University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5/ 6 Occupational Therapist-Development Opportunity

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Job summary

Band 6 OT post or band 5-6 OT development post.

Are you a current band 6 OT or a band 5 looking to progress into a band 6 post? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you. Do you enjoy delivering high quality care to Stroke and Neuro patients in a variety of settings, acute wards, ESD and Out patient services? We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic OT to join our Stroke and Neuro Therapy Team at Heartlands Hospital.

We are a large and dynamic Therapy Team providing a high quality and effective in-patient and out patient services from our hospital sites. We have a strong emphasis on staff development and learning with excellent support and a robust supervision structure in place. We are committed to maximising staff potential. If you would like to gain a broad range of experience within both the out patient and acute setting, be part of an excellent team and develop your skills within this specialty, then please apply.

If you have minimum of 18 months experience and evidence of working in Stroke and Neuro for 6 months looking to progress, do not miss this opportunity to work within an innovative, friendly team with all of the benefits of being at a large teaching Hospital.

For further details please contact:

Alison Wilkinson Band 8a Occupational Therapist Alison.wilkinson@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist Occupational Therapy Neurological rehab service across the pathway, ranging from both in-patient Stroke and Neuro rehab, to Early Supported Discharge and out-patient rehabilitation.

You will work as part of a large, friendly, dynamic and forward -thinking rotation across sites to deliver specialist, client centred rehabilitation for a range of patients. The role will enable you to deliver varied specialist rehab in both in-pt and out pt settings as well as patient's homes.

The team is committed to providing supervision and training to enhance your development and has a robust system of support and education in place.

You will contribute to our flexible working programme across the organisation.

To provide a high standard occupational therapy service across the stroke and neuro service.

To use your specialist technical skills to assist in the assessment and treatment of your own caseload stroke and Neurological patients. You will be working alongside specialist therapists who will be able to support your development.

The caseload is varied and with the possibility of a variety of settings, ESD, .acute stroke ward, Out patient , clinics and community visits.

To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

11 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£28,407 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-53357YS

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Diploma / degree in occupational therapy.
* Current registration with Health Professions Council.
* A levels or equivalent qualification
* Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
* Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Experience

Essential

* Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
* Demonstrate acute clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This will include acute hospital experience in older people's medicine, frail elderly, neurology and T&O. Minimum of 12 months experience
* Experience of team/service development.
* Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, students and assistants.
* A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine,requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
* Good understanding of working in an acute trust.
* Understanding of current legislation and application to Occupational Therapy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Diploma / degree in occupational therapy.
* Current registration with Health Professions Council.
* A levels or equivalent qualification
* Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
* Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Experience

Essential

* Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
* Demonstrate acute clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This will include acute hospital experience in older people's medicine, frail elderly, neurology and T&O. Minimum of 12 months experience
* Experience of team/service development.
* Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, students and assistants.
* A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine,requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
* Good understanding of working in an acute trust.
* Understanding of current legislation and application to Occupational Therapy.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)