Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
The purpose of this post is to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy care at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital. This post will be based with the Medicine/Therapy Frailty Team, working as part of the frailty service in the Emergency Department, SDEC, short stay wards and general medicine wards. You would be expected to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
This post will provide specialist Occupational Therapy intervention for patients in the Emergency Department, SDEC and Short Stay wards and will have a role in supporting an effective discharge as part of a wider MDT across general medical wards.
You will be based in the therapy department at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, working alongside other members of the Therapy team and wider MDT ensuring the service delivers excellent care to patients.
The post would ideally suit an experienced Band 6 Therapist or a Band 5 wishing to progress into a more senior role.
There will be an expectation that you will participate in the 7 day working rota participating in a 08:00-20:00 shift.
Main duties of the job
1. Perform advanced Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
2. Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.
3. Supervise, educate and assess students, assistants and Band 5 staff and provide specialised advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.
4. Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further develop own clinical practice and development of the service area. Make recommendations on changes to practice to the clinical lead/manager. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Relevant accredited courses or experience to equivalent level
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of Masters level study
Occupational Experience and abilities
* Variety of post-graduate experience in core clinical areas (min 1 year)
* Evidence of a range of CPD activities associated with clinical area of post
* Specific evidence of experience in the role related area.
Knowledge and skills
* Experience of student/ staff supervision
* Evidence of involvement in Quality Improvement activities e.g audit or service development activities
* Evidence of working to support staff /students in relation to HR processes e.g absence management/performance 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.
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