Job summary
Are you looking for the next step in your career to consolidate your clinical knowledge and develop your leadership skills? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work with Halton Intermediate Care and Frailty Service. We are looking for an experienced and well organised individual with a passion for promoting independence, driving a strength-based approach and providing therapy interventions in a person's own home or discharge to assess unit in line with a home first approach.
We have been on an exciting journey to transform the intermediate care services within Halton and have brought together health and social care into a unified integrated team. We are excited to welcome you to join our friendly team where you will have the opportunity to work across all areas of the service including:
- Single Point of Access
- Community Rapid Response / Frailty Team
- Reablement Team
- Intermediate Care Unit
You will work as part of a large multidisciplinary team that includes: GP's, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Therapy and Nursing Assistants, Dietician, Care Support Workers and Administrators.
The HICAF Service operates a 7 day service, currently covering the hours of 8am to 8pm, including bank holidays and weekends. You will be expected to work shifts to cover some of the weekends and bank holiday.
Main duties of the job
Our patients are at the heart of everything we do! We look for people who are committed to being part of a health and social care team that delivers excellent care and support to our patients. To help us achieve this, we expect you to hold responsibility for your own caseload, perform patient therapy assessments, provide a diagnosis, develop, implement and evaluate individualised holistic treatment programmes, and deliver a high standard of evidence-based care.
In all areas, you will work in a multi-disciplinary team, follow appropriate pathways of care, liaising with and referring to other agencies as appropriate.
We expect you to be hardworking, motivated with excellent clinical, communication, organisational and time management skills. A flexible approach to day-to-day tasks is essential, in order to meet the demands of the service. You will also be expected to travel across Halton, in line with service needs, so access to transport is essential
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will contribute to the clinical supervision of students and junior staff. You will participate in service improvement projects, audits, in service training, and work collaboratively with our hospital and community colleagues to ensure our patients receive outstanding care.
About us
Warrington and Halton Teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust is committed to providing an enjoyable and thriving place to work and learn.
The Halton Intermediate Care and Frailty Service benefits from having regular professional and personal development opportunities.
As a Trust we hold an annual awards event to recognise excellence within the Trust, as well as providing staff benefits such as childcare vouchers, car salary sacrifice schemes and discounts to nearby facilities and events. We have excellent travel links to nearby motorways and are easily accessible from Manchester, Liverpool and surrounding areas within Cheshire.
We welcome visits to the department prior to interview. For further information related to this post, please contact:
Debbie Corburn, HICAF Therapy Manager Tel: 0151 511 8763 , Email: debbie.coburn@halton.gov.uk
Kalaiarasan Manavai Veerappan, HICAF Clinical Lead Tel: 0151 511 3523, Email: kalaiarasan.manavaiveerappan@halton.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer a structured induction program. Career progression support provided through individual job plan, core skills training, mentoring , regular supervision, CPD sessions to become skilled specialist clinicians with a good range of knowledge and hands on experience.
We welcome applicants looking for band 5 to band 6 developmental role.
Our service supports teams health and wellbeing through activities and accommodate flexible working.
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer a structured induction program. Career progression support provided through individual job plan, core skills training, mentoring , regular supervision, CPD sessions to become skilled specialist clinicians with a good range of knowledge and hands on experience.
We welcome applicants looking for band 5 to band 6 developmental role.
Our service supports teams health and wellbeing through activities and accommodate flexible working.
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Under Graduate Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Completion of relevant Post Graduate training
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in specialist area
- Clinical educators certification
Experience
Essential
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of Band 5 /6 core rotations
- Experience of supervising, appraising and training staff and students.
- Experience of managing challenging situations
Desirable
- Band 5/6 experience within Intermediate Care or related community role
- Experience of audits, service development and implementation of change
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of local and national drivers for service delivery
- Awareness of trust core values
- Continuing commitment to CPD
- IT literate in word processing and spread sheets
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance and its impact on therapy services
- Participation in staff management
Skills
Essential
- Able to use initiative and be proactive
- Demonstrates being flexible within a team
- Experience of effective contribution to MDT working
- Demonstrate effective communications skills both written and verbal
- Valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Experience of single handed care equipment and approaches
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Under Graduate Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Completion of relevant Post Graduate training
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in specialist area
- Clinical educators certification
Experience
Essential
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of Band 5 /6 core rotations
- Experience of supervising, appraising and training staff and students.
- Experience of managing challenging situations
Desirable
- Band 5/6 experience within Intermediate Care or related community role
- Experience of audits, service development and implementation of change
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of local and national drivers for service delivery
- Awareness of trust core values
- Continuing commitment to CPD
- IT literate in word processing and spread sheets
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance and its impact on therapy services
- Participation in staff management
Skills
Essential
- Able to use initiative and be proactive
- Demonstrates being flexible within a team
- Experience of effective contribution to MDT working
- Demonstrate effective communications skills both written and verbal
- Valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Experience of single handed care equipment and approaches
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
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
Address
Warrington and Halton NHS Trust
Lovely Lane
Warrington
WA5 1QG
Employer's website
https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
