Senior Occupational Therapist Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 6
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Job overview
Full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist , 12 months internal/external secondment/fixed term contract.
We are looking to recruit to a new and exciting post which will offer the unique opportunity of working across two stages of the patient pathway: assessing patients following traumatic head injury during in-patient admission within neurosciences and then providing community rehabilitation within our specialist Traumatic Brain Injury team. This post will work cross-site between both QMC and Nottingham City Hospital campuses.
The successful candidate will have excellent core occupational therapy clinical skills, neuro clinical experience, as well as a wide range of experience through other specialities. Previous experience within traumatic brain injury would be desirable.
Commitment to continual professional development is essential. You will demonstrate highly skilled communication and interpersonal skills to support an ability to work both autonomously and within the team.
You will receive support and training opportunities for you to develop in this role to reach your full potential. This will include peer and senior support, regular supervision, in-house and external training, as well as varied opportunities to engage in wider learning experiences.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will provide occupational therapy for a complex caseload working creatively and collaboratively with the MDT, patients and their families, as well as external agencies.
On the neurosciences in-patient wards you will provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention, providing essential early rehabilitation and developing safe and effective discharge plans.
The Traumatic Brain Injury service provides community-based interventions in a range of locations including; clients home environment, workplace, general local community, and out-patient clinic areas. Previous experience of vocational rehabilitation would be desirable. This role will include travel across Nottinghamshire to provide patient intervention. Due to this, holding a driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for the role.
The ability to form good working relationships with the wider multi-disciplinary team and adopt a multi-agency approach is essential. You will also need to be computer literate, with a willingness to learn how to use of a range of hospital ICT systems. There is an expectation that you will be actively involved in project work & engage in ongoing service developments.
This role will actively contribute to the pre-planned weekend rotas.
Working for our organisation
As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers.
Therapies and Rehabilitation Services is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to.
Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists, and our other staff encompass professionals such as nurses, psychologists, administrative and clerical and support workers.
We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
We’ve made a clear commitment to our patients and staff that We Listen, We Care. We will do all we can to ensure our patients get the best possible care we can give them.
We want you to be proud to be part of the NUH team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the summary below, please familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
You will be required to:
- Hold responsibility for your own caseload of patients requiring neurological rehabilitation, working without direct supervision.
- Contribute to the supervision and education of rotational occupational therapists, student occupational therapists, occupational therapy support staff and generic rehabilitation assistants.
- Be professional and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
- Undertake specialist assessments of patients with diverse or complex presentations and multi-pathologies using specialist analysis, clinical reasoning skills, manual assessment techniques and listening skills to receive complex and sensitive details from patients to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
- Formulate and deliver specialised occupational therapy treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, analysis and reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options eg. Splinting and orthotic techniques, compensatory strategies, assessment for and prescription of equipment.
- Be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change.
- Communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health and social care sectors to ensure delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service and assist in developing comprehensive discharge plans.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
- Health Professional Council registration as an Occupational Therapist
- Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training/courses in field of neurology
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexibility to work elsewhere in therapies or as required across both campuses
- Flexible working schedules including participation in weekend rosters where required
- Drivers licence and access to vehicle
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation
Analytical/Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of junior OT and support staff
- Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of complex patients
- Independently work through the OT process with complex patients.
- Able to use evidenced based practice to inform own practice and that of others
Planning/organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Able to plan own clinical activity to meet clinical needs of patients when demand exceeds capacity
- Able to make judgements about the prioritising of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to support junior and support staff in this process
Communication and relationship
Essential criteria
- Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
- Able to effectively use a range of written and verbal communication skills with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment
- Able to communicate patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delegating to and supervising OT or Rehabilitation support staff
- Experience of being a supervisee and supervisor
- Experience of contributing to the operational management of the team
- Experience of contributing to the clinical education of less experienced staff or undergraduate OT students
- Clinical experience in neurology/stroke
- Post graduate experience in wide range of clinical areas
Desirable criteria
- Splinting experience
- Experience working with traumatic brain injury patients
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
