Specialist Occupational Therapist

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Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in Lancaster, where you'll play a vital role in the North Lancashire Community Therapy Team. This position offers a chance to work flexibly, manage clinical caseloads, and engage in ongoing professional development, while supporting a diverse patient population in their journey towards health recovery.

Qualifications

• Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist is required.
• Experience as a band 5 OT or band 6 OT with appropriate skills is necessary.
• Must hold a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Complete dynamic assessments with patients and their families at discharge.
• Provide recommendations for home support and rehab referrals.
• Work collaboratively with clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Assessment and evaluation

Clinical decision making

Team working

Communication skills

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: Full time and Part Time Hours Considered. Weekend working required on roster basis. Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (7 day service) Job ref 331-L17380625

Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/06/2025 23:59

Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

Specialist Occupational Therapist Band 6

We are looking for a Occupational Therapist to join the North Lancashire Community Therapy Team, working across the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and the community offices at Lancaster. This is as part of a newly integrated Community Therapy Team. The role is primarily within the Discharge to Assess service however this is likely to incorporate aspects of Community Therapy Services as the service integration progresses.

The post holder, working alongside Clinical Lead Therapy colleagues and Occupational Therapists will be responsible for managing a clinical caseload within the geographical area.

The service works closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and hospital discharge teams.Theservice supports people with a wide variety of conditions including elderly care, frailty and falls, orthopaedics and long-term condition management.

Do you want to work for a Trust which

• valuesinclusivity?
• investsin you with ongoing in-service training, development and supervisionfrom expertly trained clinical specialists?
• isat the start of a transformational journey where collaboration between sector partners is core business?
• valuesand invests in YOU?

If this sounds like you, why not come and see what UHMBT, the countries most inclusive employer, has to offer. We are a multi-disciplinary team who would welcome you to join us.

Main duties of the job

As a confident clinician with experience working with a wide range of clinical presentations you will complete a dynamic and holistic assessment with the patient and or family at the point of discharge from hospital.

Integrating assessment finding, information from several sources and using dynamic and positive risk taking principles, you will support the patient/family to overcome risks, agree initial support at home and make ongoing rehab and social care referrals. You will need to be prepared to work in complex and evolving situations and be confident in clinical decision making and reasoning.

Requirements:-

A Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist

The ability to travel to a variety of venues throughout the community to deliver patient assessments within an identified locality and to attend meetings

Experience working as a band 5 Occupational Therapist with the experience, knowledge and skills to progress to band 6 level or to have worked as a band 6 or above with appropriate experience/transferable skills.

In addition to a comprehensive induction package we offer Team support, staff supervision and in-service training opportunities

Full UK driving licence and access to own car is essential.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Health and Care Professions Council registered Occupational Therapist
• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy approved by the Royal College of OT, UK
• Evidence or relevant postgraduate specialist clinical experience applicable to this post.
• Full UK driving Licence, or equivalent qualification
• Accredited training in risk assessment and risk management
• Practice placement educator accreditation
• Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
• UK Post graduate training or experience to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
• Computing qualification eg European computer driving licence (ECDL)

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience as an OT to achieve knowledge and skills applicable to this post
• Experience of assessment and prescription of aids and adaptations.
• Experience of research or audit
• Experience as a supervisor of OT (Band 5) and/or OT support staff and/or OT students
• Clinical work experience at registered OT level in variety of clinical area in a community and/or acute hospital setting
• Experience of caseload management and lone working as an autonomous practitioner

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Transferable knowledge and skills at basic practitioner level with aptitude to develop to specialist OT practitioner level
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Assessment, observation, evaluation and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of current best practice in OT
• Ability to develop effective working relationships / team working.
• Ability to work under pressure and recognise when support is required.
• Positive and objective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Applied knowledge of health and social care legislation and guidelines e.g. National service Frameworks (NSF’s) and National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for clinical conditions and application to OT practice.
• Ability to apply knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
• Application of knowledge of Health & Safety and risk management policies and related procedures.
• Understanding of professional conduct and confidentiality.
• Understanding of team dynamics
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Effective personal organisational skills to manage own workload and to determine priorities to support delivery of the OT service.
• Portfolio of documented evidence of personal Continuing Professional Development
• Written and oral communication skills in English sufficient to communicate effectively with patients to gain consent and explain treatment interventions and gain information required for the patient’s medical/social history relevant to OT.
• Basic computer skills e.g. word processing, email and internet skills.
• Training and facilitation skills
• Supervisory skills

Personal Qualities

• Ability to meet the physical/psychological requirements of the post
• Ability to participate in manual handling tasks and therapeutic handling, using skills developed through practice, including dexterity, coordination and physical effort, during OT interventions and the use of specialist tools and materials and installation of equipment.
• Ability to demonstrate emotional intelligence
• Ability to support effective team working.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning.
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet unexpected and unusual circumstances related to providing direct patient care, and have the ability to work across different sites/bases/locations
• Ability to travel as required with access to own vehicle.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.