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At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our inpatient therapy team at the Forest of Dean Community Hospital. The post is ward based at the hospital, providing Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to inpatients.
We are looking for a person who is passionate about supporting people to regain their independence following a period of illness or injury. As a team, we are committed to enabling people to improve their function and quality of life; where possible returning home. The post holder is expected to have day-to-day operational and supervisory responsibility for more junior staff and rehabilitation assistants, providing leadership, clinical support and training as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess, formulate, evaluate and monitor specialised rehabilitation packages which will involve complex decision making within the Community Hospital. This role will require negotiation and co-ordination of a number of team members to deliver the specialised rehabilitation programmes to the patients on the ward.
The post holder will be required to provide leadership and support to the rehabilitation assistants, health care assistants and other staff within the MDT, clinical support and training as appropriate.
All aspects of clinical duties will be carried out as an autonomous practitioner, with access to guidance from specialised clinicians within the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner; to work alone with access to guidance from highly specialised Occupational Therapists within the trust.
* To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.
* To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload. This may involve complex decision making regarding patients being safe to return to their place of residence or requiring admission to hospital, which may cause conflict within the multidisciplinary team and patients/carers requiring management and negotiation to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Current HCPC Registration
* Membership to a relevant professional body e.g. RCOT
* Experience working in the NHS
Length and/or nature of experience
* Solid experience as an Occupational Therapist, or the ability to demonstrate relevant experience in the field of rehabilitation
* Evidence of working unsupervised
* Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries
* Ability to fit, assess for and demonstrate a range of standard and specialist equipment, including assessment and fitting of appropriate moving and handling equipment such as hoists, slings, or seating assessments
* Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants
* Broad range of clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Laura Graham
Job title: Therapy Lead
Email address: laura.graham@ghc.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 03004218660
Name: Alicia Jess
Community Hospital Occupational Therapy Professional Lead
Email: alicia.jess@ghc.nhs.uk
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