Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical (KGH)

NHS; Ilford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job description

Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical (KGH)

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust are looking for a motivated, dynamic and innovative individual to join our friendly team of therapists, providing care on the specialist medical wards and the Medical Assessment Unit at King George.

Working in a fast-paced environment, you will have the opportunity to expand your clinical skills in rapid response and specialist medical care. You will work closely with community services and social services. You will also have the opportunity to develop enhanced skills and extend your role as an Occupational Therapist.

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in a large and busy team, you will be required to build a strong set of clinical skills while further developing your leadership, communication, and managerial skills. You will be familiar with all aspects of functional, physical, and cognitive assessment and you will have experience of complex discharge planning.

We have a strong commitment to continuing professional development with an established in-service training programme, regular evidence-based practice groups, and commissioned external courses identified through the trust appraisal process. You will be supported by four Band 7 Occupational Therapists in the team and by the Band 8a Clinical Lead for this team.

If you have the skills outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services while being valued and supported, then apply today.

Main duties of the job

To perform occupational therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive, and psychological/mental health conditions. To provide a diagnosis of functional status and to develop and deliver an individual treatment plan.

To hold responsibility for your own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working with access to direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, and peer review. Access to advice and support from a senior occupational therapist is available as required, and clinical work is routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating time management and planning skills.

To supervise, educate, and assess the performance of less experienced occupational therapists and assistants to ensure the standards of practice of the department are met.

Please refer to the Job Description for full details of the role.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better, and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Clinical supervisors training
• Postgraduate clinical training relevant to acute medical caseload

Experience/Knowledge

• To have broad clinical experience as a Band 5 Occupational therapist
• Experience supervising students and staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£42,939 to £50,697 a year Per Annum Inclusive