Occupational Therapist - Neurosurgery and Critical Care

Integrated Care System; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Plymouth seeks an Occupational Therapist for Neurosurgery and Critical Care. The role involves performing assessments, supporting treatment plans, and working in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant experience in neurology, a degree in Occupational Therapy, and be registered with the governing body. This position emphasizes patient advocacy and teamwork in a dynamic health environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Broad post-graduate experience across physical field settings.
• Experience working with Neurosurgery / ICU patients.
• Training and supervisory experience.
• Experience of fitting OT equipment and minor adaptations.

Responsibilities

• Identify patients requiring OT input on Neurosurgery and Critical Care.
• Create and implement treatment plans.
• Support the multidisciplinary team.
• Advocate for patients and educate colleagues.

Skills

Demonstrable experience in neurology or stroke

Knowledge of OT assessments and treatments

Ability to prioritize and allocate workload

Professional manner

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council

Tools

OT equipment

Job description

Occupational Therapist - Neurosurgery and Critical Care

The successful applicant will be required to perform a Specialist Occupational Therapist role to provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy Service to the patients referred within Neurosurgery and Critical care, requiring multi-disciplinary input. This includes carrying out a range of functional and cognitive assessments.

They will be part of an interdependent multidisciplinary team, ensuring that Occupational Therapy input is an integral part of the patient's overall care and discharge.

There is an expectation that they will deputise for the Team leader when necessary. There will be a requirement to work across 6 days (one Saturday in 4).

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

• Identify patients that require OT input on Neurosurgery and Critical Care
• Create appropriate treatment plans and implement them
• Support the team and wider MDT
• Be able to identify cognitive impairment and treat it
• Provide education to colleagues as needed on the OT role
• Advocate for your patients

About us

We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Job responsibilities

Key Dimensions:

The Team consists of a variety of staff at Bands 7, 6, 5, 3 and this post.

This team receives referrals directly from the Multidisciplinary Team and is responsible for pulling appropriate referrals into the service.

Post holder provides comprehensive assessment, treatment and evaluation of all inpatients in line with best practise.

Post holder assists the Team Leader in the day-to-day management of the wider Team, providing support, supervision and allocation of work to the Band 5 OTs, and Technical Instructors. The post holder will also undertake appraisal and clinical supervision of specified staff within the team.

The Post holder will have a delegated remit of Clinical Governance and teaching activities to undertake and develop within the team.

Post holder is professionally and legally accountable for his/her own action, working with minimal supervision. The post holder is professionally and legally accountable for work delegated to assistant staff and students.

Patients seen present with a wide range of complex and highly complex acute neurological deficits with potentially long-term needs and disabilities.

Post holder is professionally and legally accountable for his/her own action and works with minimal supervision.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Broad post-graduate demonstrable experiences working in a variety of settings across the physical field
• Specific demonstrable experience in neurology or stroke
• Good clinical working proven knowledge of OT assessments and treatments in this specialty
• To have training, supervisory and/or demonstrable teaching experience
• To have demonstrable experience of fitting OT equipment and arranging minor adaptations
• Worked with Neurosurgery / ICU patients.
• Demonstrable experience supervising and allocating to more junior staff
• Previous clinical demonstrable experience working at similar level within an acute care setting
• To have demonstrable experience of working with thermoplastic and manufacturing splints
• To have demonstrable experience of supporting students on clinical placement

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Attendance of relevant additional courses

Aptitude and Abilities

• Professional manner
• Ability to prioritise and allocate workload
• To have conducted audits
• To have demonstrable experience of outcome measures

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.

OT Team Lead for Neurosurgery and Critical Care