Job summary
Welcome to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Stanford Hall. We are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel.
Are you an enthusiastic, dedicated Occupational Therapist Specialist looking for an exciting new role helping to support our armed forces? We'd love to hear from you.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist Specialist to join our vibrant and fast paced organisation that seeks to sustain and improve the operational efficiency of injured service personnel by the provision of high-quality targeted rehabilitation.
This is a full time role consisting of 37.5 hours per week. If this sounds like it could be for you, please apply.
Benefits
- An NHS Pension
- An inclusive working environment
- Access to the gym and swimming pool, including running track and outdoor training facility
- Cafe and coffee shop on site
Main duties of the job
DMRC is a vibrant, fast paced organisation that seeks to
sustain and improve the operational efficiency of injured service personnel by
provision of high-quality targeted rehabilitation. We provide consultant led
medical rehabilitation for patients with complex needs who may have sustained
multiple injuries; this includes neurological injury and complex trauma.
Additional rehabilitation services within DMRC include Spinal and upper
quadrant rehab, Lower Limb rehab and Specialist Rehabilitation.
The Occupational Therapy Service is staffed by qualified
Occupational Therapists (OT) and support staff to provide a highly specialist
clinical service to military personnel.
We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist Specialist who will be working
within our Neurology department here at DMRC Stanford Hall.
Our chosen candidate will deliver Occupational Therapy to
service personnel with complex clinical needs within the Neurology
Rehabilitation service (supporting both inpatient and outpatient services).
This includes the exciting opportunity to rotate between delivering bespoke
Neuro Rehab and specialist Vocational OT with the Neurological OT rehab
team.
The post holder will work autonomously and be accountable
for own professional actions and of those staff who they line manage. To also
provide full support to the Band 7 OTs, Team Manager and OT Professional Lead
Advisor in the provision of a comprehensive, evidence based and professional OT
service within clinical area.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force, regular and
reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one,
working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing
strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and
Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working
across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join
one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining
people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible
ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared
parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of
statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2
weeks full pay. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and
develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an
individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we
have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see
where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Assessing complex patients with a range of neurological diagnoses, implementing appropriate specialist
rehabilitation programmes underpinned by sound theory and evidence-based practice.
- Maintaining up to date, accurate patient records in line with professional practice guidelines and produce specialist reports where appropriate.
- Supporting the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in the interpretation of assessment results and recommendations based on clinical need as part of the larger rehabilitation process.
- Using your skills at assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating to the patients condition which will impact on their ability to carry out their activities of daily living including their ability to return to work.
- Being a highly effective communicator demonstrating skills in empathy, reassurance and the ability to motivate others.
- Carrying out environmental assessment such as home and/or workplace visits where appropriate. This may involve working alone away from main place of employment, making complex clinical decisions and writing specialist reports for IDT, line managers and other Military of Defence (MOD) and external agencies.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Selection Process and Further Information
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
And the following Civil Service Behaviour:
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Assessing complex patients with a range of neurological diagnoses, implementing appropriate specialist
rehabilitation programmes underpinned by sound theory and evidence-based practice.
- Maintaining up to date, accurate patient records in line with professional practice guidelines and produce specialist reports where appropriate.
- Supporting the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) in the interpretation of assessment results and recommendations based on clinical need as part of the larger rehabilitation process.
- Using your skills at assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating to the patients condition which will impact on their ability to carry out their activities of daily living including their ability to return to work.
- Being a highly effective communicator demonstrating skills in empathy, reassurance and the ability to motivate others.
- Carrying out environmental assessment such as home and/or workplace visits where appropriate. This may involve working alone away from main place of employment, making complex clinical decisions and writing specialist reports for IDT, line managers and other Military of Defence (MOD) and external agencies.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Selection Process and Further Information
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
And the following Civil Service Behaviour:
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
- Current Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) membership.
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist knowledge across range of procedures underpinned by theory.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Person Specification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible.
Registrations and Memberships
Essential
- Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
- Current Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) membership.
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist knowledge across range of procedures underpinned by theory.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level.
Registration Details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
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).
