Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist (Hsep)

Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust; Hampstead; In loco; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead and develop services on two elderly care wards at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead.

You will drive complex discharge planning, frailty management and MDT collaboration, while mentoring colleagues and advancing patient outcomes in a dynamic acute setting.

Competenze

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
• Current HCPC Registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Evidence of relevant post-registration specialist training.

Mansioni

• Manage a complex clinical caseload for elderly patients across acute wards.
• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for complex needs.
• Lead service development and facilitate safe, timely, person-centred discharges with the MDT.
• Support supervision and professional development within the therapy team.

Conoscenze

Clinical reasoning

Discharge planning

Frailty care

Elderly care

Communication skills

Autonomous practice

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Formazione

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Post-registration specialist training

Descrizione del lavoro

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced and committed Occupational Therapist to join our unique and vibrant Therapy Team at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead.

We are seeking a highly skilled Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to provide clinical leadership and operational management across our two elderly care wards. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for elderly care, frailty and complex discharge planning to further develop their leadership and service development skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will manage a complex clinical caseload, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for patients with complex physical, cognitive and social needs. You will play a key role in service development, preventing deconditioning in frail older adults, promoting falls prevention, and improving patient outcomes. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate safe, timely and person-centred discharges, ensuring patients leave hospital with the appropriate support while maintaining effective patient flow across acute services.

The Therapies team at the Royal Free is innovative, creative and truly inter-disciplinary, focused on delivering high quality, patient centred care. Our team is friendly and supportive with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment and a focus on staff welfare and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework.

You will need relevant clinical post registration experience of delivering Occupational Therapy in complex assessment and treatment intervention within the acute hospital setting, and state registration through the Health Care Professions Council. This position also requires excellent communication skills and extensive experience working within an inter-disciplinary team and interagency collaboration.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out over 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust

Person Specification

Royal Free shared commitments

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC Registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Evidence of relevant post-registration specialist training

Desirable

• Membership of relevant Clinical Specialist Interest Group

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-registration experience as an Occupational Therapist including acute inpatient practice
• Significant experience working with older adults with complex physical, cognitive and psychosocial needs
• Experience of complex discharge planning and multidisciplinary working
• Experience of supervising staff and/or students

Skills

Essential

• Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills in the management of complex patients
• Ability to undertake comprehensive occupational therapy assessments and develop treatment plans independently
• Knowledge of frailty, dementia, delirium and rehabilitation principles within elderly care
• Ability to assess, recommend and prescribe equipment and adaptations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively and work autonomously
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit and evidence-based practice

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

• Professional, compassionate and patient-centred approach
• Ability to work flexibly to meet service demands
• Demonstrates initiative and problem-solving ability
• Committed to continuous professional development
• Ability to lead, motivate and support colleagues
• Positive attitude towards change and service improvement
• Professional standard of written and spoken English

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).