Senior OT - Acute Medicine

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Acute & Emergency Medicine team at Luton & Dunstable Hospital seeks a highly motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist. This role offers the opportunity to develop within a supportive environment while contributing to quality improvement initiatives and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an acute hospital setting at least at Band 5 level.
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced occupational therapeutic assessments.
• Plan and supervise students within the complex medicine wards.
• Design and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Decision Making

Education

Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT

HCPC registration

Job description

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The established Acute & Emergency Medicine team at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital are looking to appoint a highly motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 OT considering progression or a current Band 6 OT.

The team provide therapy input, with a 7 day extended hours service, across all our front door areas such as Emergency Department, Emergency Assessment Units, Medical Short Stay units and Frailty Unit.

Our Emergency Department offers a friendly and supportive environment that will equip you with new knowledge and experience that will help to further build and progress your career. We as a therapy team are very keen for further development within Therapies to maintain high clinical standards and services in the pursuit of excellence.

The therapy team works closely with the MDT to enable efficient discharges with the patient at the heart of each decision. We are involved in many quality improvement initiatives to drive service provision forward.

You will support members of the team including, developing students, apprentices and junior staff members. Promotion of personal development is offered via supervision, OT forums, OT Excellence training and enhanced CPD opportunities.

The post holder is required to demonstrate the Trust values, responsibilities of the job description and personal specification. You should have proven experience of working in an acute hospital setting at least at Band 5 level.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced occupational therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis, formulate and deliver an appropriate, individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service/particular patient group, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a more senior therapist is available if required. Clinical work is evaluated through regular clinical supervision with a specialist occupational therapist but day-to-day clinical work is not routinely reviewed.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To plan, supervise, educate and assess the performance of occupational therapy students on placement within the complex medicine wards. To work closely with the university and comply with all the standards required for the degree level qualification.

Supported by the specialist occupational therapist, to design and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice and improve service delivery with the specialist therapist. Make recommendations and occasionally implement changes to practice or service protocols, as agreed with the specialist occupational therapist.

To deputise for the specialist occupational therapist in their absence, taking the lead role in the day-to-day operational management of the team.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post graduate courses/ in-service trainings relevant to the speciality
• Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar
• Membership of relevant clinical interest group
• Experience in wheelchair prescription

Experience

• Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
• Substantial broad based postgraduate experience to include a reasonable amount of experience in the relevant acute setting
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of supervision of staff or students including staff appraisal
• Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision
• Teaching/training groups or individuals
• Decision making involving complex facts / situations
• Committee membership e.g. Health & Safety Committee
• Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services
• Involvement in service improvement via project management or clinical audit
• Experience of contributing to the development of treatment guidelines
• Experience within the NHS

Skills

• Understand the legal responsibilites of the profession
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to relate theory to practice
• Ability to be highly organised and responsive to changing workloads and situations
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to adapt to change
• Self directed learning
• Evidence of assessing and prescribing adaptive equipment

Communication

• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to disseminate complex information to others
• Ability to pass on skills/ knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
• Evidence of internal/external leadership and communication courses

Knowledge

• Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times.
• Knowledge of legislation, policies and procedures
• Developed working knowledge of broad range of illnesses, injuries and conditions. Particularly those relevant to the clinical setting
• Developed working knowledge of a broad range of occupational therapy assessment and treatment techniques relating to the clinical setting
• Awareness of research process and critical evaluation of evidence
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Experience of clinical audit
• Awareness of the wider local and national agenda around occupational therapy and NHS developments
• Understanding of resource management
• Knowledge of theoretical concepts

Personal Characteristics & Relationship Skills

• Ability to work both as a team member and independently
• Flexible
• Reliable
• Confident
• Committed to personal and team development
• Able to maintain judgement and work under pressure
• Problem Solving
• Motivated and Enthusiastic
• Driven
• Ability to demonstrate personal and professional integrity and present a profession image of the team/profession
• Clear vision of role with commitment to relevant speciality

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust

Job overview

The established Acute & Emergency Medicine team at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital are looking to appoint a highly motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 OT considering progression or a current Band 6 OT.

The team provide therapy input, with a 7 day extended hours service, across all our front door areas such as Emergency Department, Emergency Assessment Units, Medical Short Stay units and Frailty Unit.

Our Emergency Department offers a friendly and supportive environment that will equip you with new knowledge and experience that will help to further build and progress your career. We as a therapy team are very keen for further development within Therapies to maintain high clinical standards and services in the pursuit of excellence.

The therapy team works closely with the MDT to enable efficient discharges with the patient at the heart of each decision. We are involved in many quality improvement initiatives to drive service provision forward.

You will support members of the team including, developing students, apprentices and junior staff members. Promotion of personal development is offered via supervision, OT forums, OT Excellence training and enhanced CPD opportunities.

The post holder is required to demonstrate the Trust values, responsibilities of the job description and personal specification. You should have proven experience of working in an acute hospital setting at least at Band 5 level.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced occupational therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to determine a diagnosis, formulate and deliver an appropriate, individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service/particular patient group, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from a more senior therapist is available if required. Clinical work is evaluated through regular clinical supervision with a specialist occupational therapist but day-to-day clinical work is not routinely reviewed.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To plan, supervise, educate and assess the performance of occupational therapy students on placement within the complex medicine wards. To work closely with the university and comply with all the standards required for the degree level qualification.

Supported by the specialist occupational therapist, to design and undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice and improve service delivery with the specialist therapist. Make recommendations and occasionally implement changes to practice or service protocols, as agreed with the specialist occupational therapist.

To deputise for the specialist occupational therapist in their absence, taking the lead role in the day-to-day operational management of the team.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT

HCPC registration

Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post graduate courses/ in-service trainings relevant to the speciality

Desirable criteria

Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar

Practice educators certificate

Membership of relevant clinical interest group

Experience in wheelchair prescription

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in an acute hospital environment

Substantial broad based postgraduate experience to include a reasonable amount of experience in the relevant acute setting

Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Experience of supervision of staff or students including staff appraisal

Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision

Teaching/training groups or individuals

Decision making involving complex facts / situations

Desirable criteria

Committee membership e.g. Health & Safety Committee

Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services

Involvement in service improvement via project management or clinical audit

Experience of contributing to the development of treatment guidelines

Experience within the NHS

Skills

Essential criteria

Understand the legal responsibilites of the profession

Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately

Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients

Remain updated with professional practice and new research

Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes

Competent IT skills

Effective decision making skills

Ability to relate theory to practice

Effective time management skills

Ability to be highly organised and responsive to changing workloads and situations

Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced work environment

Ability to adapt to change

Self directed learning

Desirable criteria

Research skills

Evidence of assessing and prescribing adaptive equipment

Communication

Essential criteria

Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to disseminate complex information to others

Ability to pass on skills/ knowledge to others within formal and informal environments

Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner

Desirable criteria

Evidence of internal/external leadership and communication courses

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times.

Knowledge of legislation, policies and procedures

Developed working knowledge of broad range of illnesses, injuries and conditions. Particularly those relevant to the clinical setting

Developed working knowledge of a broad range of occupational therapy assessment and treatment techniques relating to the clinical setting

Awareness of research process and critical evaluation of evidence

Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services including experience of quality issues and audit

Experience of clinical audit

Desirable criteria

Awareness of the wider local and national agenda around occupational therapy and NHS developments

Understanding of resource management

Knowledge of theoretical concepts

Personal Characteristics & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to work both as a team member and independently

Empathetic

Flexible

Reliable

Innovative

Confident

Committed to personal and team development

Able to maintain judgement and work under pressure

Problem Solving

Motivated and Enthusiastic

Driven

Ability to demonstrate personal and professional integrity and present a profession image of the team/profession

Clear vision of role with commitment to relevant speciality

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
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