Main area: Specialist Occupational Therapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Can include shift work and weekends)
Job ref: 338-6689109-24
Employer: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Townend Court
Town: Hull
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/11/2024 23:59
Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.
Job overview
Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service (STaRS) is a unique, multi-disciplinary team offering both in-patient and community adult mental health rehabilitation services. Occupational therapy is highly regarded within the team, providing an excellent opportunity to work in a truly multi-disciplinary way with colleagues including nurses, recovery workers, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, as well as with Associate Practitioners and Assistants who are part of the OT team.
The team works with up to 40 people in the community and also has 5 in-patient beds (3 male/2 female). There is an expectation that the post holder will base themselves at the STaRS team base at Townend Court in Hull, as well as being willing to work shifts and weekends as required.
There is potential for this job to be offered as a Band 5-6 development post dependent on the applicant. Qualified occupational therapists wishing to return to practice are also encouraged to apply.
Main duties of the job
The core functions of this post include assessing and treating your own specialist caseload of clients for a professional OT service, providing specialist OT advice to other disciplines, supervising junior staff, students, support workers, leading/contributing to clinical audits, undertaking research, and ensuring effective patient/service-user care is maintained.
The post holder will be expected to work independently using the MOHO as the main framework for assessment. They will need to possess effective time management skills and be able to commute within the Hull and East Riding area. There will also be an expectation that the post holder will hold a Care Co-ordinator role for some patients going forward.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We recognize the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to the vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registration with the HCPC
* A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical practice and service
* Specialist knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
* Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
* Basic IT skills
* Experienced and competent practice educator with up-to-date SLiP training
* Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post-graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
* Registration within the specialist RCOT sections
* Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
* Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
* Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Experience
* Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
* Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
* Successful completion of preceptorship
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
* Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
* Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Skills and Competencies
* Evidence of good time management skills
* Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
* Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
* Ability to commute between the various sites
* Mandatory training to support safe practice and the management of violence and aggression
* Manoeuvres patients/service-user and/or equipment
* Requirement of frequent concentration e.g., assessments, care plans
* Provide working hours to support the service needs
* Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
* Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
* Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6-month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trust's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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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.
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