Band 7 Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist HSEP
Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist for Health Services for Elderly People
12 months fixed term contract
15 Hours
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our unique and vibrant therapy team at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This is part-time role as a job share, on a 12 month fixed term contract.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced occupational therapist to provide clinical leadership and manage a clinical caseload of patients requiring complex case management to facilitate early discharge, to promote independence and improve patient health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have experience of working with older people and people with dementia and their carers. They will promote the Homefirst mindset and Discharge to Assess pathways to ensure that patients leave hospital in a safe and timely way. This position also requires excellent communication skills and experience working within an inter-disciplinary team and interagency collaboration.
The Therapies team at the Royal Free is innovative, creative, and truly inter-disciplinary, focused on delivering high quality, patient centred care. Our team is friendly and supportive with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment and a focus on staff welfare and teamwork using the "What matters to you?" framework.
Are you looking for an innovative role in a multidisciplinary team? This fantastic opportunity awaits a dynamic, motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
As a trust we stand for being positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating and visibly reassuring. We focus on delivering excellent and equitable care, ensure an outstanding experience for our patients and carers, where colleagues feel a strong connection to their work and organisation and are enabled to deliver and realise their potential.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
WCVs
* Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
* HPC Registration in OT
* Completed relevant post registration specialist courses for example: OT assessments of specific conditions, OT treatment approaches, Outcome measures, Supervision Skills Training for staff and students, OT Practice Educator course
* Member of Specialist OT Section group
Experience
* Substantial post-graduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist, predominately working with patients with physical and cognitive disabilities
* Experience of working as a Band 6 OT with people with dementia
* Experience of working with elderly patients
* Considerable experience of being a Band 6 OT in the acute setting
* Experience of teaching and supervising less experienced staff
* Experience of teaching and supervising OT students.
* Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and use own initiative.
* Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
Skills
* Knowledge and experience in the use of occupational therapy models of practice
* Demonstrate effective communication skills to a range of audiences eg users, carers and other professionals
* Experience of working effectively and efficiently as part of an MDT.
* Demonstrated clear understanding of clinical governance and its application to the work setting.
* Knowledge of quality assurance and audit programmes in line with requirements for Clinical Governance
* Knowledge of research and development process, Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Ability to lead a small team
Personal Qualities & attributes
* Professional fluent in written and oral English.
* Ability to carry out manual handling practices.
* Understanding and compliance of: current NHS and Social Care Policies, Equal Opportunities
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.
£54,320 to £60,981 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS, Pro-rata
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