Occupational Therapist

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead OT provision within Intermediate Care, working in a multidisciplinary team to support safe and timely discharges. The post involves cross-site work to the Cramlington unit, managing a defined caseload and supervising junior staff.

You will contribute to service development, apply evidence-based practice, and participate in audits and quality improvement to enhance patient journeys across Northumbria

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• State registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC).
• Practice placement qualification.
• Qualified for a minimum of 18 months post-qualification; CPD evidence.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload with clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Provide supervision and support to junior and support staff.
• Deliver a comprehensive OT service to support safe and timely discharges.
• Lead on service development projects within the team and contribute to audit and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Discharge planning

Leadership

Education/supervision

Audit procedures

Research methods

Education

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registered

Practice placement qualification

Post-qualification experience (18+ months)

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our well established team within Intermediate Care. The post holder will work primarily as part of a multidisciplinary team on the Royal Quays unit leading occupational therapy provision to support safe and timely discharges. The post holder is also expected to support cross site into the other intermediate care unit based in Cramlington. The post holder will be expected to work through the rehabilitation model but also facilitate local discharges utilising a discharge to assess model. The successful candidate will have experience working with patients with a wide variety of conditions within a range of medical specialities including frailty/elderly medicine, and orthopaedics. The post holder will be able to manage their own caseload as well as supervise junior and support staff on a daily basis. Service hours are currently 0800-1800 seven days a week. There is an expectation of weekend working across other Northumbria Healthcare sites. Contractual hours are between 0800-2000 and this may be implemented in the future.

• To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
• To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load.
• To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills., To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through intermediate care and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital
• To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager.
• Managerially/ Clinically responsible to the Advanced OT Lead.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
  Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• State registered with Health Professions Council
• Practice placement qualification
• Qualified for a minimum of 18 months, Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
• Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work.
• Experience and working understanding of audit procedures., Experience of providing O.T. in varied settings.
• Experience of research procedures
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
  We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.