Main area: Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (30 hours over 4 days)
Job ref: 190-8552-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 13/01/2025
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave, pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for an experienced hand therapist to join the multidisciplinary burns, orthopaedics, and plastics team as a Clinical Specialist in Hand Therapy. The vacancy is open to both Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
The post will include treating acute injuries and the rehabilitation of the upper limb, and you will also be delivering a specialist clinic for wrist fractures alongside the consultants.
This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated therapist to develop the role of clinical specialist in hand therapy alongside other clinical specialists within the team.
The post holder will continue to develop and deliver a high level of therapy through a team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to the Sheffield hand unit, working closely with the Consultants and other members of the MDT.
Main duties of the job
1. Accountable for the delivery of high-quality therapy care within the defined clinical area and working with and supporting specialties within the team.
2. Provide clinical and professional leadership to Therapy colleagues in the specialty area.
3. Responsible for providing expert clinical practice with advanced clinical reasoning, training, and support to staff.
4. Lead evaluation and development of clinical practice within the specialism ensuring compliance with National and local guidelines and frameworks.
5. Responsible for clinical standards and evidence-based practice through audit, clinical effectiveness, and research activity.
6. Assist and support Clinical Service Managers and Lead Therapists in the service improvement and modernization of services.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to the professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
MSK Therapy provides integrated Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy to the MSK Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The MSK Care group includes Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain Management, Metabolic Bone, Hand Centre, MSK Therapy, and Podiatric Surgery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registration
* Postgraduate Masters level module in a relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning
* Master’s degree in relevant Speciality
Experience
* Extensive experience as a qualified therapist
* Significant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty
* Clinical Educator
* Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
* Supervision and line management of Therapy staff including appraisal
* Professional Presentations
* Experience in emergency respiratory on-call including weekend work (PT only)
* Member of Special Interest Group
* Governance
* Teaching
Further Training
* Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
* Advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty
* Knowledge of evidence-base for specialty
* Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology
* NVQ Assessor
* Clinical Governance
* Research, Clinical Audit, or Practice
* Leadership
* Teaching
* Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, team working, and leadership skills
* Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and others
* Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions, and implement sustainable change
* Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals
* Able to maintain confidentiality
* IT literate
* Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure
Other Factors
* Proactive approach to service delivery
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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full-time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition, for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references, and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check, and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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.
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