCEL and COMPACT.
Other
* Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working.
* 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.
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