Job summary
To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, management, and evaluation for children and young people with complex orthopaedic and spinal needs. To provide input to in-patients undergoing orthopaedic and spinal surgery on the hospital wards and to provide assessment and input at the multi-professional pre-operative assessment clinics. The post involves working across 2 different sites, the Oxford Children's Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
Main duties of the job
To provide input to in-patients undergoing orthopaedic and spinal surgery on the hospital wards and to provide assessment and input at the multi-professional pre-operative assessment clinics.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of all patients in your care.
To work flexibly and be able to adjust to the constantly changing demands of the service
To use clinical reasoning skills in developing individual care plans that may include a treatment programme of therapeutic intervention as well as education and advice to parents, carers, school stuff, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency professionals.
To undertake the comprehensive assessment of children including those with complex presentations using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
To accept clinical and managerial responsibility for a designated caseload of children and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities, available resources and use of time in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge.
To assess for and order equipment for short term use to facilitate discharge; to advise regarding its safe use and to justify to manager provision of high value adaptive equipment. To also assess and advise on long term equipment needs and liaise with external agencies as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of all patients in your care.
To work flexibly and be able to adjust to the constantly changing demands of the service
To use clinical reasoning skills in developing individual care plans that may include a treatment programme of therapeutic intervention as well as education and advice to parents, carers, school stuff, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency professionals.
To undertake the comprehensive assessment of children including those with complex presentations using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
To accept clinical and managerial responsibility for a designated caseload of children and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities, available resources and use of time in order to facilitate safe, timely discharge.
To assess for and order equipment for short term use to facilitate discharge; to advise regarding its safe use and to justify to manager provision of high value adaptive equipment. To also assess and advise on long term equipment needs and liaise with external agencies as required.
Person Specification
Essential and Desireable
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Occupational Therapy Diploma, Degree, or Equivalent
- 2-years post-graduate experience
- 2- Years NHS Experience
- Excellent written english
- Experience of supervising Junior staff/Therapy assistants/Students
Desirable
- Experience in Orthopaedics- adult or paediatric
- Experience in neurological conditions
- Experience in paediatrics
- Experience of working in acute settings
- Experience of working in critical care- ITU/HDU
- Previous Band 6 Experience
- Previous pre-operative assessment experience
- Experience of complex discharge planning
- Ability to analyse complex patient medical information, for judgements, weigh risk, and provide advice accordingly
Person Specification
Essential and Desireable
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Occupational Therapy Diploma, Degree, or Equivalent
- 2-years post-graduate experience
- 2- Years NHS Experience
- Excellent written english
- Experience of supervising Junior staff/Therapy assistants/Students
Desirable
- Experience in Orthopaedics- adult or paediatric
- Experience in neurological conditions
- Experience in paediatrics
- Experience of working in acute settings
- Experience of working in critical care- ITU/HDU
- Previous Band 6 Experience
- Previous pre-operative assessment experience
- Experience of complex discharge planning
- Ability to analyse complex patient medical information, for judgements, weigh risk, and provide advice accordingly
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way, Headington
Oxford
OX3 9DU
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
