Occupational Therapist

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading orthopaedic hospital in Greater London is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for its chronic pain and rehabilitation team. The role involves conducting biopsychosocial assessments and developing treatment plans for a diverse caseload of patients. Applicants should possess a degree in Occupational Therapy and demonstrate proficiency in holistic rehabilitation practices. The hospital offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for professional growth and development in a multidisciplinary setting.

Benefits

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Rewards & Recognition platform

Dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub

Salary sacrifice schemes for transport and childcare

Qualifications

• Experience in providing tailored holistic rehabilitation for chronic pain patients.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proficiency in conducting routine and complex clinical assessments.

Responsibilities

• Complete biopsychosocial assessments for patients.
• Guide programs of graded activity to improve patient outcomes.
• Document findings and maintain clinical standards.

Skills

Patient-centred care

Biopsychosocial assessments

Self-management education

Holistic treatment planning

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our chronic pain and rehabilitation team. The specialist multi‑disciplinary team requires a full‑time (37.5 hours) occupational therapist who can contribute to compassionate, patient‑centred care. Our integrated MDT includes physiotherapists, psychologists and nurses. We have inpatient and outpatient treatment streams and provide tailored holistic rehabilitation for patients living with chronic pain and other long‑term conditions. The Occupational Therapists explore every aspect of function, including return to work, enabling these complex clients to manage their condition and quality of life more effectively. This is an exciting post, which will enable you to draw on both your physical and mental health skills. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who wants to work as a valued member of an MDT contributing to the psychological and physical wellbeing of our patients; and who seeks to learn and wants to contribute to excellence in all we do. The post holder will have a varied caseload of outpatients, and will contribute to the inpatient rehabilitation programmes. You will be required to

• complete biopsychosocial assessments
• set patient goals
• guide a programme of finely graded activity
• promote self‑management of long‑term conditions through education in 1:1 and group sessions

You will benefit from a structure of clinical specialists, peer support and supervision, and engage in MDT projects to improve and develop the service. You will participate in department teaching programmes alongside colleagues within the MDT and other clinical specialities.

Once training period complete, uses evidence‑based knowledge and clinical reasoning to undertake routine and complex clinical assessment, in a relevant location, eg hospital, nursery, school, work or home, identifying patient needs, treatment aims and goals in collaboration with the individual patient and the MDT. These may be in‑patients, out‑patients or those attending specialist clinics. Assessment and treatment may include splinting, wheelchair adjustment, therapeutic handling / hoisting and discharge planning in a busy and unpredictable environment.

• 1. Uses evidence based knowledge and clinical reasoning to undertake routine and complex clinical assessment, in a relevant location, eg hospital, nursery, school, work or home, identifying patient needs, treatment aims and goals in collaboration with the individual patient and the MDT. These may be in-patients, out-patients or those attending specialist clinics.
• 2. Assessment and treatment may include splinting, wheelchair adjustment, therapeutic handling / hoisting and discharge planning in a busy and unpredictable environment.
• 3. Uses professional skills to engage patients with challenging behaviour, psychological and psychiatric needs in purposeful treatment programmes, in collaboration with the MDT, to ensure the provision of holistic care.
• 4. Determines patients' level of understanding of treatment plan to ensure valid patient consent and works within legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent.
• 5. Documents findings according to Trust policy and department procedure.
• 6. Uses recognised outcome measures and goal setting measures to motivate challenging clients.
• 7. Formulates and implements graded treatment plans.
• 8. Oversees treatment plans delegated to support staff, maintaining responsibility for overall care of patient.
• 9. Analyses patients' progress and adjusts treatment programmes as appropriate.
• 10. Manages clinical risk within own patient caseload and in own work area.
• 11. Plans and leads group and individual specialist education, advice and support sessions for up to 15 patients / carers.
• 12. Makes referrals, reports and recommendations verbally and in writing to the MDT, external agencies and employers as required.
• 13. Prioritises and manages own clinical caseload, delegating as appropriate.
• 14. Attends ward rounds, case conferences and other patient reviews and reports both verbally and in writing.
• 15. Maintains and develops knowledge of evidence based practice and own competencies through CPD activities (e.g. peer review, in-service training, journal club, external courses), maintaining a portfolio, which reflects personal development.
• 16. Works within established standards of practice and procedures of the department and clinical unit and makes suggestions for changes in work practice in own area.
• 17. Assists senior staff in evaluating the OT service and implements changes in liaison with senior staff.
• 18. Discusses issues brought to the peer support group and feeds back as appropriate.
• 19. Monitors stock levels of equipment and materials for own clinical area and initiates ordering process as required.
• 20. Checks OT equipment is in working order within manufacturers' guidelines and reports need for repair if required.
• 21. Carries out or delegates maintenance and cleaning of equipment as appropriate.
• 22. Ensures equipment is issued appropriately and processes cash donations as per department policy.
• 23. Participates in staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee and is responsible for complying with agreed personal development plan to meet required knowledge and competencies.
• 24. Inducts, supervises and educates an allocated member of staff according to their learning needs.
• 25. Conducts appraisal of an allocated member of staff with guidance from own supervisor.
• 26. Prepares for fieldwork placements as allocated and directly supervises undergraduate and post‑graduate OT students, completing assessments and reports for the Higher Education Institution.
• 27. Assists senior staff in presenting educational sessions to the MDT.
• 28. Prepares and delivers in‑service training sessions to groups of 5-30 OT staff in rotation with other staff members as required.
• 29. Provides specialist advice and education to OTs in other organisations who may be specialists in the field and discusses the most complex queries with peers and senior staff as appropriate.
• 30. Shares good practice with all grades of staff, internal and external to the organisation.
• 31. Maintains statistics according to department procedure.
• 32. Maintains resource files and contact details for relevant external organisations.
• 33. Monitors current patient information and updates as agreed with senior staff.
• 34. a) Undertakes measurement and evaluation of current practice through use of projects, audit and outcome measures as agreed with senior staff and shares findings within the Trust. b) Where post is part-funded by research monies, the post holder initiates and undertakes measurement and evaluation of current practice through use of projects, audit and outcome measures with approval of Head Occupational Therapist and RNOH Research & Development Committee.
• 35. Uses a range of research methodologies and collects required data as part of research and audit initiatives.
• 36. Documents projects undertaken, submitting papers for publication and presentation to special interest groups and conferences.
• 37. Maintains professional and legal responsibility for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients within own clinical caseloads and those of staff & students under their supervision.
• 38. Works within the Trust and College of Occupational Therapists (COT) standards of practice and procedures and national guidelines and monitors own quality of practice and that of staff & students under their supervision.
• 39. Maintains responsibility for own time management to meet caseload and service priorities.
• 40. Management of workload is via staff meetings, one to one meetings with supervisor and informal updates with supervisor and/or peers.
• 41. Seeks assistance from senior staff or peers as appropriate.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre‑employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a selfie using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

RNOH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of RNOH will have their original documents verified using this technology. For further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

What Makes RNOH a Great Place to Work

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. Rated Good by the CQC. Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore – the new Stanmore Building, a state‑of‑the‑art inpatient facility. Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London. Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme. Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine. In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients – the best result of any NHS Trust in the country. Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts. This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating. Our aim is to remain a world‑leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do.

• Patients first, always
• Excellence, in all we do
• Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
• Equality, for all

We have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important.

Benefits

• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare.

At RNOH, we’re committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive. Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including: ...

Policy

The RNOH operates a Smoke‑Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.