Bank Senior Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational Therapy intervention to each service within the rotation.
• To be aware of the total therapy needs of the team, the changing demands and act in consultation with the Team Leaders to fulfil these needs.
• To be able to be proactive at delivering therapeutic interventions within a timely manner to enable patients to maintain their independence, identifying when patients would benefit from further rehabilitation and support services and to refer on to other services appropriately.
• To assist with the continuous service development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To manage complex diverse cases which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric conditions.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work within a framework of local, national and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with Health and care Professions Council
• Evidence of continuing Professional Development and postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area - e.g., Falls, Elderly rehabilitation, Frailty, Admission avoidance, Neurology, use of equipment.
• Registered Field Work Educator

Desirable

• Evidence of basic management training
• Apprenticeship / NVQ Assessor
• Post graduate training e.g. Normal movement training, advanced cognitive/perceptual training

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post-graduate experience in rehabilitation
• Broad range of clinical experience e.g. surgery, acute experience, Front Door, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, community
• Experience of providing supervision for less experienced staff or assistants.
• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload.
• Experience of the application of the Occupational therapy process and models of practice

Desirable

• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a highly complex caseload
• Experience of project work
• Awareness of budget management
• Experience of Inter-disciplinary team working

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance e.g. audit, risk management, education
• Use of goal setting and outcome measures
• Up to date evidence based clinical knowledge
• Ability to manage resources
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools and outcome measures

Desirable

• Acute / deteriorating patient / virtual ward assessment skills e.g. A and E experience or Community Urgent Response
• Working knowledge of internal/external NHS environment
• Knowledge of NHS National strategy e.g. NHS plan, NSF's, Nice Guidance

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

Employer's website

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