Band 5 Occupational Therapy

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 5 Contract 9 months (T&O Secondment/Fixed Term Contract) Hours Part time – 28.5 hours per week (weekday & weekend requirement) Job ref 320-CDCS-3713

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hsopital Town Derby Salary £31,049 – £37,796 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 24/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/08/2025

Band 5 Occupational Therapy

Band 5

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

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To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

The Royal Derby Hospital Trauma and Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy team are a large team with a 19 registered and support staff. The team take great pride in delivering high standards of Occupational Therapy patient centred care supporting the recovery and rehabilitation of those following Orthopaedic Surgical intervention.

We are advertising a T&O Occupational Therapy Secondment/Fixed Term position at band 5 level. This is ideal for individual who has experienced working as an Occupational Therapist within Orthopaedics and is looking for a fantastic opportunity to further their knowledge and develop their clinical reasoning and clinical practice.

The team have significant experience to support those wishing to develop a career path within the orthopaedic speciality. The successful applicant will work closely with MDT colleagues and cover a very mixed caseload across a 150 bed base. This includes both trauma and elective patients across 6 wards including a private patient unit.

The team support the busy orthopaedic OP clinic, perform pre op assessments and lead education classes. Innovation in service delivery and continuous improvement is encouraged

Leadership is provided by an 8a Operational Lead, a band 7 clinical lead plus numerous Clinical Specialist band 6 Occupational Therapists all engaged in your development.

The department supports flexible working patterns across 7 days enabling positive home and work-life balances.

Main duties of the job

Excellent problem-solving skills are a must, to ensure holistic and patient centred quality care.

Experience in facilitating discharges within the clinical speciality of Orthopaedic Inpatients is essential, as is the ability to communicate effectively as part of multi-disciplinary and therapy team. This will involve working closely with other OTs and Physiotherapists to ensure optimum service delivery and delay avoidance.

• Provide a high standard Occupational Therapy service to the Trauma and Orthopaedic wards.
• Joint working with Physiotherapy
• Formulate individual treatment plans with patients with diverse presentations and complex conditions
• Responsible for own caseload demonstrating prioritisation and delegation skills alongside excellent team working

Closing date – 24-07-25
Interview date – 07-08-25

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person specification

Knowledge

• Evidence of practical knowledge of Trauma and Orthopaedics and Occupational Therapy approach within application
• Knowledge of discharge pathways related to Therapy and the Orthopaedic patient
• Practical knowledge of specialist seating in the context of Spinal Surgical patients

Communication

• Ability to show how you adapt your approach to support Therapeutics
• Evidences advanced communication skills in the context of complex patients with barriers to communication

Experience

• Evidences a practical experience of working within the specialist area of Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Demonstrates enthusiasm linked to Trauma and Orthopaedics specifically the role of Occupational Therapy within this speciality
• Evidences specialist interest within Trauma and Orthopaedics (Spinal/Poly trauma/Ortho-geriatrics).

Qualification

• Evidenced a Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• T&O specific post graduation courses evidenced in application

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

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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.

Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.

Name Michell Doy Job title Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (T&O) Email address Michelle.Doy1@nhs.net Telephone number 01332 787642

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