Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Band 6

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Band 6 to join their innovative Therapies team at Royal Free Hospital. This role offers an opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills while providing high-quality, patient-centered care across diverse clinical teams. Candidates should have relevant experience in occupational therapy within an acute hospital setting and demonstrate the Trust's values.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist in acute settings.
• Experience with patients in clinical areas including dementia and neurological conditions.
• Ability to manage a full clinical caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized Occupational Therapy services in various clinical areas.
• Clinically supervise and guide less experienced staff.
• Assists in operational issues and service development.

Skills

Communication

Team Collaboration

Assessment Skills

Adaptability

Education

Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration in OT

Job description

Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Band 6

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

**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**

This fantastic opportunity awaits dynamic, motivated Specialist Occupational Therapists looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills, as we are currently seeking experienced occupational therapists to join our therapy (rotational) team as Bank staff.

The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You should have proven experience of working in the relevant areas of clinical therapy services.

The Occupational Therapist has to attend both ad hoc and regular work within the Band 6 general rotations. The rotations happen on a 9 monthly basis across the following clinical teams:

• Vascular and Amputees
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Hand Therapy
• Health Services for Older People
• Rapid Response / A&E
• Acute Stroke and Neurology
• Complex Medicine

If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your applications.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should be able to :-

1.Provide specialised Occupational Therapy (OT) serviceto patients treated within RFH services in the given clinical area. Thisrequires working under guidance and incorporating evidence-basedpractice (EBP) in the management of patient care.

2.Clinically supervise and guide the professional work of less experiencedTherapy staff and students as appropriate, while complying withprofessional and departmental standards of practice.

3.Assist in operational issues in the absence of the Therapy Team Leader.

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Royal Free World Class Values:

The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1.Completes an advanced functional assessment and treatment of patients preparing them for safe discharge to home or the community. The caseload consists of patients with physical and mental disabilities, and encompasses various specialist clinical areas of Occupational Therapy.

2.Gains valid, informed consent and has the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

3.Carry out complex standardised and non-standardised OT assessments offunctional ability (including personal care), cognition, home situation andpsychosocial issues, liaising with senior OT staff as required for highly complex patients.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

1.Assists with service development by proposing improvements in own clinical area and recommending development of relevant procedures.

2.Identifies areas of unmet patient needs and service gaps and/or areas requiring service development in consultation with the senior therapy clinicians.

3.Supports Departmental and Trust strategies regarding Clinical Governance issues.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING

1.Assists in induction of new recruits. This may include recommending the development and updating of induction programmes where necessary.

2.Responsible for providing regular supervision and individual performance reviews forless experienced staff with guidance from senior staff.

3.Assists in the training of occupational therapy students, taking responsibility for practice placement education and written assessments.

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration in OT
• Member of Specialist OT Section group

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Professional fluent in written and oral English.
• Ability to carry out manual handling practices.
• To respond positively to changes in working practices.
• Support, adapt and participate in evaluations/changes to services.
• A flexible approach to service delivery and needs.

Experience

• Post-graduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist, including working with patients in relevant clinical areas.
• Experience of working as an OT with patients with dementia.
• Experience of working as an OT with patients with Neurological conditions.
• Experience of working in an inpatient physical setting.
• Experience of working in an acute setting.
• Experience of a hospital based Occupational Therapy Service, including working with an MDT.

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Others

• Understanding and compliance of current NHS and Social Care Policies and Equal Opportunities.

Skills and aptitudes

• Evidence of a clear understanding of the role of the Occupational Therapist in an acute hospital setting
• Evidence of sound and clear understanding of Occupational Therapy core skills
• Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and well established assessment and treatment skills
• Evidence of ability to manage a full clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
• Evidence of ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Evidence of an understanding of the skills required to be an effective team member
• Evidence of an understanding of the skills required ensuring effective communication
• Evidence of an understanding of multidisciplinary issues and knowledge of the skills required to work efficiently and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

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.