Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Operational Lead for Admission Avoidance & ESD

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Job summary

Band 8A - Occupational Therapy Operational Lead for Admission Avoidance and Early Supported Discharge Services

Are you looking for an amazing leadership opportunity to lead a group of talented and skilled professionals? Are you looking to work in a well-supported organisation with excellent management support? Are you motivated, driven and really want to make a difference for your colleagues and patients? If you are, then this may be the right job for you.

We are looking for a supportive, motivated, inspiring leader to lead the Front Door and Early Supported Discharge Occupational Therapy services at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.If you want to know more about the Therapies team, please see the document on Careers in Therapies at Royal Berkshire Hospital attached.

We are proud to work for The Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT) where the CEO is involved, there is visible leadership at all levels and employees aspire to work to our care values.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has once again been rated as one of the best acute trusts to work for in England, according to the results of the latest NHS Staff Survey - one of the largest workforce surveys in the world.

Reading has excellent links into London (25 minute train journey from Paddington) fantastic schools, big shopping centre, and a community-feel in town.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the front door services, including the day-to-day management, supervising staff and providing clinical support. Working closely with the Professional Lead and Head of Therapies to ensure alignment to service objectives and strategic goals of the Trust.
To lead the Front door OT team in the development of their strategy and service plans with support from the Specialist Medicine Leadership team and in line with the Trust vision, values and clinical services strategy.
To ensure a timely and effective service is delivered across all inpatient specialities by helping to monitor staffing levels and workload capacity on a daily basis, providing relevant advice and information to the trust as needed.
To use advanced knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to manage own caseload of patients, including those with highly complex conditions, as an autonomous practitioner. Expectation to be working clinically up to 40% as per job plan.

About us

RBFT is one of the largest district general hospital foundation trusts in the country. With a turnover of over £375m, employing over 5,000 staff and delivering care from multiple sites, we provide acute medical and surgical services to a population of 500,000 patients in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services to a wider population of 1 million across Berkshire and its borders.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

18 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6148281NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For any further details, please contact Alafiya Sachak on 0118 322 5528 / alafiya.sachak@royalberkshire.nhs.uk .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For any further details, please contact Alafiya Sachak on 0118 322 5528 / alafiya.sachak@royalberkshire.nhs.uk .

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate qualification or significant experience that equates to postgraduate level qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development
HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Desirable

MSc or equivalent training in related area
Management training

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification experience gained in a range of areas within the profession.
Demonstrate expert knowledge in field and application of current best practice
Experience of supervising staff and students
Experience of training and developing other qualified staff
Proven leadership experience in a clinical setting

Desirable

Experience of leadership and management role within multi-partner system organisation

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate qualification or significant experience that equates to postgraduate level qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development
HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Desirable

MSc or equivalent training in related area
Management training

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification experience gained in a range of areas within the profession.
Demonstrate expert knowledge in field and application of current best practice
Experience of supervising staff and students
Experience of training and developing other qualified staff
Proven leadership experience in a clinical setting

Desirable

Experience of leadership and management role within multi-partner system organisation

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

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

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

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)