Senior Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

A prestigious healthcare institution in London is seeking a part-time Senior Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join their integrated Emergency Department team. You will assess and treat diverse patient groups while promoting Quality Improvement initiatives. The role requires a degree in Occupational Therapy and relevant experience. Excellent benefits include career development and flexible working. Salary ranges from £46,419 to £55,046 per annum pro-rata.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Optional Cycle to Work benefit

Qualifications

• Recent experience in relevant occupational therapy specialities.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings.
• Participation in service development projects.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with various needs.
• Critically appraise published research.
• Assist in induction and supervision of junior staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Therapeutic handling

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

State registration with the Health Care Professions Council

Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity to enhance your career is available - join our integrated team in the Emergency Department (ED) at St Mary's Hospital. Our Therapy department provides opportunity for enthusiastic and highly motivated therapists to expand their skills in admission avoidance, complex discharge planning, and frailty.

We are seeking a dynamic part time therapist who thrives in a fast paced environment where no two days are the same. You will have the opportunity to assess and treat a wide range of patient cohorts; frailty, falls, dementia, delirium, musculoskeletal injuries, neurological conditions and other long term conditions which present to the Emergency Department.

Our team consists of occupational therapists and physiotherapists; we are an interdisciplinary team encouraging skill sharing to empower therapists to be holistic and autonomous practitioners whilst also appreciating profession specific competencies.

As a team we champion Quality Improvement and you will have opportunities to be involved in Quality Improvement initiatives as well as multidisciplinary team education as part of this forward thinking clinical team.

Our service operates from 8am-6pm Monday to Friday with varied shift patterns. The successful candiate will be required to work 18 hours per week. You will also be a part of the weekend service in ED and the acute medical units, prioritising patients medically optimised for discharge where you will then be allocated rest days.

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation for a designated caseload to establish clients' physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.
• To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
• To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
• To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your own work and current practice through the use of projects, audit or outcome measures, whether individually or with the support of senior staff.
• To critically appraise published research and use results to inform practice.
• To assist in the induction, daily supervision and delegation of tasks to band 5 occupational therapists, therapy support workers, students and administrative staff, as required.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy.
• State registration with the Health Care Professions Council.
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
• Able to demonstrate specialist learning from band 5 rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
• Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
• Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
• Membership of RCOT special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Clinical Educators Course

Experience

• Recent experience in relevant occupational therapy specialities and clinical settings
• Experience of working as part of an occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team
• To have participated in service development projects.
• Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants.
• Experience of supervision of students/ therapy support workers, with development of basic supervision skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
• Previous experience in the NHS or social care as a qualified occupational therapist
• Previous experience of prescribing wheelchairs and seating and other specialist equipment
• Experience with splinting
• Previous Band 6 experience in relevant post
• Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
• Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
• Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• Able to carry out therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
• Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
• Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research
• To make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• Able to work flexibly responding to the needs of the service.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
• Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills

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.

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearpa inclusive pro rota