Rotational Occupational Therapist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Band 6 Occupational Therapy general rotation at Barts Health NHS Trust offers nine-month placements across The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital. You will contribute to high-quality patient assessment, intervention and discharge planning within an integrated therapy team.

The role seeks an autonomous, motivated clinician with a commitment to professional development, leadership, teaching and service improvement as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Experience across core rotations
• Minimum NHS experience

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based, functional assessments and discharge planning to patients within the clinical specialty.
• Perform advanced cognitive, motor, sensory and perceptual assessments and treatments for patients with complex needs.
• Provide specialist advice and information to patients, carers and other professionals.
• Participate in supervision and support learning and development of other staff including band 5 OT staff, support workers and students.
• Work across the Band 6 rotational scheme across Barts Health NHS Trust sites.

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy

HCPC registration

CPD evidence

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen on the band 6 Occupational Therapy general rotation at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation. We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative and passionate individual to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy team. The Royal London Hospital & St Bartholomew's Hospital Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation involves 9-month rotations across a range of diverse areas. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, autonomous and dynamic individual who is committed to further improving their clinical assessment and activity analysis skills and providing high quality, timely and effective services to patients and the organisation. The successful candidate will work alongside occupational therapy colleagues and work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team to develop your clinical, leadership, teaching and service development skills whilst working within a supportive and motivated team. The teams are committed to ongoing learning and development and as a member of the team the successful candidate will be part of this as well as take a leading role.

Main duties of the job

• To provide evidence-based, functional assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
• To provide advanced cognitive, motor, sensory and perceptual assessments and treatments for patients with complex needs.
• To provide specialist advice and information to patients, carers and other professionals.
• To perform manual handling tasks such as the hoisting and/or transfer of patients, fitting of ADL equipment, and basic IT skills.
• To participate in evidence-based audit and service development projects relevant to the area of speciality will be carried out in conjunction with the Senior Therapists (OT/PT) in order to ensure high standards of care & service development are maintained and improved upon.
• To provide supervision and support learning and development of other staff including band 5 occupational therapists, support workers and students.
• To participate in the Band 6 rotational scheme working across the Barts Health NHS Trust sites which will require working in a range of ward settings and departments.

Qualifications Essential

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
• Valid HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant CPD

Desirable

• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience Essential

• Experience across core rotations
• Minimum NHS experience

Desirable

• Supervision skills
• Practice educators training

Skills Essential

• Ability to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
• Ability to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
• Ability to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.

Desirable

• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of sitting and seating, postural management, upper limb assessment and treatment, energy conservation/fatigue management, therapeutic manual handling, cognitive assessment and treatment and capacity assessment

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
• Valid HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant CPD

Desirable

• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience Essential

• Experience across core rotations
• Minimum NHS experience

Desirable

• Supervision skills
• Practice educators training

Skills Essential

• Ability to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
• Ability to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
• Ability to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.