Radiology

TN United Kingdom; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and supportive team as an Occupational Therapist specializing in Neurology and Stroke treatment. This role offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary environment, providing high-quality assessments and rehabilitation for stroke patients. You will engage in diverse clinical settings, enhancing your skills while contributing to patient care. The organization values professional development and offers generous benefits, making it an ideal place for those passionate about making a difference in healthcare. If you are ready to take on new challenges and grow in your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Access to NHS discount schemes

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Able to apply knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post.
• Experience in managing own caseload and prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Participate in complex rehabilitation and contribute to its function.
• Undertake assessments of patients with complex presentations.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Assessment and diagnosis

Manual therapy techniques

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

Current registration with Health Professions Council

Job description

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We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about Neurology and Stroke treatment, resourceful, and ready to put their ideas into action with the dynamic current team!

Come and join the full time 8 month Neurology rotations through the:

• Stroke team at Wycombe Hospital on Hyperacute and Acute Stroke units
• Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation and Wheelchair service at Amersham Hospital
• Early Supported Stroke team in the Buckinghamshire community
• Urology, Cardiology and Day assessment rotation at Wycombe hospital to maintain medical skills.

The Occupational Therapy Neurology team provides high quality stroke, medical assessment and acute rehabilitation with a Clinical specialist 8a Occupational Therapists, Band 7 Advanced Occupational Therapists, Band 6 Seniors, Band 5s, assistants and rehab engineers and has gained an A rated SSNAP score consistently for high quality!

You will work in our multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Nurses and Speech and Language Therapists, setting goals, discharge plans, group work, home visits and liaising with other professionals and carers.

We also work 5 hours at some weekends, about 1 in 5 weeks.

This is a very friendly, supportive and dynamic team with regular integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD, use of outcome measures and in service training.

Main duties of the job

• To participate within complex rehabilitation and contribute to its function.
• To undertake assessments of patients with complex and diverse presentations.
• To undertake advanced, comprehensive, and where applicable, standardised assessments within the specialised clinical areas.
• To use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to determine treatment plan using a wide range of treatment skills and options.
• To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to form an accurate diagnosis in a wide range of conditions, with guidance from specialist Occupational Therapists when appropriate.
• To demonstrate highly developed assessment and therapeutic skills necessary for the treatment of patients.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
• Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis
• Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
• Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
• Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
• Use of standardised assessments and outcome measures specific to stroke
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
• Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the day
• Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
• Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals
• Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well-reasoned standards
• Positive response to constructive criticism
• Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
• Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
• Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
• Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
• To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
• Basic splinting skills
• Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
• Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making

Experience

• Experience of a junior Occupational Therapy post working with Stroke patients
• Experience in student clinical supervision
• Experience in supervision of junior staff
• Experience of managing own caseload and prioritisation
• Attendance at post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
• Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
• Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
• Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
• Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
• Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
• Experience of undertaking Senior (Band 6) role
• Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
• Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
• Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
• Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practise
• Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
• To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
• Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
• To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
• Experience in student clinical supervision
• Previous experience of a broad rotational scheme including Neuro
• Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making

Education, Qualifications& Training

• Current registration with Health Professions Council
• Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
• Membership of professional special interest group
• Field work/clinical educators course
• Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality

Special Circumstances

• Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
• Ability to participate in seven day working
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

I f you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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