Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-6395792
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Specialist Occupational Therapist for Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
We are delighted to present an exciting opportunity for a motivated, innovative individual to deliver Occupational Therapy care to our Critical Care patients at Kings Mill Hospital.
The successful post candidate will help develop the Occupational Therapy role on Critical Care which will be a new and evolving role for our trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational therapist who has a keen interest in rehabilitation and delirium management of complex patients on intensive care.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve conducting individualised assessments of patients, addressing needs such as: Hand dexterity, Feeding, Personal care, Splinting, Cognitive assessments, Anxiety management, Pacing.
You will be expected to work independently, providing high quality, advanced therapeutic assessments, managing patients with diverse presentations, and complex physical and psychological problems. Participating in working across both ICU/HDU.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy, BSc(Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- HPC State Registration.
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
Desirable criteria
- Membership of a professional special interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate clinical experience
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of supervising junior staff and occupational therapy students
- Evidence of contributing to clinical audit
- Teaching within the speciality
- Leadership
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- High level of clinical skills and theoretical knowledge of occupational therapy techniques
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Supervisory skills
- Able to work within a team independently
- Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Effective communication skills; both oral and written
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Able to provide and receive complex and/or sensitive information
- Remain updated with professional practice and new research
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to occupational therapy
- Familiarity with evidence-based research that underpins amputee care
- Ability to teach in a group setting / knowledge and understanding of group dynamics
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of local, regional and national healthcare priorities.
Further
Essential criteria
- Evidence of attendance at specialist postgraduate courses
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training
- Undertaken the clinical student supervisor’s course
Contractual requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between hospital sites
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
- Chris Williams
- Job title
- Therapy Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
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