Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist
Directorate: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostic and Therapies
Band: 6
Interview Date: Week Commencing 4th of November 2024
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will work rotationally in the following areas: Cardiorespiratory, Respiratory Support Unit, Older Persons wards, Frailty Assessment wards and Frailty SDEC, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Surgical specialities wards, and Emergency Department and Front Door wards.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with a broad range of acute hospital experience, demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to actively contribute to service development.
The Senior Occupational Therapist will work within a fully integrated therapy team, offering holistic assessments to our patients.
In addition, you will get an opportunity to develop your managerial and supervisory skills providing supervision to rotational therapists, therapy assistants and students. Continuing professional development is encouraged and supported through the appraisal system.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job responsibilities
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient case/work load.
* To undertake assessment, standardised and non-standardised, of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.
* To deliver individualised occupational therapy intervention and treatment programmes using a broad range of occupational therapy skills in individual and group settings.
* To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.
* To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care.
* To communicate effectively with patients and carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may be unable to accept diagnosis/prognosis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/degree in occupational therapy.
* Current Health Professions Council registration.
* Membership of the College of Occupational Therapy.
Experience
* Broad range of experience and junior level including acute environments.
* Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload.
* Supervision of Occupational Therapy students / junior staff.
Knowledge
* Good knowledge of basis assessment and treatment of patients with a wide range of conditions.
* Understanding of the balance of professional development needs with service needs.
* Understanding of Clinical Governance and managing risk in your own work.
Skills
* Able to communicate clearly with other team members and patients/carers.
* Basic auditing skills.
Values Based Question
* Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome.
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.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Medway Maritime Hospital
Acting Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
275-2410SOT-R1
Job locations
Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Medway Maritime Hospital
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