Senior Occupational Therapist - Complex Medicine
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to work in a dynamic Occupational Therapy service with exciting career development opportunities and the added benefit of being in the vibrant and diverse town of Luton and surrounding areas?
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and self-motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and innovative Complex Medicine team within the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This full time post is permanent and involves late shift and weekend working. You will have the chance to work across our four major ward areas which include Cardiology, Haematology, General medicine and Elderly care.
Occupational therapy plays an instrumental role in the exciting developments in the Trust and our team is growing. You will be responsible for providing a high standard of assessment, advice, treatment and evaluation of patients referred to the acute inpatient service. This includes patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. You will also have the opportunity to support students and apprentices alongside managing Band 5 therapists and support staff.
Our Trust highly respects and values the importance of occupational therapists in the healthcare industry. As a result, we invest time in your training and development which includes our 'OT Aspiring to Excellence' sessions to share best practice.
Main duties of the job
* To perform advanced occupational therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis, formulate and deliver an appropriate, individualised treatment programme.
* To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service/particular patient group, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a more senior therapist is available if required.
* To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* To plan, supervise, educate and assess the performance of occupational therapy students on placement within the complex medicine wards. To work closely with the university and comply with all the standards required for the degree level qualification.
* Supported by the specialist occupational therapist, to design and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice and improve service delivery.
* To deputise for the specialist occupational therapist in their absence, taking the lead role in the day-to-day operational management of the team.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post graduate courses/ in-service trainings relevant to the speciality
* Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar
Experience
* Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
* Experience within the NHS
* Evidence of broad based postgraduate experience to include experience in medicine or elderly care
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision
* Experience of supervising junior staff or non-qualified
* Experience of contributing to the development of treatment guidelines
* Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services
* Experience of supervision of staff or students including staff appraisal
Skills
* Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately
* Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
* Awareness of wider local and national agendas and impact on OT
Communication
* Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
* Ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
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.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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