Occupational Therapist Aylesbury

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen following internal promotion of two staff, to work at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. We provide high quality rehabilitation for patients from across the South East region of England and half of London taking patients from major trauma centres. As part of a team of 12 qualified OTs and 3 assistants you will get a chance to practice your OT skills in a wide range of areas including both one to one and group sessions. OTs are integral to the multi-disciplinary team providing comprehensive rehabilitation to patients with spinal cord injury, whether they are children or adults, are ventilator dependent, wheelchair users or ambulant. Often patients have a complex presentation and you will get a chance to use a wide range of skills including posture and seating, powered mobility, hand therapy and splinting, upper limb restorative therapy, vocational and leisure activities as well as activities of daily living and environmental assessments. If this sounds like the job of your dreams please get in contact.

Main duties of the job

Carry a caseload of patients with spinal cord injury both paraplegic and tetraplegic. Assess, plan and carry out treatment and evaluate outcomes. Treatment sessions may take place on the ward, in OT, or in the community. Patients attend both 1:1 sessions and group treatment. Rehabilitation of spinal cord injury individuals is provided through multi-disciplinary working and OTs are an integral part of the team taking on keyworker roles for patient goal planning.

About us

Why colleagues think we are 'a great place to work!'

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

• Date of qualification
• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• Health Care Professions Council registered

Desirable

• Clinical placement in neurology, hand therapy or wheelchair service
• Member of BAOT

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

• Able to drive wheelchair accessible vehicle
• Physical ability and endurance to work in clinical and community settings

Desirable

• Previous experience of driving larger vehicles
• Clean Driving Licence

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Specifically looking for a static role in aspecialist area
• Clear, concise, verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers. Ensure records and reports are accurate, legible and written to a good standard of English.
• Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team.
• Ability to prioritise tasks.
• Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
• related legislation (H&S, Data Protection Act, etc)

Desirable

• Mentions spinal cord injury rehabilitation in application
• Use of and/or knowledge problem-orientated medical record keeping
• Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head OT NSIC

Sarah Dowie

sarah.dowie@nhs.net

01296315924