Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Emergency Department
Royal Berkshire
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Job summary
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Emergency Department. The role focuses on admission avoidance, rapid assessment and safe discharge, with leadership across the Front Door Services and Falls & Frailty Response.
You will be a clinical specialist, managing a complex caseload, mentoring staff, and working in a proactive MDT with strong community links to maximise independence and safety at home.
Qualifications
- Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registered.
- Post-graduate training/qualifications in frail elderly management and falls prevention.
- Experience teaching and presenting to staff and students.
- Experience supervising and developing other staff and students.
Responsibilities
- Provide OT clinical expertise in ED to support admission avoidance and timely discharge.
- Deliver Falls & Frailty Response service in the community with rapid intervention and referrals.
- Lead EDT team clinically and work with Front Door Operations leads.
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning to complex discharge planning and caseload management.
- Ensure high quality, effective therapy services at the hospital front door.
- Collaborate with South Central Ambulance Service on Falls & Frailty 12-hour shifts.
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Job description
Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Emergency Department
Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Emergency Department
Please note that the successful candidate will be expected to commence employment on 1 April 2027.
We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
This post will be mainly based in the Emergency Department and associated Front Door Services and will also include covering the Falls and Frailty Response service.
You will be a versatile and enthusiastic OT, clinically expert in the management of patients at the front door. We are a friendly, very supportive and proactive multidisciplinary team with fantastic links with our community and system partners.
If you are looking for a new leadership role using your clinical experience and opportunities to grow, develop and work with others, then this role will be ideal for you!
- To be an Occupational Therapist clinical expert in the management of patients in the Emergency Department for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT) supporting admission avoidance and safe, prompt return to the community.
- To work on the Falls & Frailty Response Service in the community alongside a Specialist Paramedic, providing a blue light response to older people who have fallen - providing rapid intervention, equipment and onward referrals to support people to remain at home.
- To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the Emergency Department Therapy (EDT) team in conjunction with the other Specialist Band 7 Therapists in the team and the Operational Lead for Front Door Service.
- To use expert occupational therapy knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the therapy team and other healthcare staff, and to manage own caseload of patients with highly complex discharge planning and admission avoidance support, as an autonomous practitioner.
- To ensure a high quality and effective therapy service at the front door to the hospital.
- To work with South Central Ambulance Service on the 'Falls & Frailty Response Service' on 12 hour shifts, as an autonomous practitioner, preventing conveyance to hospital and maximising independence and safety in the patient's home.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.
It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do!https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for further details of the role.
- Substantial specialist experience at a senior level
- Extensive post-graduate experience
- Post-graduate training/qualification in the management of frail elderly patients and falls prevention
- Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
- Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students
- MSc or equivalent training/experience in related area
- Management training
- Previous experience of a range of healthcare settings
- In-depth understanding of a broad range of non-elective admissions, admission avoidance and work with frail, elderly patients
- Knowledge of current issues and policy relating to field of practice
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of frail elderly patients & falls prevention, including advanced clinical reasoning & treatment skills
- Attendance at specialist courses relating to OT within the field of ED/admission avoidance
- Completion of relevant QI projects
- Evidence of CPD
- Degree or other recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registered
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Operational Lead Therapist for Front Door Services
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro-rata per annum
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