Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you a Student or Newly qualified Occupational Therapist? Bolton NHS Foundation Trust would like to get your new career off to the best start in our high-performing, friendly and supportive Trust. Here at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust we have a great role waiting for you.

If you have a passion for delivering outstanding care and making a positive difference to the lives of the people in your care, then we want to hear from you!

This is an opportunity to join the team within Occupational Therapy rotation.

The rotations are 6 monthly, rotating through hospital and community services which currently cover: Orthopaedics, Home First, Urgent Care, Surgery, Stroke, Social Services (Independent Living Services), Community Hub and Integrated Services, Palliative Care, Paediatrics and Intermediate Care bed based.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to have excellent clinical reasoning and problem skills with an ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to specialist area you are on rotation. You will work within effective multidisciplinary teams.

Have a key Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt your communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff

You will be an effective team player, inspirational, flexible, adaptable, enthusiastic and fully committed to the development of patient focused, clinically effective and efficient services.

Successful candidates will participate in and be supported through a well-established preceptorship programme, you will receive regular supervision and appraisals, in service training and peer support forum, in addition to the opportunity to develop and consolidate your clinical skills.

You will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and its users, which may include weekends, late and bank holidays on a rota basis.

Working for our organisation

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is known for being a friendly and supportive place to work; a large part of this is due to the teams that work here. As a newly qualified practitioner, you can be assured that you will be supported and developed in your role.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. This is reflected in our latest CQC report of 'Good'. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is essential you are a driver, with access to a vehicle insured for business use, subject to the conditions of the DDA.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio

• Membership of appropriate professional body
• ECDL

Experience

• Broad range of clinical experience gained through student placements or post graduate experience.
• Experience of managing a caseload of clients with complex needs
• Experience of problem solving
• Experience of effective team working

• Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication
• Participation in clinical audit

Skills

• Clinical reasoning skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to specialist areas on rotation.
• Appropriate physical and sensory skill as required by profession
• Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff
• Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
• Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
• Effective presentation skills
• Ability to establish good working relationships
• Computer skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of conditions and their management achieved through experience or study
• Demonstrate learning about all the professions within the team
• An understanding of quality governance and evidence based practice
• Knowledge of recent NHS & Trust developments and their impact on the service

other

• Car owner/driver subject to the conditions of the DDA

We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.