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Occupational Therapist (Band 7)

North Bristol NHS Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

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Job summary

Owing to service developments, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to co-lead our specialist inpatient team providing a service to elective orthopaedics. This is a fast paced environment with short lengths of stay for patients undergoing a range of joint replacement surgeries.

Later this year, much of the service will be provided from the new elective care centre on the Southmead site.

This advert may close early, if we have received a sufficient amount of applications. Therefore you are highly advised to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.

Main duties of the job

The caseload is varied, covering pre-operative clinics and medirooms in addition to ward based therapy. This includes planned joint replacement surgeries, requiring a range of therapeutic skills to assess function, social and environmental needs for discharge planning and onward referrals.

There is close team working and links with community partners in the wider health and care system to address needs at all stages of the clinical pathway, with occupational therapy playing a crucial role.

To understand more about Occupational Therapy at NBT, click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9hiZdsBZ20 to watch our video.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust is a great place to work. Situated in the vibrant city of Bristol is our award-winning building opened in 2014, offering exceptional facilities for patients and staff. We are a large teaching Trust that provides multiple specialties including regional services for neurosciences, major trauma, orthopaedics and surgery (major arterial centre and burns & plastics).

There is both peer and senior support within the pathway and wider service. Various professional development opportunities and training courses are available, with quality improvement projects and service development ideas actively encouraged. Additional benefits include award schemes for excellence, staff restaurants, green spaces and an extensive well being programme.

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

339-CCS9939-ANJ-A

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide and develop a highly specialist Occupational Therapy service to patients within specialty area, providing advanced clinical leadership and acting as a clinical advisor for the specialty to occupational therapists working in North Bristol NHS Trust.

Work as an autonomous and highly skilled clinician, without supervision, and be accountable for own professional actions managing a caseload of adult patients with complex needs, using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, evidence-based principles, and best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

Provide leadership and line management for a specialist occupational therapy service to adult patients, ensuring service provision is prioritised across the specialty team and service delivery is effective within resources available. This is to be done within the parameters of all relevant legislation, national and local policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.

Ensure staff in the team are supervised and developed, and deal with staffing issues as they arise.

Provide specialist input, strong professional leadership, and direction to the specialty team in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the occupational therapy service and assist the occupational therapy manager in the strategic development of the service.

Provide training and education to other health care professionals.

Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide Occupational Therapy service, leading initiatives related to service development such as audit, research, and training.

Provide highly specialist clinical and service development advice, and act as a specialist resource within the occupational therapy service.

Contribute to undergraduate occupational therapy education and regularly supervise students on practice placement.

Provide specialist input and professional leadership in service development projects within specialty, representing the Occupational Therapy service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide and develop a highly specialist Occupational Therapy service to patients within specialty area, providing advanced clinical leadership and acting as a clinical advisor for the specialty to occupational therapists working in North Bristol NHS Trust.

Work as an autonomous and highly skilled clinician, without supervision, and be accountable for own professional actions managing a caseload of adult patients with complex needs, using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, evidence-based principles, and best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

Provide leadership and line management for a specialist occupational therapy service to adult patients, ensuring service provision is prioritised across the specialty team and service delivery is effective within resources available. This is to be done within the parameters of all relevant legislation, national and local policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.

Ensure staff in the team are supervised and developed, and deal with staffing issues as they arise.

Provide specialist input, strong professional leadership, and direction to the specialty team in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the occupational therapy service and assist the occupational therapy manager in the strategic development of the service.

Provide training and education to other health care professionals.

Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide Occupational Therapy service, leading initiatives related to service development such as audit, research, and training.

Provide highly specialist clinical and service development advice, and act as a specialist resource within the occupational therapy service.

Contribute to undergraduate occupational therapy education and regularly supervise students on practice placement.

Provide specialist input and professional leadership in service development projects within specialty, representing the Occupational Therapy service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
  • Student Educator - experience/qualification (or within one year)

Desirable

  • Post Graduate Training/CPD relevant to specialty

Work Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience as an OT
  • Post registration experience in related clinical specialties
  • Documented CPD

Desirable

  • Experience of research or audit
  • Experience of supervising staff

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Effective written skills
  • Digital skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Membership of RCOT
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
  • Student Educator - experience/qualification (or within one year)

Desirable

  • Post Graduate Training/CPD relevant to specialty

Work Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience as an OT
  • Post registration experience in related clinical specialties
  • Documented CPD

Desirable

  • Experience of research or audit
  • Experience of supervising staff

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Effective written skills
  • Digital skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Membership of RCOT

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).

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.

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

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Pathway Lead Occupational Therapist (MSK)

Suzanne Billings

Suzanne.Billings2@nbt.nhs.uk

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

339-CCS9939-ANJ-A

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB


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