Specialist Occupational Therapist

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust invites applications for an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Orthopaedic Oncology team. You will provide tailored care for patients with complex conditions, including sarcoma and metastatic cancer, across pre-assessment, post-operative, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation.

The role offers strong clinical development, supervision, and CPD opportunities, with weekend duties to support discharges, and opportunities to contribute

Qualifications

• DipCOT or degree in Occupational Therapy; HCPC registration required.
• RCOT membership or recognised equivalent.
• Evidence of relevant CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with complex disabilities in sarcoma and oncology.
• This post will support discharges from in-patient wards via weekend OT service.
• Collaborate with OT & PT colleagues in sarcoma service for complex cases.
• Assess and treat highly complex patients and contribute to service development and learning.
• Deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist when appropriate.

Skills

Good written and spoken English

Report writing

Communication with distressed people

Time management

IT skills

Clinical reasoning

Education

DipCOT/ Degree in Occupational Therapy

RCOT membership or recognised equivalent

HCPC registration

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to work in a specialist hospital? If you have a passion for orthopaedics, oncology or physical rehabilitation, and put your practical problem solving skills to the test to work with a rewarding group of patients, then this is the job for you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Occupational Therapy department at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role would be within the well established orthopaedic oncology team to provide tailored, individualised care to patients with complex conditions including sarcoma, metastatic cancer including metastatic spinal cord compression. This role is ideally suited to an existing or emerging band 6 occupational therapist.

We are dedicated to support staff members upskill in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will have excellent development opportunities in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will be well supported by your clinical and professional Occupational Therapist supervisor, access to CPD opportunities, as well as leadership support if you are an emerging band 6 occupational therapist.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the specialities of sarcoma and Oncology To independently assess and treat patients from pre-assessment stage, through the acute post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients, in-patient rehabilitation/ out-patient rehabilitation.


• This post will be part of weekend Occupational Therapy service supporting discharges from the in-patients wards.


• To work alongside OT & PT colleagues in the sarcoma service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the speciality.


• To assess and treat highly complex patients in this clinical unit (with support where needed) and contribute to service development and learning culture within team/department and students.


• To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist in their absence as appropriate including administrative, managerial and clinical tasks.

About us

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Gonzales, [e-mail], Senior OT or Shea Byrne Team Lead Ortho oncology [e-mail]

We strongly encourage and recommend informal visit to our hospital or informal chat regarding the post

Qualifications

Essential

• DipCOT/ Degree in Occupational Therapy


• Member of RCOT or recognised equivalent.


• Registered with HCPC.


• Evidence of relevant CPD.

Desirable

• Clinical supervisors course.


• Member of relevant Special Section at RCOT

Experience

Essential

• 3 years minimum post qualification experience, including 6 months relevant clinical experience in field of Orthopaedics and/or Oncology.


• 6 months NHS experience


• Teaching experience


• Supervision experience

Desirable

• Experience with staff appraisal


• Experience with clinical audit and outcome measures


• 6 months experience as Band 6

Skills

Essential

• Good written and spoken English


• Report writing


• Able to communicate with a variety of people, especially in emotional distress


• Good organisation of self and time.


• IT skills -to be tested in probationary period


• Sound clinical reasoning and assessment skills

Desirable

• Wheelchair assessment and seating


• Therapeutic patient handling


• Discharge planning.


• Presentation skills

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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