Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000

Job description

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Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Band 7

Main area: Therapies Stroke Service
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Flexible working

Job ref: 259-7117903WXH
Site: Whipps Cross Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inc
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/04/2025 23:59

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the unique and innovative Waltham Forest Integrated Stroke Pathway has arisen. This is the perfect post for an Occupational therapist who has experience of stroke and enjoys rehabilitation. The pathway allows for stroke rehabilitation both on a Rehabilitation Stroke Unit and follows people with stroke into the Community utilising both qualified and non-registrant members of staff. The team that you will be joining is progressive and vibrant, promoting self-management and interdisciplinary working. During your time with us you will develop your assessment and treatment skills, share the professional leadership of a small team and participate in service improvement initiatives. This post would be suitable for an experienced Band 6 who would like to move into their first Band 7 role or an established Band 7 with a passion for stroke rehabilitation. You will have the support of another band 7 OT as well as other senior therapy colleagues and an experienced Clinical Lead Therapist.

Main duties of the job

• To play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients with stroke, determining clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and occupational therapy treatment program required.
• To be dynamic in developing efficient and effective OT working processes to assist in producing a fully multi-professional team approach.
• To work with the Clinical Lead Therapist to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas.
• The post is responsible for a team of staff in their clinical area and may be required to work across hospital sites and or more than one specialty area.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.
• Experience as a senior OT.
• Clinical experience in the NHS or similar health service across a range of acute/rehab settings.
• Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting: neurology, stroke, community rehabilitation, supported discharge.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience supervising and appraising staff.
• Experience of audit/research.
• Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HPC recommendations.

Skills

• Good knowledge of current best practice in OT in relevant setting.
• Specialist clinical knowledge & skills in OT in acute medicine, stroke/neurology, oncology/palliative care and rehabilitation.
• Ability to lead & motivate a team.
• Understanding & application of risk management.
• Ability to pass on knowledge & deliver training both internally within profession & externally to other staff groups.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, & delegate, and to support other staff to do this.
• Ability to deal with challenging situations and with emotional/aggressive patients/carers.
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of current best practice in OT in relevant setting.
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession & associated code of ethics.
• In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group.
• Knowledge of local community services and agencies (i.e. intermediate care, reablement).

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent.
• State registered (HCPC).
• Relevant post graduate clinical CPD, including attendance at post graduate course/training relevant to neurology, oncology/palliative care and rehabilitation.
• Clinical Educators Qualification.
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at post graduate course/training relevant to neurology, oncology and rehabilitation.
• Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy.
• Supervision Training.
• Wheelchair Assessor Training.
• Leadership training.
• Involvement in relevant CCOT special interest group.

Other

• Committed to lifelong learning & self-directed learning.
• After induction to be able to actively participate in the Trust’s appraisal system.
• Committed to personal and team development.
• Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with appropriate aids and adaptations.
• Strong IT skills with the ability to utilise a number of basic computer programmes competently.
• Ability to use tools to adjust equipment and furniture.
• Sufficient dexterity to materials and tools for splinting.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.