Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working as part of an agreed rota.)
- Job ref
- 426-367-24TAM
- Employer
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Kings Lynn
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist - Elderly Team
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, for a fixed term of 12 months, wishing to take their next steps on the career ladder and looking for a new challenge. The individual needs to be proactive and enthusiastic and will be joining the Elderly Medical Team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The post holder working as part of an integrated team will work as an autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of intervention across the speciality.
This integrated team is committed to providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the elderly and frailty setting. You will be required to work alongside your colleagues as an independent practitioner in applying a high level of clinical reasoning to ensure individualised, proactive and holistic assessment and treatment planning.
Main duties of the job
As a member of both the integrated rehabilitation service and the multidisciplinary teams on the wards, excellent skills in communication are essential.
As a Band 6 therapist you will be supporting and developing rotational Band 5 therapists. The role also involves supervising therapy support staff and educating therapy students on placement.
There will be opportunities for innovation and an expectation that you will be actively involved in relevant quality improvement projects to develop the Elderly Medicine team.
The integrated Rehabilitation Service aims to provide a progressive, forward thinking approach to patient care whilst able to support its staff in personal development and continued education and training.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.
Person specification
Education qualifications
Essential criteria
- B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (3 year) or M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy (2 year) or Diploma in Occupational Therapy (3 year)
- HPCP registration
- Basic kitchen hygiene certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 18 months of clinical experience as a junior occupational therapist.
- Experience in a variety of clinical areas including frailty, acute medicine, orthopaedics and neurology
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Very good knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, cognitive and perceptual functions
- Ability to use a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques
- Committed to life-long learning and continued professional development through post graduate education
- Ability to delegate workload
- Organised approach to clinical and managerial work
Desirable criteria
- Computer skills using software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to supervise under-graduate occupational therapists
- Positive approach to data collection and audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Gray
- Job title
- Team Leader for Elderly Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553 613764
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