Job summary
Are you a B5 looking for progression or a B6 looking for a change in your careers, then look no further. Here is your opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and ever evolving therapy team at Good Hope Hospital; part of UHB. You will be working as part of the therapy team and the wider Multidisciplinary Team supporting patients to return home as soon as possible by providing timely and regular therapy interventions maximising their chances of staying at home. You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of occupational therapy treatments. Internal applicants will be given a secondment opportunity for the duration.
In return we offer you the opportunity to developing your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills, supporting your career development with an individual personal development plan; closely linked to our maximising potential framework.
We provide a range of well-being support both as a Trust and as a Therapy Department. You will be working within a friendly supportive environment where we are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff.
Main duties of the job
To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of wards within the hospital setting. Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases across the Acute Medical wards, applying
Occupational Therapy knowledge and the OT process. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and supporting patients into the outpatient community setting.
You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Assistants and Junior therapists.
You will participate in our seven-day working rota.
In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience.
For further information regarding this post please, contact Caroline Wall/Elizabeth Plunkett Line managers caroline.wall@uhb.nhs.uk 0121 424 9035
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with HCPC
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate
- *Training relevant to clinical speciality
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE
- *English and maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality; having worked within this clinical area in recent times. This would need to include experience in discharge planning.
- *Team/service development
- *A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- *Understanding of current legislation and application to OT
Desirable
- *Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff
- *An understanding of discharge routes into the community services, local to the Trust.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- *An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team
- * Able to contribute to weekend service
- *Ability to work varied shift patterns commensurate to service area
Desirable
- *Able to drive with maximum 3 points on driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with HCPC
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate
- *Training relevant to clinical speciality
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE
- *English and maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality; having worked within this clinical area in recent times. This would need to include experience in discharge planning.
- *Team/service development
- *A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- *Understanding of current legislation and application to OT
Desirable
- *Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff
- *An understanding of discharge routes into the community services, local to the Trust.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- *An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team
- * Able to contribute to weekend service
- *Ability to work varied shift patterns commensurate to service area
Desirable
- *Able to drive with maximum 3 points on driving licence
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
