Job summary
Are you a dynamic and committed Occupational Therapist with a passion for rehabilitation? Pulross ward are seeking a Band 7 to join our friendly multidisciplinary team serving 14 intermediate care beds for Lambeth and Southwark.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Band 7 or an experienced Band 6 looking to progress within a supportive team. Applicants should have experience of delivering high quality, evidence-based rehabilitation to people with a variety of complex co-morbidities and falls.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and be a source of clinical expertise to the multi-disciplinary team. The post offers opportunities to develop leadership skills by enabling you to take a key role in a number of exciting service development initiatives.
Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise a caseload of complex patients are essential. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, creativity and the ability to support change in a fast-paced environment. Whilst the funding for the post is full-time, we would be happy to hear from people who wish to work more flexibly.
To discuss the post, please contact Anne-Marie Thomas, Deputy Clinical Lead, athomas10@nhs.net, 07774 729 239 or Polly Brown, Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist, polly.brown10@nhs.net, 07768 067 514.
Main duties of the job
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To perform highly specialised and advanced assessments and treatments as part of the Pulross Rehab Ward Intermediate Care Therapy team. The caseload consists of adults and older people with a wide range of complex pathologies, functional difficulties and disabilities.
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To act as lead Occupational Therapist for the Pulross Intermediate Care beds and alongside the Deputy Clinical Lead be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of this service. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and a source of clinical expertise to facilitate seamless rehabilitation of clients.
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Provide supervision and facilitate professional development with Occupational Therapy staff, Therapy Assistants and Occupational Therapy students as required.
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To work autonomously, frequently as a lone practitioner and at times in conjunction with team colleagues, across a variety of locations within the community including client's homes and residential care settings to meet the individual needs of the multi-cultural population in an inner-city area
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Work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with health and social care professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver individualised and expert care to a high standard to clients.
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It is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas. This includes 7 day working and non- traditional shift patterns.
About us
The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service is part of the Integrated Local Services directorate. It delivers physiotherapy and occupational therapy to adults and older people with illness, injury or disability, helping them to be more independent in their daily activities. The clients have a wide range of functional difficulties, long-term conditions and disabilities and many have multiple pathologies and complex medical conditions. They may be seen in a 14 bed Intermediate Care Unit, in their own homes and in health and community centres within Lambeth and Southwark. The service leads the provision of Falls prevention and management of clients within both boroughs providing individual and group exercise programmes
The post holder will mainly work from the Pulross Centre in Brixton, but will be expected to work from other centres/locations within the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark as required.
To support the service's commitment to meeting client needs and delivering excellence, it is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas. This may include 7 day working and non- traditional shift patterns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. Please ensure your application reflects your own examples of skills and experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. Please ensure your application reflects your own examples of skills and experience.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- State registered as Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- oMember of relevant Clinical Interest Group
Experience, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- oSignificant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas, e.g. elderly care, neuro-rehab, orthopaedics, amputees, falls
- oKnowledge of the rehabilitation of older people, including the frail elderly
- oAbility/ experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal.
- oAbility to carry out risk assessments, including those for complex moving and handling, in both in-patient and in a variety of community settings presenting with possible challenges and barriers to discharge.
- oKnowledge of basic research and audit methodology.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in an in-patient rehab setting
- oExperience of working in a community setting.
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- oAbility to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- oAbility to delegate work to other team members
- oDemonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- oFit to be able to carry out physical nature of duties.
- oHighly developed therapeutic handling skills.
- oAble to work as part of a multi-professional team, understanding the roles of others, both within and external to the Trust.
- oAbility to work effectively under pressure with frequent interruptions.
Desirable
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- State registered as Occupational Therapist
Desirable
- oMember of relevant Clinical Interest Group
Experience, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- oSignificant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas, e.g. elderly care, neuro-rehab, orthopaedics, amputees, falls
- oKnowledge of the rehabilitation of older people, including the frail elderly
- oAbility/ experience of managing less senior staff and students including providing supervision and appraisal.
- oAbility to carry out risk assessments, including those for complex moving and handling, in both in-patient and in a variety of community settings presenting with possible challenges and barriers to discharge.
- oKnowledge of basic research and audit methodology.
Desirable
- oExperience of working in an in-patient rehab setting
- oExperience of working in a community setting.
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- oAbility to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties demonstrating excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- oAbility to delegate work to other team members
- oDemonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- oFit to be able to carry out physical nature of duties.
- oHighly developed therapeutic handling skills.
- oAble to work as part of a multi-professional team, understanding the roles of others, both within and external to the Trust.
- oAbility to work effectively under pressure with frequent interruptions.
Desirable
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).
