Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive team at Calderdale Royal Hospital as the Clinical Lead for the Occupational Therapy Service within the Acute Therapy Team. The team covers Acute assessments in A&E and the Acute Floor as well as our inpatient wards including Medical, Cardiology and Acute areas
You will be joining our team at an exciting time when we are starting to reshape our services in line with the CHFT hospital reconfiguration plans. Therefore, this post brings with it the opportunity to be at the forefront of this planning and you will work closely with your team, including other Clinical Lead OT's within the Community Division to develop effective OT pathways and remodel our services in line with the changing picture of the hospital footprint. You will also be involved in the implementation of our home first pathways and supporting colleagues with these changes will be an important part of this role.
Main duties of the job
For a detailed list of the duties required for this role, please refer to the job description and person specification
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of the duties required for this role, please refer to the job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of the duties required for this role, please refer to the job description and person specification
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Relevant Degree/Diploma
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant post graduate training
- Clinical Educator Training
Desirable
- Member of Professional Body
- Study to Masters level or equivalent
- Leadership Training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Recent experience at Band 6 or above, in assessing, treating and evaluating care with medical and elderly patients in an acute medical and/or A+E setting eg neurological conditions, cancer, respiratory conditions, dementia, falls, complex physical and psychological needs
- Ability to manage customer expectation eg dealing with complaints
- Experience Developing Staff e.g. Supervision, PDR's
- Clinical Educator training
- Proven ability to case manage clients with complex needs
- Ability to identify own learning needs and engage in self-directed learning for CPD
- Ability to identify learning needs of others
- Demonstrates reflective practice
- Evidence of experiential learning
- Teaching/presentation skills
- Recent experience in demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate therapy interventions with acute medical and elderly patients at Band 6 level or above
- Post graduate training in specialist clinical area eg falls, oncology, elderly care, respiratory care
- Membership or working towards membership of Special Interest Group
- Experience of liaison with other professionals and multi agency partnership working
- Evidence of relevant training and maintenance of best practice
Desirable
- Recent experience working at band 7 level
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Demonstrates positive attitudes and behaviours
- Excellent time management skills
- Proven clinical leadership skills
- Ability to organise self and others e.g. rotas, events
- Ability to work across a 7 day rota, including bank holidays and weekends
- Proven ability to work well in a team
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties
- Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with complex situations
- Ability to support and coach others in the management of complex cases
- Self motivation and ability to work independently and influence others
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
- Ability to recognise own limitations and have a willingness to share and learn skills from others
- Ability to prioritise own and others caseloads
Desirable
- Ability to recognize stress in self and others and develop effective coping strategies
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Relevant Degree/Diploma
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant post graduate training
- Clinical Educator Training
Desirable
- Member of Professional Body
- Study to Masters level or equivalent
- Leadership Training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Recent experience at Band 6 or above, in assessing, treating and evaluating care with medical and elderly patients in an acute medical and/or A+E setting eg neurological conditions, cancer, respiratory conditions, dementia, falls, complex physical and psychological needs
- Ability to manage customer expectation eg dealing with complaints
- Experience Developing Staff e.g. Supervision, PDR's
- Clinical Educator training
- Proven ability to case manage clients with complex needs
- Ability to identify own learning needs and engage in self-directed learning for CPD
- Ability to identify learning needs of others
- Demonstrates reflective practice
- Evidence of experiential learning
- Teaching/presentation skills
- Recent experience in demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate therapy interventions with acute medical and elderly patients at Band 6 level or above
- Post graduate training in specialist clinical area eg falls, oncology, elderly care, respiratory care
- Membership or working towards membership of Special Interest Group
- Experience of liaison with other professionals and multi agency partnership working
- Evidence of relevant training and maintenance of best practice
Desirable
- Recent experience working at band 7 level
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Demonstrates positive attitudes and behaviours
- Excellent time management skills
- Proven clinical leadership skills
- Ability to organise self and others e.g. rotas, events
- Ability to work across a 7 day rota, including bank holidays and weekends
- Proven ability to work well in a team
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties
- Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with complex situations
- Ability to support and coach others in the management of complex cases
- Self motivation and ability to work independently and influence others
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
- Ability to recognise own limitations and have a willingness to share and learn skills from others
- Ability to prioritise own and others caseloads
Desirable
- Ability to recognize stress in self and others and develop effective coping strategies
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
