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Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Occupational Therapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 820-6775360-ASR-B
Site: Moseley Hall Hospital
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
An amazing opportunity to work in some of the most unique settings as an Occupational Therapist in Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation services (ASR). Are you looking for something different that will offer you a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and team working skills whilst supporting your career development, working within a variety of clinical areas?
This is a unique and challenging post within the Rehabilitation Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is an exciting opportunity for a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with relevant rehabilitation experience to work across the multidisciplinary teams to provide high quality assessment and interventions both in hospital and community settings. The clinical input will vary depending on service demands and you will support areas with vacancies, maternity leave, with increased demand or a need to achieve activity targets. We recognize the importance of being part of a team and intend each person to deliver a service consistently to one or two teams for a defined period of time.
The services are based at:
* West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre - Specialist clinics, access to communication and technology, amputee rehab Birmingham wheelchair service and posture and mobility service.
* Moseley Hall Hospital - Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation and stroke units, Birmingham Neurological Rehabilitation Team and Moor Green outpatient brain injury unit, Early supported discharge team.
The delivery of rehabilitation programmes and OT intervention can take place within the service base, client’s home or in the community within a local Birmingham and/or regional West Midlands remit. In some services this will involve moving around the community daily without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving.
Working with a variety of therapy teams offers you invaluable experience and the chance to gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience in a variety of clinical areas.
You will need to have relevant clinical experience within neurology and the assessment of complex disability and be flexible to meet the demands of all the different services. You must be flexible and prepared to work within different services at short notice. You must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up-to-date clinical trends and practices including evidence-based ones and have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills. You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients and service bases.
Main duties of the job
The peripatetic post will support the rehabilitation services within the Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division (ASR) which provides a wide range of services for people living in Birmingham and all parts of the West Midlands.
1. To work as part of the interdisciplinary teams within the rehabilitation services, effectively assessing clients with complex needs (physical, cognitive, social and psychological) considering their function, disability and health, taking into account all environments in which they live and work.
2. To provide assessment and analysis of rehabilitation, social and care needs of complex patients as part of the Inter-Disciplinary Teams, referring on to outside agencies/professionals in discussion with senior members of staff.
3. Identify Occupational Therapy goals and plan/formulate intervention that is evidence-based in conjunction with the client, their carers, other professionals/agencies.
4. On the in-patient neuro-rehabilitation unit and Birmingham neuro-rehabilitation team to act as a key worker for a set number of patients to plan and co-ordinate their outpatient programme and act as point of contact for clients, carers and outside agencies.
5. Communicate effectively with clients, family/carer, and other professionals both internal and external to the organisation. This may require explanation, instruction, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, reassurance and require expert verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
6. To have supervisory responsibility for Junior staff, Therapy Assistants and students, dependent on which service the post holder is working within.
7. To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Previous applicants who have applied for the above post are encouraged to consider whether they would like to reapply following any feedback post interview; if you would like to discuss this with the previous interview panel you are encouraged to do so. If you were not shortlisted for this vacancy previously, we would advise that you review your application and the Person Specification before resubmitting a further application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
All services are provided by teams of clinical professionals and support staff who aim to provide personalised, integrated services that best meet the needs of individual patients and their carers and assist them in managing their physical, cognitive, emotional and social disabilities.
For further information please contact Ruth Banner Clinical Specialist OT on 0121-4666-6590.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* HCPC Registered.
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
* Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training.
* Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
* Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab).
* Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
* Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability, including neurological and deteriorating conditions.
* Core / Basic IT skills; Word, Outlook, Excel.
* Familiarity with Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems) or willing to learn and the assessment & treatment of patients with amputations.
* Supervisory experience of students.
Skills/ Knowledge
* Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
* Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem-solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
* Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment/treatments.
* Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
* Evidence of good organisational skills, including prioritisation of workload and time management skills.
* Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem-solving, development skills for patients with amputations, postural and wheelchair needs.
* Ability to demonstrate splinting skills with thermoplastics and casting skills (or prepared to develop these skills).
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment.
* Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
* Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
Other job requirements
* Ability to travel and access various work locations (e.g., home visits). Must be a car driver and have access to a vehicle for the community-based services.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
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