Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist Liver and Digestive Health

Band 7 Highly Specialist OT

Liver and Digestive Health

Royal Free, Hampstead

37.5 Hours per week, permanent

This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation, one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm, and Royal Free. This role will be based at the Royal Free Hospital site.

Your role will provide leadership to the Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary, Liver Transplant, and Hepatology and Colorectal surgery wards. You will be working in a dynamic and experienced MDT, consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians, and Therapy Assistants.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who has experience of working in an acute hospital, has excellent communication skills, and the ability to work well in a team, as well as an interest in service development and quality improvement.

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world-class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world-class teaching and research, and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers, and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

• Professional fluent in written and oral English.
• Ability to carry out manual handling practices.

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
• HPC Registration in OT.
• Completed relevant post-registration specialist courses for example: OT assessments of specific conditions, OT treatment approaches, Outcome measures, Supervision Skills Training for staff and students, OT Practice Educator course.

• Member of Specialist OT Section group.

• Substantial post-graduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist, predominately working with patients with physical and cognitive disabilities.
• Considerable experience of being a Band 6 OT.
• Experience and ability of working in an acute setting.
• Experience of teaching and supervising less experienced staff.
• Experience of teaching and supervising OT students.

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and use own initiative.
• Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills).

• Knowledge and experience in the use of occupational therapy models of practice.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills to a range of audiences, e.g., users, carers, and other professionals.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others and effective time management.
• Experience of working effectively and efficiently as part of an MDT.
• Demonstrated clear understanding of clinical governance and its application to the work setting.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to best practice and awareness of relevant national standards/guidelines.
• Knowledge of quality assurance and audit programmes in line with requirements for Clinical Governance.
• Ability to demonstrate self-direction in thought and practice.
• Knowledge of research and development process, Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Ability to lead a small team.

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG

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