Specialist Occupational Therapist - Specialist Medicine

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a highly motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join their Specialist Medicine team. The successful candidate will provide expert assessment and treatment for patients in medicine and elderly care wards, demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills. You will also have opportunities for professional development and contribute to service improvement projects.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area.
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning and development of care pathways.
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and deliver an individualised care plan based on evidence-based practice.
• Communicate complex clinical findings to patients for informed consent.
• Manage and resolve difficult situations involving challenging behavior.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Complex decision making

Advanced clinical reasoning

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

State registration with Health Professions Council

Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Job description

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Specialist Medicine

We are recruiting for a highly motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to work in the Specialist Medicine team at St Mary's Hospital.

We are looking for an innovative and a highly skilled OT who demonstrates passion for Specialist and Elderly Medicine, strong leadership skills, excellent communication and team management skills. You will provide expert assessment and treatment for patients on medicine and medicine for the elderly wards.

This post is the highest band OT in the team providing OT leadership. You will be supporting and supervising occupational therapists in managing their caseload, complex decision making and discharge planning. We have a strong improvement culture across our teams, and the focus is on delivering high quality care for our patients. We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate the ability to make confident decisions for discharge planning to support the ward MDT.

The role includes providing education to other members of the integrated therapy and wider multidisciplinary teams. You will have opportunities to contribute to, facilitate, design and lead service improvement projects that aim to enhance and promote the value of occupational therapy in Specialist Medicine.

The Trust offers a supportive environment to develop your career and you will benefit from opportunities for professional development and further education.

Main duties of the job

• To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required.
• To provide clarity and communicate complex clinical findings to the patient/carers to gain valid informed consent, prior to any intervention. To work within a legal framework for those patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
• To communicate with patients in a way that empowers them to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engages them in the planning and delivery of treatment.
• To take into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factors that may prevent this engagement and utilise resources available to facilitate communication.
• To use advanced communication skills to frequently manage and resolve difficult situations, at times involving aggressive or challenging behaviour from patients or carers.

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 Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent
• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training

Experience

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Experience of service development/change management
• Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
• Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis

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.