Job summary
BAND 8a Principal Occupational Therapist - Senior Health, Medicine and Specialist MedicinePermanent contractFull time 37.5 hours over 7 days
St George's is recruiting to the Principal Occupational Therapist role for the multidisciplinary therapy team in Senior Health and Medicine and the occupational therapy service in Cardiology and Renal inpatients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and flexible occupational therapist with clinical leadership experience and advanced assessment and rehabilitation skills in the management of frailty and/or complex medical long-term conditions. You will provide clinical leadership and operational management of the multidisciplinary therapy team in senior health and medicine. As part of your role, you will provide clinical supervision to the band 7 OTs in senior health, medicine, cardiology and renal inpatients.
You will work closely with other Principal Therapists including the Principal Therapist in the ED and AMU, inpatient cardiorespiratory and neurosciences Principal PTs and OTs and Community Team Leads to ensure high quality evidence-based inpatient therapy provision and a safe and a timely discharge. This role also has strong working relationships with OPAL, the ward MDTs, neighbouring community health, social services, and the voluntary sector.
You will participate in the seven-day Enhanced Weekend Rehabilitation and Discharge service on the medical and senior health wards enabling safe and timely discharge (1 in 6-8 weekends).With strong links with the Southwest London AHP Faulty and St Georges University, there are opportunities to promote the occupational therapy profession and contribute to developing occupational therapists of the future including apprenticeships, clinical placements, preceptorship and advanced clinical practitioner roles.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large Teaching Hospital in South-West London, serving a diverse and multicultural local community and providing specialised services nationally. The Trust is one of Europe's largest teaching hospitals and specialises in Major Trauma, Neurosciences, Cardiology and Plastics, amongst its specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find further detail in supporting documents attached. Please refer to supporting documents when submitting applications and ensure skills match person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find further detail in supporting documents attached. Please refer to supporting documents when submitting applications and ensure skills match person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
- Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable
- Recognised post graduate qualification (E.g. MSc, PG Dip)
- Leadership Training
- Post graduate management training
- Working at 'M' level as demonstrated by on-going CPD including 'M' level accreditation, lecturing on 'M' level courses and research/publication s and equivalent experience
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Group with the College of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience)
- A minimum of 6 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in acute care at Band 7 level (medical and geriatric medicine patients) covering rehabilitation and general acute medical / geriatric beds, A&E or equivalent experience in a rapid response team
- Broad range of experience at junior,band 6 and band 7 levels of a wide range of approaches to the management of rehabilitation patients. Highly specialist knowledge and experience in acute medicine or geriatric medicine demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Experience in interpreting and implementing evidence based practice
- Experience of managing and supervising a multi - professional therapy team including the full spectrum of daily line management, clinical supervision, management of attendance (annual leave, sickness etc) performance management and organizing cover
- Experience of teaching and training in the work place
- Experience of student supervision/ clinical education
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Has experience of using goal setting, outcome measure and standardised assessments
Desirable
- Experience in other rehabilitation or acute settings
- Experience of working in a range of settings (e.g. Community, Day Hospital, Rehabilitation Unit,
- Local Authority / voluntary sector, ED
- Wheelchair services
- Experience of undertaking post graduate research projects
- Research skills
- Critical Appraisal skills
- Formal management training/ qualification
- Experience of teaching in Higher Education setting
- Ability to run courses - internal/external
- Has contributed to the development of or participated in the formal evaluation of outcome measure and standardised assessments
- Previous committee experience
Skills
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Remains updated with professional practice and new research
- Member of relevant specialist interest groups
- Professional demeanour
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate the workloads within a team
- Ability to lead staff training and development
- Ability to work with multi - interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Ability to react sensitively and professionally to unforeseen clinical and non - clinical situations
- Competent in relevant standard IT skills
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
- Demonstrates leadership skills
- Show evidence of being self -motivated
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Ability to cope with 12 working in a pressured and unpredictable environment
- Able to work flexibly to fit with the working patterns of staff
- Able to manage own time and facilitate good time management in a team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the current health care environment, the NHS Plan and the relevance and implications of national directives in modernising health care
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for Therapy Services including experience of quality issues, health and safety/ risk management and clinical effectiveness
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of Data Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
Desirable
- Presented at professional conferences
- Published papers in professional journals
Other
Essential
- Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours, unsociable hours and weekends
Desirable
- Car driver
- BAOT membership
- Member of Specialist Section / Interest group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
- Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable
- Recognised post graduate qualification (E.g. MSc, PG Dip)
- Leadership Training
- Post graduate management training
- Working at 'M' level as demonstrated by on-going CPD including 'M' level accreditation, lecturing on 'M' level courses and research/publication s and equivalent experience
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Group with the College of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience)
- A minimum of 6 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in acute care at Band 7 level (medical and geriatric medicine patients) covering rehabilitation and general acute medical / geriatric beds, A&E or equivalent experience in a rapid response team
- Broad range of experience at junior,band 6 and band 7 levels of a wide range of approaches to the management of rehabilitation patients. Highly specialist knowledge and experience in acute medicine or geriatric medicine demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Experience in interpreting and implementing evidence based practice
- Experience of managing and supervising a multi - professional therapy team including the full spectrum of daily line management, clinical supervision, management of attendance (annual leave, sickness etc) performance management and organizing cover
- Experience of teaching and training in the work place
- Experience of student supervision/ clinical education
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Has experience of using goal setting, outcome measure and standardised assessments
Desirable
- Experience in other rehabilitation or acute settings
- Experience of working in a range of settings (e.g. Community, Day Hospital, Rehabilitation Unit,
- Local Authority / voluntary sector, ED
- Wheelchair services
- Experience of undertaking post graduate research projects
- Research skills
- Critical Appraisal skills
- Formal management training/ qualification
- Experience of teaching in Higher Education setting
- Ability to run courses - internal/external
- Has contributed to the development of or participated in the formal evaluation of outcome measure and standardised assessments
- Previous committee experience
Skills
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
- Remains updated with professional practice and new research
- Member of relevant specialist interest groups
- Professional demeanour
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate the workloads within a team
- Ability to lead staff training and development
- Ability to work with multi - interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Ability to react sensitively and professionally to unforeseen clinical and non - clinical situations
- Competent in relevant standard IT skills
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
- Demonstrates leadership skills
- Show evidence of being self -motivated
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Ability to cope with 12 working in a pressured and unpredictable environment
- Able to work flexibly to fit with the working patterns of staff
- Able to manage own time and facilitate good time management in a team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the current health care environment, the NHS Plan and the relevance and implications of national directives in modernising health care
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for Therapy Services including experience of quality issues, health and safety/ risk management and clinical effectiveness
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of Data Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
Desirable
- Presented at professional conferences
- Published papers in professional journals
Other
Essential
- Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours, unsociable hours and weekends
Desirable
- Car driver
- BAOT membership
- Member of Specialist Section / Interest group
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
