Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Weekend working required
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Substantive weekend working pattern with rest days)
- Job ref
- 343-6469866-AHP-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital / Epsom Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 pa pro rata incl. HCAS outer
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Neuro
Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and motivated individual to join our small, specialist team of neuro-specialist therapists at St Helier Hospital. The post involves assessment and treatment of patients who require specific neurological therapies whilst on the St Helier Site.
Whilst the majority of our neurological patients within the trust receive input at Epsom Hospital, which is where our full stroke unit and team is based, some patients are not able to be transferred or require specialist medical input at St Helier. This generates a caseload of neuro patients at St Helier who are often complex and clinically provoking.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for highly specialist, evidence based assessment, treatment, management and discharge planning for referred patients. Currently based at St. Helier Hospital, these are patients with neurological conditions requiring neuro-therapy intervention, across all wards. The postholder will work closely with a neuro-physiotherapist, to provide and facilitate appropriate holistic management, rehabilitation and advice to patients, staff and carers. They will work with other specialist staff including neurologist, continence advisor and TVN, multidisciplinary ward teams and discharge coordinators to identify and facilitate appropriate pathways and discharge plans from hospital, including ongoing referrals to specialist and / or local services where appropriate.
The postholder will be required to teach and support therapy staff, technicians and students as appropriate, and provide training, support and advice to other members of the MDT regarding appropriate patient management. They will be expected to participate in the development and monitoring of this service and service standards. They will also contribute to weekend rotas, and to other clinical areas in need as required.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full job description and and person specifications attached for full role duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- OT Degree
- HCPC Reg
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Management Course/Training
- Neuro specific further learning
Clinical
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with Neuro
- Experience in the acute
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of NHS pressures
- Knowledge of neuro pathways
Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of supervising others
- Evidence of having a student
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of managing a team
- Evidence of team playing
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Molly Leopold
- Job title
- Occupational Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07760978303
- Additional information
Please email if you have any questions regarding this position and I will get in contact with you.
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