Senior Occupational Therapist Band 7

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Job description:

Before applying, please note that:

• The role is for an energetic, enthusiastic and able candidate and not applicants who wish to slow down
• We do not offer hybrid or remote working

Job Description:

About Us

The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital is a world class independent rehabilitation centre based in Aylesbury, with an international reputation for excellence in treating patients with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury, stroke, and a variety of other neurological and medical conditions.

The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital was established in Aylesbury in 1832 and has provided services and treatments to thousands of people from across the region. The ownership of the hospital was transferred to our new management team in January 2023. By joining our existing portfolio, the hospital is now run professionally and provides clinical care to private, insured and NHS patients, with a strong ethos on caring for our staff.

Significant ongoing investment into both hospitals includes complete refurbishment of the wards, the outpatient area, reception, staff facilities, radiology and the construction of additional state-of-the-art operating theatres and endoscopy suites.

We have over 50 consultants, all of whom are leaders in their specialist fields and choose to hold their private practices here, working alongside our friendly, highly qualified and experienced nursing and support teams. The clinical outcomes of the hospital are of the highest standards. The latest CQC report rated our hospital standards as good across all parameters.

Our organisation has strong IT, operational, clinical governance and accountancy support.

All colleagues are encouraged to feel empowered and to have an active voice on the management of their services.

Our flexible and intensive rehabilitation programmes use the most cutting edge , state of the art and contemporary technology, rehabilitative equipment and treatment methods to give patients maximum possible independence in the shortest possible time.

As a valued employee of RBH your role is to work with your immediate department team as well as the whole hospital team to deliver an outstanding holistic person-centred rehabilitation service. We pride ourselves on creating a clinical professional holistic environment in which we aim to achieve all our patients optimum outcomes for all set goals. It is imperative to work collaboratively as each department will contribute to ensure these outcomes are achieved and the patients hospital rehabilitation experience is as positive it can be. This includes extending an excellent level of customer service to the family as well as our patients to ensure they are all are supported through their journey with us.

The person & scope

To work within the therapy department to provide occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation to Patients with neuro-disability on an individual and group basis according to the agreed goals and objectives of Patients

Contribute to multi-disciplinary working across the Hospital and to work collaboratively with colleagues, nursing staff and other departments in the Hospital in the pursuit of providing an outstanding service and experience for Patients, and to ensure effective communication with other members of the team, Patients and relatives.

Be dedicated to continuous professional development and seek learning opportunities to improve departmental clinical objectives

Skills & Experience

• Excellent listening skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of personnel
• Working as part of a busy team
• Compassion with professionalism
• Complete understanding of confidentiality
• Attention to detail
• Understanding professional boundary setting and maintaining professional relationships within them
• Problem solving

Duties and Responsibilities

• To independently manage a designated caseload of clients with complex needs in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
• To complete specialist assessments of clients to address their occupational performance & skill deficit using specialist standardised and non-standardised assessment tools.
• To work with clients, their carers/relatives to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan and participate in joint goal setting and rehabilitation planning with other team members.
• To plan and carry out regular goal review with the patient/family/carers to discuss progress and plan future goals.
• To plan and implement client centred individual and/or group interventions, enabling the clients in areas of self-maintenance, productivity & leisure, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To work as part of the multi / interdisciplinary team providing specialist rehabilitation.
• To conduct and develop rehabilitation groups, working with other members of the multi/interdisciplinary team.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention and to ensure a high standard of evidence based clinical and professional practice is maintained and developed and intervention progresses to a satisfactory closure.
• To provide occupational therapy intervention at The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, the patients home or other community setting.
• To carry out home visits in liaison with other health and social care professionals to identify equipment and care needs required for discharge as appropriate.
• To provide clinical specialist advice/support to the occupational therapy team and other team members as appropriate in Spinal Cord Injury management.
• To lead and co-ordinate case conferences and family meetings.
• To act as a key worker for designated patients.
• To recommend and/or arrange for the provision, delivery and fit of standard specialist disability equipment frequently entailing manual effort and undertaking risk assessment for safe fitting and use.
• To participate in clinical meetings which review individual patients progress.
• To provide help and advice to patients, their families, and other carers, teaching and demonstrating relevant treatment techniques, moving, and handling and use of equipment to optimise patients functional ability and independence.
• To refer clients on to other agencies as appropriate.
• To work collaboratively with the Head of Therapy to clinically supervise, mentor and develop clinical skills and competencies for junior Occupational Therapists on the team
• To work collaboratively with the Head of Therapy to continually improve professional standards and scope of OT service provision within the hospital

We are a small hospital and therefore expect the whole hospital to work as a team to ensure we always provide outstanding service level, this may require you helping out in other departments on occasion when asked.

To work within the agreed framework of this job description, your Code of Professional Conduct and CQC and other regulatory frameworks, including those relating to Patient records, risk assessment and appropriate management of risks.

This job description should be read in conjunction with your contract of employment as it outlines the scope and main responsibilities of the post holder. No job description can give a complete account of all the responsibilities required and therefore the post holder may be required to carry out other duties and responsibilities that are not defined but which complement the scope and purpose of the role.

To ensure all mandatory training is kept up to date as defined by the Hospital, to attend supervision sessions and to undertake an annual appraisal, including completion and renewal of clinical competencies relevant to the purpose of the role, as directed by the Hospital

Ensure knowledge and skills are kept up to date by attending additional training as identified during supervision, appraisal and development sessions, and to ensure these are reflected in practice during your working shift.

To ensure the values, policies and ethos of the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital are upheld in all dealings to ensure high standards of care and the good reputation of the Hospital are maintained.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC Qualification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The New Foscote Hospital

Address

Royal Bucks Hospital

Bicester Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP199AB

Employer's website

https://thefoscotehospital.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)