We are very excited about our Occupational Therapy Service Band 6 Rotational
Read on to fully understand what this job requires in terms of skills and experience If you are a good match, make an application.
Programme and we hope you will be too.
Our Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapists play a crucial role in our
organisation. They are viewed within the OT service as potential clinical
leaders who will receive investment and support to become the best clinicians
they can, using our Novice to Expert career framework.
This framework has been specifically designed to recognise that staff new to
Band 6 roles will need a period of development and consolidation. It offers a
clear demarcation between the expectations for a novice Band 6 OT and someone
who is meeting the expectations and carrying responsibilities of an
experienced Band 6 OT.
You will be supported by our Band 7 rotation co-ordinators, who are
specifically invested in your professional development.
You will also be working with and supported by, a very experienced skilled
workforce. These include our Clinical Strategic Lead OTs and Clinical
Specialists. Our service also has a Clinical Practice & Education Lead who
works with our Band 6 clinicians, in developing robust training and
development.
The aim of this rotational programme will be to provide excellent learning
opportunities and opportunities to complete:
* **Care Aims**
* **Leadership**
* **Coaching**
* **Mentoring**
* **Masters Modules**
**Main duties of the job**
12 month Rotations at Worcestershire Royal & the Alexandra Hospitals:
**Specialty Medicine -** acute management of multiple conditions moving &
handling extensive equipment knowledge & provision cognitive assessment
occupational performance palliative & end of life care.
**Stroke & Neurology -**hyper acute, acute stroke, complex care, outpatient
stroke & neurology including Critical Care.
**Trauma -** acute assessment of Trauma patients, involving a variety of upper
& lower limb fractures, traumatic head injury & poly trauma.
**Geriatric Emergency Medicine Service -** assessment & management of older
adults with complex needs such as dementia, complex manual handling,
palliative & end of life care, frailty & Urgent care.
**Elective Orthopaedics** - in-patient & out-patient elective services hip &
knee replacements & complex lower limb & shoulder injuries early assessment &
intervention focus opportunities to complete community visits.
There may also be opportunities to rotate into the out-patient Hand Therapy
service in the future.
We are currently undertaking an exciting AHP integration project within the
Integrated Care System (ICS) aimed at streamlining and enhancing the roles of
Allied Health Professionals across urgent and community care pathways. As this
progresses, it has the potential to significantly reshape the structure and
delivery of our AHP services. In the spirit of transparency, we want to ensure
all applicants are aware of this ongoing project and its potential impact.
**About us**
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional
colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised
Hospital Trust that provides a range of local acute services to residents of
Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in
Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates Hospital based services from three sites: Worcester,
Redditch and Kidderminster.
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong and our caring staff are recognised as
providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our
vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our
communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward
behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work
and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
* **Best services for local people**
* **Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients**
* **Best use of resources**
* **Best people**
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future
vision for our Trust, our Hospitals, our services and our role in the wider
Health and Care system.
**We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are
committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex
positive employer.**
**Job description**
**Job responsibilities**
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning
to Patients within the acute service in your rotational specialty. This will
include working within tight timeframes for Patient discharges.
To provide guidance and supervision to less experienced staff and students.
To take a proactive role within the Occupational Therapy team, with the
ability to provide advice or cover other Trust sites if required.
To liaise with senior Occupational Therapists to ensure the smooth and
effective running of the Occupational Therapy service at an operational level
on a daily basis.
You will gain mentorship and support from the Occupational Therapy Clinical
Strategic Leads and Clinical Specialists across the specialities.
**Person Specification**
**Qualifications**
**Essential**
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registered
* Evidence of post graduate training
* Active HCPC registration
**Desirable**
* Practice Educator training
* Institute of leadership and Management Level 3
* Masters Module(s)
**Experience**
**Essential**
* Evidence of varied post graduate experience
* Experience of working with Patients with cognitive deficits
* Experience of a range of moving and handling assessments and evidence of provision of low to high level moving and handling equipment
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of supporting junior members of staff and students
**Desirable**
* Experience of working at the hospital front door andor admission prevention
* Experience of implementing MCA and conductingor supporting Best Interest Meetings
* Experience of early intervention and acute rehabilitation
* Experience of working with patients on fast track discharge
**Other qualities**
**Essential**
* Flexible attitude to routine and non-routine tasks
* Ability and experience of guiding the practice of others
* Ability to demonstrate evidence of team working and being a positive influence within the team
* Evidence of ability to provide proactive supervision
* Good interpersonal skills across all grades
* Evidence of ability to provide a learning experience for other staff
students
* Evidence of willingness to learn and utilise new skills
* The post holder must have a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to work flexibly across all sites
**Knowledge and skills**
**Essential**
* Ability to clinically analyse and act appropriately on professional and ethical issues
* Ability to assess and form a treatment plan appropriate to the acute setting for patients
* Ability to prioritise caseload effectively to enhance patient care and hospital flow
**Desirable**
* Experience of using IT
**Employer details**
**Employer name**
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
**Address**
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
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