Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and team-working skills while supporting your career development in a variety of clinical areas. You will work within the Rehabilitation Division, providing high-quality assessments and interventions in both hospital and community settings. This exciting position requires flexibility, initiative, and a commitment to delivering exceptional care to patients with complex needs. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with rehabilitation experience.
• Graduate Dip OT or Degree in Occupational Therapy required.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients with complex needs and provide high-quality interventions.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams in various clinical settings.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Assessment skills

Teamwork

Manual handling

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel)

Education

Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Tools

OT modalities

Postural management systems

Job description

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Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Occupational Therapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 820-6775360-ASR

Site: Moseley Hall Hospital
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

Are you looking for something different that will offer you a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and team working skills whilst supporting your career development, working within a variety of clinical areas?

This is a unique and challenging post within the Rehabilitation Division of BCHC. It is an exciting opportunity for a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with relevant rehabilitation experience to work across the multidisciplinary teams to provide high quality assessment and interventions both in hospital and community settings. The clinical input will vary depending on service demands and you will support areas with vacancies, maternity leave, with increased demand or a need to achieve activity targets.

The services are based at:

• West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre - Specialist clinics, access to communication and technology, amputee rehab, Birmingham wheelchair service and posture and mobility service.
• Moseley Hall Hospital - Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation and stroke units, Birmingham Neurological Rehabilitation Team and Moor Green outpatient brain injury unit, Early supported discharge team.

The delivery of rehabilitation programmes and OT intervention can take place within the service base, client’s home or in the community within a local Birmingham and/or regional West Midlands remit. In some services, this will involve moving around the community daily without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving.

Main duties of the job

The peripatetic post will support the rehabilitation services within the Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division (ASR) which provides a wide range of services for people living in Birmingham and all parts of the West Midlands.

To work as part of the interdisciplinary teams within the rehabilitation services, effectively assessing clients with complex needs, considering their function, disability and health, taking into account all environments in which they live and work.

To provide assessment and analysis of rehabilitation, social and care needs of complex patients as part of the Inter-Disciplinary Teams, referring on to outside agencies/professionals in discussion with senior members of staff.

Identify Occupational Therapy goals and plan/formulate intervention that is evidence-based in conjunction with the client, their carers, other professionals/agencies.

On the inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit and Birmingham neuro-rehabilitation team, to act as a key worker for a set number of patients to plan and coordinate their outpatient programme and act as point of contact for clients, carers and outside agencies.

Communicate effectively with clients, family/carer, and other professionals both internal and external to the organisation. This may require explanation, instruction, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, reassurance and require expert verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training.
• Member of relevant clinical interest group.

Experience

• Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab).
• Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
• Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability, including neurological and deteriorating conditions.
• Core / Basic IT skills; Word, Outlook, Excel.
• Familiarity with Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems) or willing to learn and the assessment & treatment of patients with amputations.
• Supervisory experience of students.

Skills/ Knowledge

• Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
• Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
• Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment/treatments.
• Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
• Evidence of good organisational skills, including prioritisation of workload and time management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills for patients with amputations, postural and wheelchair needs.
• Ability to demonstrate splinting skills with thermoplastics and casting skills (or prepared to develop these skills).

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment.
• Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
• Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.

Other job requirements

• Ability to travel and access various work locations (e.g. home visits). Must be a car driver and have access to a vehicle for the community-based services.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers.
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
• Flexible working where possible.

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.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***

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