Job summary
Band 6 Occupational Therapist
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic clinician to join our friendly Islington urgent and rapid response service (IURRS).You will be expected to have a broad range of experience of occupational therapy. Experience in assessing and developing treatment plans for older people and for people with physical disabilities is essential.
You will be a senior clinician in team and also responsible for managing own caseload and providing clinical and therapeutic guidance to junior OTs/rehab assistants working with people with complex needs, to enable the team to undertake service development, changes of service, practice and ways of working to enable effective inter-discipline working.
The team is currently under consultation /re-structuring in line with the NHS long term plans for urgent community response. This role may in near future involve weekend working to a rota following the UCR consultation and may involve weekend working.
Main duties of the job
Your role of as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist is to be the senior OT clinician for your team; managing own caseload and complex cases;assess, treat and rehabilitate community patients in their own homes/care homes/sheltered accommodations etc within the Islington borough.
You will provide specialist assessments, interventions, guidance to support patients in their home environments and escalate risks, train staff and service users. You will be expected to supervise junior OT's in the team and provide advice and support as needed. Be actively involved in student teaching and supervision, help the lead OT in creating robust in-service training for the clinicians in the team.
Support the lead OT and service managers to implement change. Actively participate in service development and staff management.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
For more information, please access the following link:https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team within Islington urgent and rapid response service(IURRS)
- The post holder will support other teams within IURRS as needed.
- The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high quality OT and care management to patients with simple to complex needs within the intermediate care units and community within the borough.
- The post holder will be actively involved in team and service developments with the support of line manager.
- To develop strong working relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- To provide supervision to band 5 OT(s), Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students whilst on placement in the service.
- To be actively involved in Continuing Professional Development.
- To be involved in caseload management with varied patients who have mobility, musculoskeletal, cognitive and neurological problems.
- Community visits to clients may be made on foot, public transport, motorcycle, bicycle or car.
Please refer to the job description and person specification document for details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team within Islington urgent and rapid response service(IURRS)
- The post holder will support other teams within IURRS as needed.
- The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high quality OT and care management to patients with simple to complex needs within the intermediate care units and community within the borough.
- The post holder will be actively involved in team and service developments with the support of line manager.
- To develop strong working relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- To provide supervision to band 5 OT(s), Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students whilst on placement in the service.
- To be actively involved in Continuing Professional Development.
- To be involved in caseload management with varied patients who have mobility, musculoskeletal, cognitive and neurological problems.
- Community visits to clients may be made on foot, public transport, motorcycle, bicycle or car.
Please refer to the job description and person specification document for details.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational therapy
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
- Experience working as a band 5 OT
Desirable
- Member of BAOT
- Member of any other relevant OT groups
Evidence of skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
- Experience of organising/writing/participating in in-service training programmes.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance of post-graduate training related to the post
Essential criteria
Essential
- Able to work with a varied community and age groups
Demonstrate good knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, mental health, cognitive deficits and conditions of old age.
- Knowledge of outcome measure tools relevant to community Occupational therapy, and ability to select and justify their use.
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills with an ability to develop client centred, realistic and achievable goals.
- high level of organisation skills and ability to prioritise caseloads and identify areas of unmet need
- Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional or organisational issues.
- Able to demonstrate staff management and mentoring skills; supervised junior staff / rehab technician / students,
- Able to demonstrate knowledge/management of staff conflict (scenario) or staff challenging behaviours
Desirable
- Knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
- Knowledge about service development in a clinical setting.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational therapy
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
- Experience working as a band 5 OT
Desirable
- Member of BAOT
- Member of any other relevant OT groups
Evidence of skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
- Experience of organising/writing/participating in in-service training programmes.
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance of post-graduate training related to the post
Essential criteria
Essential
- Able to work with a varied community and age groups
Demonstrate good knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, mental health, cognitive deficits and conditions of old age.
- Knowledge of outcome measure tools relevant to community Occupational therapy, and ability to select and justify their use.
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, carers and staff within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills with an ability to develop client centred, realistic and achievable goals.
- high level of organisation skills and ability to prioritise caseloads and identify areas of unmet need
- Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional or organisational issues.
- Able to demonstrate staff management and mentoring skills; supervised junior staff / rehab technician / students,
- Able to demonstrate knowledge/management of staff conflict (scenario) or staff challenging behaviours
Desirable
- Knowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
- Knowledge about service development in a clinical setting.
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).
