Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - EIT and CRS (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Band 7 Clin[...]

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Job summary

Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist – EIT and CRS

NHS AfC: Band 7

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly

‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England\’

Job overview

BAND 7 CLINICAL SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

CRS and EIT Therapy Teams

The Integrated Therapies Department at the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Occupational Therapist to join our Cardiology, Respiratory and Surgical (CRS) Therapy Team and the Early Intervention Therapy (EIT) Team in an exciting split role for a fixed term or secondment. The successful candidate will support in the delivery of high-quality Occupational Therapy interventions across the specialties, support in the teaching and development of junior staff and students and take an active role in quality improvement projects to guide service development. This split role will be based within the inpatient wards covering Cardiology, Respiratory, Surgery, the Emergency Assessment and Discharge Unit and Accident and Emergency. There may be the additional requirement to cover other clinical areas.

As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist, you are integral to the leadership of the team, working alongside the Therapy Team Leader to provide direction, development and support to the Therapy Team. You will be specialist in your area and will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions whilst supporting junior members of the team. Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed to balance clinical and non-clinical duties.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist based in a split role between the CRS and EIT Therapy Team. You will be responsible for leading and supporting on the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may present with complex pathology and social issues to formulate an intervention plan based on expert analytical clinical reasoning skills. You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care and will be in regular discussions with patients, carers, JPUH colleagues and community partners etc, as well as providing training to Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Therapy Assistant Practitioner colleagues and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The core hours for this post are 8.00am-4.00pm, however, flexibility can be discussed; this will also include being rostered on a seven-day service/shift pattern.

Working for our organisation

The James Paget is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to the people of east Norfolk and north Suffolk. Situated on the coast with beautiful beaches and the Broads National Park on the doorstep we are within commuting distance of Norwich City.

Service Improvement: The Integrated Therapies Department is positive and forward thinking, always striving to improve services. Our links with the Research Department is growing with joint projects being worked on. Our therapists represent the Trust at CSP, RCOT, BOA and BGS conferences.

Personal and professional development is key. We are developing our research and innovation strategy in line with the national AHP Strategy. We will support you in achieving your career goals through our well-structured supervision and appraisal system, actively encouraging utilisation of training courses (clinical, non-clinical and leadership skills) with use of CPD funding. We also have a Band 6 peer support group with a newly established training programme.

Development of others: You will be supported to provide education to your team but also to our wider workforce. We also support development of our future workforce through our close links with the University of East Anglia, Suffolk College and City College Norwich.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role which include:

• The post-holder will act as a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist based in a split role between the Cardiology, Respiratory and Surgery Therapy Team and the Early Intervention Therapy Team at the James Paget University Hospital
• The post-holder will be required to work autonomously and carry a clinical caseload, taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have complex pathology and social issues, in order to determine a clinical diagnosis and formulate an intervention plan
• To provide highly specialist advice and teaching to Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Therapy Assistant Practitioner colleagues and to other members of the multidisciplinary team
• To support the education of students in an educator role as required
• Ensure the team’s workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and coordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
• To work closely with the multidisciplinary teams in order to receive referrals and use patient information to help prioritise the workload
• To be proactive in-service development and individual development within the teams, implementing changes as and when appropriate including policy changes
• To provide clinical leadership to Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff in the Therapy Team
• Clinical/professional supervision takes the form of direct observation of practice or formal training/clinical reasoning sessions (at least monthly). Advice and support are always available
• To work a rostered seven-day service/shift pattern within the James Paget University Hospital

Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:

Knowledge and Experience

• Evidence of experience working as an autonomous practitioner at Band 6 level in an acute hospital, managing patients with conditions including respiratory, cardiac, surgical, frailty, falls, neurological, orthopaedic, general medicine, palliative and end of life care
• Experience of team working within integrated teams
• Demonstrates specialist clinical skills including complex caseload management
• Able to formulate complex discharge plans informed by strong problem-solving skills
• Evidence of acting in a supervisory manner, providing specialist guidance, training and support to other staff or students
• Evidence of reflective learning, demonstrates self-directed learning with a working knowledge of clinical governance and implications for own work
• Awareness of relevant professional practice, new research and guidelines and understanding of legal issues, safeguarding and mental capacity
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment
• Experience of planning and implementing service improvement projects and utilising research into practice

Skills, Abilities and Competencies

• Leadership skills including team building and supporting others
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and prioritise accordingly
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and support others with this whilst being able to work flexibly and proactively under pressure
• Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner with minimum supervision but recognise own limitations and know when to ask for support
• Communication skills including empathy, assertiveness and negotiation skills with the ability to build good rapport with a wide variety of people
• Evidence of forward thinking, using initiative, able to problem solve with positive approach and ability to promote change
• Competent IT skills and both verbal and written presentation skills
• Evidence of motivation for Band 7 role

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England\’

Tier 2 Sponsorship :We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Visa and Immigration

If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.

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Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.

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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.

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