Job summary Expected Shortlisting Date: 20/03/2025 Planned Interview Date: 03/04/2025 We have a rare opportunity for a motivated & enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Oncology Occupational Therapy team based at the Yorkshire Cancer Centre at St. Jamess Hospital Leeds. This regional team delivers high quality, holistic, patient-centred care, in line with best practice guidelines. They work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team & community services across the region. The caseload includes patients with a neurological presentation, malignant spinal cord compression, seating and wheelchair needs, assessment for rehabilitation and rapid discharge planning to support end of life care at home. Successful candidates will be forward thinking and demonstrate excellent communication and team working skills due to the nature of the acute in-patient caseload. Applicants should demonstrate patient-centred care. Experience working in neurology would be beneficial. Main duties of the job The successful applicant will join and be supported by the well-respected team working in this emotive clinical area. The team upholds the values of the Leeds Way recognising the skills each team member brings to the team, along with the contribution they make towards caring for patients with compassion. Leeds Teaching Hospitals has a wealth of learning opportunities available through the organisational learning department to support you in your ongoing personal development in addition to regular supervision and the opportunity to supervise junior staff & students. Interviews will be held on 3rd April 2025 Please contact us for further information: Colette Smith, Band 7 Occupational Therapist E-mail: colette.smith5nhs.net or Tel: 0113 2067944 Or Dian Stead, Band 7 Occupational Therapist Email: dian.stead1nhs.net or Tel: 0113 2067944 About us Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions. Date posted 21 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number C9298-ATH-394 Job locations Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX Job description Job responsibilities JOB PURPOSE To work within the Occupational Therapy Service, Providing effective Occupational therapy Intervention to various clinical areas To manage autonomously a clinical workload at a specialist level: assessing and treating patients and maintain associated records To develop and apply specialist knowledge, gained from past experience, on the job experience and specialist training. To provide a patient - focused service following the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and discharge) and using Occupational Therapy core skills. To supervise and support Occupational Therapists To delegate work to, supervise and support Occupational Therapy support staff To supervise and educate Occupational Therapy students To act as a specialist Occupational Therapy resource for colleagues, carers ad patients To be actively involved in team and service developments including audit and research The trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapy). The post holder will be professionally accountable to Health Professions Council, and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS Clinical Responsibilities This post holder will be responsible for providing complex occupational therapy intervention in a specific clinical speciality The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner addressing occupational therapy performance skills, social context and activity demands in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues. Clinical intervention may take place in a variety of settings including wards, therapy departments clinics, peoples homes, work places, community facilities, child care and educational establishments The work involves close liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and community based health and social care providers The post holder is responsible for financial and physical resources for example, use of equipment store systems such as Leeds Equipment Service, petty cash Principal duties and responsibilities are listed in section 9 Team Responsibilities 1. Management, supervision and support of Occupational Therapists, Support Staff and Students. 2. Deputising for Band 7 3. Routine organisation and maintenance of the department/section 4. Participation in projects and long-term team developments 5. To offer continuity to Head Occupational Therapist and colleagues in the team 6. Leading and participating in in-service training 7. To attend bi-monthly seniors meetings to evaluate and develop the service. 8. To promote changes to policies, procedures and practices within the specialist clinical area as identified in the team plan 9. Responsibility for checking and cleaning equipment in line with Trust and services health and safety policies Professional Responsibilities 1. Trust objectives and business plan 2. Service objectives and business plan 3. Modernisation Agenda/Government Initiatives 4. Membership in COT specialist sections relevant to the post 5. Awareness of COT initiatives 6. Continuing Professional Development 5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED To a specialist level: 1. Occupational Therapy Process screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge 2. Apply relevant theory and models of Occupational Therapy 3. Assess motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional and psycho-social components of occupational performance 4. Awareness of Risk Assessment and Management 5. Complex discharge planning 6. Understanding of functional implications of illness and disability 7. Disability Rights and Legislation 8. Awareness of the matrix of agencies involved in the delivery of services 9. Awareness of the facets of clinical governance 10. Organisational Awareness 11. Diversity Awareness 12. Current relevant legislation 13. Relevant national and professional guidelines, standards and frameworks 14. Relevant clinical conditions and prognosis 15. Specialised treatment techniques 16. Relevant standardised assessment 17. Provision and fitting of adaptive equipment 18. Fieldwork Education Training 6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc. 7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition. 8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS To a specialist level: 1. Written and Verbal Skills 2. Ability to maintain clear lines of appropriate communication 3. Ability to work as part of a Team (OT and MDT) 4. Interpersonal Skills 5. Problem-Solving Skills 6. Clinical Reasoning 7. Analytical Skills 8. Investigative Skills 9. Presentation Skills 10. Facilitation Skills 11. Coaching Skills 12. Computer Skills 13. Time Management and ability to prioritise 14. Ability to Delegate 15. Effective Supervision 16. Ability to work within flexible hours 17. Ability to initiate and take responsibility for personal development 18. Ability to ensure that others take responsibility for their personal development 19. Links with relevant specialist section and other networks 20. Ability to work in a changing environment 21. Negotiation within limitations of service 22. Ability to work under pressure 23. Assertiveness Skills 24. Ability to move and handle patients 25. Complex discharge planning 26. Ability to promote Occupational Therapy 27. Adaptability 28. Initiative 29. Empathy and Sensitivity 30. Ability to influence and persuade 31. Patient-focused 32. Strive to empower 33. Ability to maintain confidentiality 34. Ability to promote and practice clinical governance 9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical 1. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients. 2. To deliver a service using the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge) and core skills. 3. To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. 4. To establish individual patients, plan and carry out effective Occupational Therapy intervention to a specialist level, in the most appropriate environment taking into account each patients individual physical, social and emotional needs 5. To work autonomously, with mostly indirect supervision. 6. To interpret and analyse at an advanced level, clinical and non-clinical information across a range of conditions. 7. To use advanced investigative and analytical skills. 8. To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking and analysis to develop individual goals and interventions which optimise functional ability. 9. To plan and prioritise clinical work. 10. To delegate work to support staff and obtain feedback from delegated tasks. 11. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools/strategies to communicate complex information effectively to patients/carers. This may include patients/ carers who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating. 12. The information may relate to prognosis and rehabilitation outcomes. 13. To utilise strategies of persuasion and motivation to ensure patients engage in intervention. 14. To adopt a key role in complex discharge management, communicating appropriate information and acting as an advocate for patient/carers. 15. All recommendations should focus on occupational performance and risk management in the patients own environment. 16. To refer to internal and external agencies relevant to the patients needs using designated referral systems. 17. To liaise with and work in collaboration with internal and external agencies. 18. To act as a specialist resource for information and support to patients, carers and others. 19. To ensure safe use of equipment by self and others. 20. To be able to work stressful environment. Job description Job responsibilities JOB PURPOSE To work within the Occupational Therapy Service, Providing effective Occupational therapy Intervention to various clinical areas To manage autonomously a clinical workload at a specialist level: assessing and treating patients and maintain associated records To develop and apply specialist knowledge, gained from past experience, on the job experience and specialist training. To provide a patient - focused service following the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and discharge) and using Occupational Therapy core skills. To supervise and support Occupational Therapists To delegate work to, supervise and support Occupational Therapy support staff To supervise and educate Occupational Therapy students To act as a specialist Occupational Therapy resource for colleagues, carers ad patients To be actively involved in team and service developments including audit and research The trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapy). The post holder will be professionally accountable to Health Professions Council, and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS Clinical Responsibilities This post holder will be responsible for providing complex occupational therapy intervention in a specific clinical speciality The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner addressing occupational therapy performance skills, social context and activity demands in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues. Clinical intervention may take place in a variety of settings including wards, therapy departments clinics, peoples homes, work places, community facilities, child care and educational establishments The work involves close liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and community based health and social care providers The post holder is responsible for financial and physical resources for example, use of equipment store systems such as Leeds Equipment Service, petty cash Principal duties and responsibilities are listed in section 9 Team Responsibilities 1. Management, supervision and support of Occupational Therapists, Support Staff and Students. 2. Deputising for Band 7 3. Routine organisation and maintenance of the department/section 4. Participation in projects and long-term team developments 5. To offer continuity to Head Occupational Therapist and colleagues in the team 6. Leading and participating in in-service training 7. To attend bi-monthly seniors meetings to evaluate and develop the service. 8. To promote changes to policies, procedures and practices within the specialist clinical area as identified in the team plan 9. Responsibility for checking and cleaning equipment in line with Trust and services health and safety policies Professional Responsibilities 1. Trust objectives and business plan 2. Service objectives and business plan 3. Modernisation Agenda/Government Initiatives 4. Membership in COT specialist sections relevant to the post 5. Awareness of COT initiatives 6. Continuing Professional Development 5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED To a specialist level: 1. Occupational Therapy Process screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge 2. Apply relevant theory and models of Occupational Therapy 3. Assess motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional and psycho-social components of occupational performance 4. Awareness of Risk Assessment and Management 5. Complex discharge planning 6. Understanding of functional implications of illness and disability 7. Disability Rights and Legislation 8. Awareness of the matrix of agencies involved in the delivery of services 9. Awareness of the facets of clinical governance 10. Organisational Awareness 11. Diversity Awareness 12. Current relevant legislation 13. Relevant national and professional guidelines, standards and frameworks 14. Relevant clinical conditions and prognosis 15. Specialised treatment techniques 16. Relevant standardised assessment 17. Provision and fitting of adaptive equipment 18. Fieldwork Education Training 6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc. 7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition. 8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS To a specialist level: 1. Written and Verbal Skills 2. Ability to maintain clear lines of appropriate communication 3. Ability to work as part of a Team (OT and MDT) 4. Interpersonal Skills 5. Problem-Solving Skills 6. Clinical Reasoning 7. Analytical Skills 8. Investigative Skills 9. Presentation Skills 10. Facilitation Skills 11. Coaching Skills 12. Computer Skills 13. Time Management and ability to prioritise 14. Ability to Delegate 15. Effective Supervision 16. Ability to work within flexible hours 17. Ability to initiate and take responsibility for personal development 18. Ability to ensure that others take responsibility for their personal development 19. Links with relevant specialist section and other networks 20. Ability to work in a changing environment 21. Negotiation within limitations of service 22. Ability to work under pressure 23. Assertiveness Skills 24. Ability to move and handle patients 25. Complex discharge planning 26. Ability to promote Occupational Therapy 27. Adaptability 28. Initiative 29. Empathy and Sensitivity 30. Ability to influence and persuade 31. Patient-focused 32. Strive to empower 33. Ability to maintain confidentiality 34. Ability to promote and practice clinical governance 9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical 1. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients. 2. To deliver a service using the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge) and core skills. 3. To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. 4. To establish individual patients, plan and carry out effective Occupational Therapy intervention to a specialist level, in the most appropriate environment taking into account each patients individual physical, social and emotional needs 5. To work autonomously, with mostly indirect supervision. 6. To interpret and analyse at an advanced level, clinical and non-clinical information across a range of conditions. 7. To use advanced investigative and analytical skills. 8. To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking and analysis to develop individual goals and interventions which optimise functional ability. 9. To plan and prioritise clinical work. 10. To delegate work to support staff and obtain feedback from delegated tasks. 11. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools/strategies to communicate complex information effectively to patients/carers. This may include patients/ carers who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating. 12. The information may relate to prognosis and rehabilitation outcomes. 13. To utilise strategies of persuasion and motivation to ensure patients engage in intervention. 14. To adopt a key role in complex discharge management, communicating appropriate information and acting as an advocate for patient/carers. 15. All recommendations should focus on occupational performance and risk management in the patients own environment. 16. To refer to internal and external agencies relevant to the patients needs using designated referral systems. 17. To liaise with and work in collaboration with internal and external agencies. 18. To act as a specialist resource for information and support to patients, carers and others. 19. To ensure safe use of equipment by self and others. 20. To be able to work stressful environment. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration Experience Essential Post qualification experience as an Occupational Therapist Post qualification experience in a physical setting Multi-disciplinary team working Skills & behaviours Essential Able to take responsibility Mature and adaptable Able to prioritise Time management Person Specification Qualifications Essential Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration Experience Essential Post qualification experience as an Occupational Therapist Post qualification experience in a physical setting Multi-disciplinary team working Skills & behaviours Essential Able to take responsibility Mature and adaptable Able to prioritise Time management 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals Address Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)