Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

We are very excited about our Occupational Therapy Service Band 6 Rotational Programme and we hope you will be too.

Our Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapists play a crucial role in our organisation. They are viewed within the OT service as potential clinical leaders who will receive investment and support to become the best clinicians they can, using our Novice to Expert career framework.

This framework has been specifically designed to recognise that staff new to Band 6 roles will need a period of development and consolidation. It offers a clear demarcation between the expectations for a novice Band 6 OT and someone who is meeting the expectations and carrying responsibilities of an experienced Band 6 OT.

You will be supported by our Band 7 rotation co-ordinators, who are specifically invested in your professional development.

You will also be working with and supported by, a very experienced skilled workforce. These include our Clinical Strategic Lead OTs and Clinical Specialists. Our service also has a Clinical Practice & Education Lead who works with our Band 6 clinicians, in developing robust training and development.

The aim of this rotational programme will be to provide excellent learning opportunities and opportunities to complete:

• Care Aims
• Leadership
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Masters Modules

Main duties of the job

12 month Rotations at Worcestershire Royal & the Alexandra Hospitals:

Specialty Medicine – acute management of multiple conditions moving & handling extensive equipment knowledge & provision cognitive assessment occupational performance palliative & end of life care.

Stroke & Neurology – hyper acute, acute stroke, complex care, outpatient stroke & neurology including Critical Care.

Trauma – acute assessment of Trauma patients, involving a variety of upper & lower limb fractures, traumatic head injury & poly trauma.

Geriatric Emergency Medicine Service – assessment & management of older adults with complex needs such as dementia, complex manual handling, palliative & end of life care, frailty & Urgent care.

Elective Orthopaedics – in-patient & out-patient elective services hip & knee replacements & complex lower limb & shoulder injuries early assessment & intervention focus opportunities to complete community visits.

There may also be opportunities to rotate into the out-patient Hand Therapy service in the future.

We are currently undertaking an exciting AHP integration project within the Integrated Care System (ICS) aimed at streamlining and enhancing the roles of Allied Health Professionals across urgent and community care pathways. As this progresses, it has the potential to significantly reshape the structure and delivery of our AHP services. In the spirit of transparency, we want to ensure all applicants are aware of this ongoing project and it's potential impact.

About us

Our purpose is simple – Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised Hospital Trust that provides a range of local acute services to residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates Hospital based services from three sites: Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster.

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our vision – working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our Hospitals, our services and our role in the wider Health and Care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To provide Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning to Patients within the acute service in your rotational specialty. This will include working within tight timeframes for Patient discharges.

To provide guidance and supervision to less experienced staff and students.

To take a proactive role within the Occupational Therapy team, with the ability to provide advice or cover other Trust sites if required.

To liaise with senior Occupational Therapists to ensure the smooth and effective running of the Occupational Therapy service at an operational level on a daily basis.

You will gain mentorship and support from the Occupational Therapy Clinical Strategic Leads and Clinical Specialists across the specialities.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of post graduate training
• Active HCPC registration

Desirable

• Practice Educator training
• Institute of leadership and Management Level 3
• Masters Module(s)

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of varied post graduate experience
• Experience of working with Patients with cognitive deficits
• Experience of a range of moving and handling assessments and evidence of provision of low to high level moving and handling equipment
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of supporting junior members of staff and students

Desirable

• Experience of working at the hospital front door and/or admission prevention
• Experience of implementing MCA and conducting/or supporting Best Interest Meetings
• Experience of early intervention and acute rehabilitation
• Experience of working with patients on fast track discharge

Other qualities
Essential

• Flexible attitude to routine and non-routine tasks
• Ability and experience of guiding the practice of others
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of team working and being a positive influence within the team
• Evidence of ability to provide proactive supervision
• Good interpersonal skills across all grades
• Evidence of ability to provide a learning experience for other staff / students
• Evidence of willingness to learn and utilise new skills
• The post holder must have a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to work flexibly across all sites

Knowledge and skills
Essential

• Ability to clinically analyse and act appropriately on professional and ethical issues
• Ability to assess and form a treatment plan appropriate to the acute setting for patients
• Ability to prioritise caseload effectively to enhance patient care and hospital flow

Desirable

• Experience of using IT

Employer details
Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

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