Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-6453621
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
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
Are you looking for something different that will offer you a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills and support your career development? If yes, we have an exciting position to support your learning within the medical Occupational Therapy Team.
This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and evolving therapy teams at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust. Currently the band 6 medical Occupational therapist will cover areas including; respiratory, cardiology, endocrine and general medical patients. Wherever placed you will work as part of the therapy team helping to reduce patients length of stay and optimising chances of staying at home through timely therapy intervention and treatments.
As part of the wider therapy team you will be responsible for providing a high standard specialist occupational therapy service with a focus on prompt therapy treatment and facilitating timely hospital discharge.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with minimum 12 months experience in a broad range of areas to work within our therapy teams. You will be an excellent team worker with specialist knowledge across a range of occupational therapy treatments. You should have excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills. You should also have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team .You should be willing to participate in seven day working across a variety of shift hours.
In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience.
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.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. 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
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible working, including 7 day working which will include late shifts
Desirable criteria
- Ability to drive
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Sound Clinical knowledge of medical conditions and applied occupational therapy techniques
- Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
- Delegation skills
- Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
- Ability to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
- IT skills
- Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
- Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills
Qualifications-Academic/Craft/Professional
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level
- Practice Placement Educators training
Desirable criteria
- APPLE Accreditation training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of postgraduate junior rotation to include a rotation in medicine
- Broad understanding of occupational therapy process and frameworks
- Experience of audit and service review
- Experience of supervising other staff and/or students
- NHS experience including knowledge of policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students
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
- Chris Williams
- Job title
- Therapy Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
If you are interested in the job and would like to look round then you would be more than welcomed.
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