Employer: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Great Western Hospital
Town: Swindon
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/10/2024 23:59
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview.
Job overview
We are thrilled to announce that with the launch of our newly built integrated front door here at the Great Western Hospital, we are able to offer an experienced Occupational Therapist the opportunity to join our team!
You will work across our fast-paced Emergency Department and assessment wards, and benefit from the unique chance to shape and redesign how we deliver our vital services to our patients.
Main duties of the job
The specialist therapy post within the Front Door service/team will require you to autonomously manage a complex caseload of varied and complex needs across the emergency department and short stay/assessment wards. Your role as a specialist therapist will be to facilitate timely and safe discharges to meet government-set targets (admission avoidance) or establish appropriate client-centered pathways to prevent stranded patients using statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Specialist clinical practice, knowledge, skills, and experience of frailty and complex care and discharge planning.
* To provide effective support to team leads in the delivery of the day-to-day organisation of the Front Door team prioritising workloads, responding to changing hospital demands, ensuring an accessible, responsive, and flexible service.
* To ensure the achievement of National, local, and Trust performance indicators, to deliver a high quality, effective service, where patient experience and safety is central.
* Leading by example and providing knowledgeable, responsive advice to support complex care.
* To be responsible for the issuing, ordering, and risk assessment of equipment.
* Lead on research, clinical audits, and evidence-based service pilots/projects to support the development of evidence-based practice in collaboration with the professional lead and the clinical team lead.
Person specification
Education
* HCPC registered
* Qualified to Master’s Degree level in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy or equivalent training and experience
* Willingness to undertake further training i.e., ACP, prescribing, frailty or further medical upskilling, leadership
* Leadership training courses
* RCOT/CSP membership
Experience
* Specialist extensive clinical experience in complex discharge planning, admission avoidance, and frailty within the NHS
* Evidence of Community or Social Care Experience
* Emergency Care Experience
* Ability to assess and identify appropriate equipment to facilitate safe discharges
* Working within a multi-professional team and sharing assessment where appropriate
Knowledge
* Good IT skills, able to use Microsoft programmes such as Word and Excel
* Able to write reports
* Ability to delegate, support, motivate and supervise
* Sound clinical reasoning skills to allow for appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning.
* Ability to prepare and deliver presentations to a group of people
* Ability to network across organisations
* Ability to use cognitive assessments to support patient and adapted discharge planning to meet patient needs
Thank you for expressing interest in this role.
Eligibility for this role requires:
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements.
Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System.
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