Band 6 Occupational Therapist Medicine and Surgery
The opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join the medicine and surgery team at Stepping Hill Hospital.
Do you like a challenge? Are you innovative? Are you solution focussed? Are you someone who enjoys to make a difference? Do you hold specialist knowledge and experience in the diversity of medical and surgical sub specialities? This post is ideal for a current Band 6 or a Band 5 OT who is ready to progress in their career.
If yes to the above, then this role is for you.
Main duties of the job
We are a proactive, friendly and welcoming team comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Technical Instructors and Therapy Assistants covering the medical and surgical specialities:
* Acute Respiratory
* Cardiology
* Endocrinology
* Elderly medicine
The successful candidate will gain experience across all these areas to challenge, invest in and develop them.
Stockport Foundation Trust is forward thinking and embracing new ways of working. We invest in our staff and reward dedicated work. Staff learning and development is a key focus for the Trust and is supported by the ability to attend internal and externally approved courses.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Job responsibilities
The Organisational Development Team is developing new opportunities to invest in AHP workforce to have equal opportunities. The Trust offers you access to an excellent library with full time librarians to assist you with your own development and that of your teams. Within the team we have a robust in-service training package you will be accessible to you and further support your learning.
Our team embraces new and better ways of working, we encourage ideas from every team member, we constantly develop and demonstrate our change outcomes with QI methodology. So you will be welcomed to a dynamic, constantly evolving, supportive, quick witted, professional team.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Evidence of CPD postgraduate learning related to physical/psychological health
* Membership of RCOT
* Awareness of relevant specialist interest groups
Knowledge
* Knowledge and application of standardised assessments for specific conditions.
* Knowledge of therapy outcome measures for specific conditions
* Knowledge of Nice Guidance, current research and recommended practice
* Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
* Knowledge of discharge planning processes, intermediate care and community/support services.
Experience
* Previous experience as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist
* Experience working with conditions with complex symptom presentation
* Experience working with individuals with Long Term Health Conditions and conditions within allocated specialities
* Experience supporting junior staff, support staff
* Post registration experience in speciality
* Experience of working as part of a Multidisciplinary team.
* Experience supporting students.
* Experience of research or audit.
Skills & Abilities
* Understanding of team dynamics.
* Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
* Application of health, safety and risk management policies.
* Ability to work collaboratively within the integrated therapy team and multi-disciplinary team.
* Supervisory, training and facilitation skills.
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum
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