Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
About
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addictions services to people living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, a large geographical area which is home to approximately 600,000 people.
The Trust also provides specialist services for children, including physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and support for children and young people and their families who are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties.
Our specialist services, such as forensic support and offender health, support patients from the wider Yorkshire and Humber area and from further afield.
The Trust also runs Whitby Hospital, a community hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and community services to Whitby and the surrounding area, and eight GP practices - two in Hull and six in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
We employ approximately 3050 staff across more than 70 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Whitby. As a teaching Trust, we work closely with our major academic partners, Hull York Medical School and Hull University, nurturing a workforce of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
Key details
Location
Site: Humber Centre
Address: Humber Centre, Hull, HU10 6ED
Major / Minor Region: East Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Specialty
Main area: Occupational Therapist
Job overview
The Community Forensic Teams have recently aligned as one team, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Occupational Therapist to provide clinical leadership to occupational therapy delivery in the team. You will be a registered and experienced Occupational Therapist with forensic experience.
You will clinically lead and develop other professionals in the team whilst managing a caseload. The post holder will provide specialist consultation and advice to non-forensic services and support forensic inpatient services in determining safe discharge pathways for service users. The post holder will continue to develop relationships with stakeholders to enhance occupational opportunities in the community.
The post presents as an ideal opportunity for someone who holds a keen interest in leadership with a desire to champion a good quality service. We are looking for a practitioner who has a proven track record of innovation and dynamic practice.
The successful candidate will provide strong and effective leadership within the Teams working closely with the MDT to provide high quality clinical provision. You will promote the vision and values of Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust. The community services are a fast-developing area of provision within the Forensic Division. The successful candidate will be a confident leader with a commitment to supporting a positive team culture whilst keeping service users needs at the centre of service delivery.
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* Assesses and treats own caseload of patients/clients, individually and/or in groups, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in a variety of settings.
* Leads in specialist area, contributes to development of specialist service and related policies, legislation to support evidence-based practice.
* Supervises/manages staff/students working in own specialist area.
* Provides specialist advice to social services, housing departments, clients, carers, other professionals on disability, housing, relevant legal and funding issues.
* Leads clinical audits, undertakes research specialist treatment and provides advanced practice.
Working for our organisation
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 are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise 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.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
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 and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy and/or further professional knowledge at masters equivalent level
* Registration with the HCPC
Desirable criteria
* Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
Experience
Essential criteria
* Advanced knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
* Experience of leadership
* Advanced knowledge and experience using specialist assessments relevant to the service area
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Skills
Essential criteria
* Able to demonstrate advanced inter-personal/communication
* Experience engaging in service development work
Desirable criteria
* Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
Documents
* JD and PS (312.4) PDF KB
* Recruitment of Ex-offenders (336.6) PDF KB
* Being Humber (1.1) PDF MB
* Staff Benefits (1.4) PDF MB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Bekki Whisker
Job title: Community Clinical Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01482 336200
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