Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: May be required to work weekends
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to work weekends)
- Job ref
- 230-36772174-CSS-J
- Employer
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Therapy Services, GEH
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £37,339 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/12/2024
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Senior Occupational Therapist - FRAILTY
37.5 Hours per week
Permanent
£37,339 - £44,962 Per Annum
Closing Date - 26th November 2024
Interview Date - 5th December 2024 (subject to change)
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. #JoinTeamEliot
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 5 or existing Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the expanding Frailty Service.
Frailty Services at George Eliot Hospital are undergoing a huge service development project and Therapy services continue to expand their workforce to meet this challenge.
In joining this team you will have the opportunity to be involved in the service development within frailty and be a part of the Therapy Team delivering care across front door frailty and a dedicated Frailty Unit.
The successful candidate will join a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy assistants working alongside an MDT including Consultants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Physician Associates.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake assessments, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with a diagnosis of Frailty. These patients often have complex and / or chronic presentations.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision.
- To take a role in supervision and teaching of junior qualified therapists and assistants .
- To demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to service development and monitoring of standards of practice
- To work flexibly over 7 day period, as the service requires
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
eXcellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquility garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached Person Specification and Job Description for detailed roles and responsibilities for this post.
George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.
Person specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience
- • Previous experience in specialist clinical area
- • Band 5 rotational experience
- • Involvement in audit
- • Supervisory experience
- • Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff
Desirable criteria
- Previous Acute NHS experience
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential criteria
- • Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- • Registration with HCPC
- • Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses
Desirable criteria
- • BAOT
- • Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of clinical governance
- • Importance in application of clinical governance in clinical area
- • Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- • Able to prioritise and organise own workload
- • Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
- • Able to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team
- • IT skills – computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
- • Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
- • Motivated
- • Flexible and adaptable
- • Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
- • To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
Other
Essential criteria
- • Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working
Desirable criteria
- • Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Sarah Whittingham
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920751330
- Additional information
Please get int touch for more information or to arrange an informal visit.
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