Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist - Kettering

Job overview

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust NHS is delighted to announce an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist in the Intermediate Care team based in Northampton to support the people across the county of Northamptonshire.

Join us as part of our Countywide Intermediate Care Team, working to get people out of hospital or preventing hospital admission by playing a major part in their rehabilitation journey, setting goals and support planning with Nurses, Doctors and support workers as an integrated approach for patients in their own home environments.

In addition you will be working with colleagues in both our acute and community hospitals to facilitate timely discharges from hospital.

Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence, have access to a vehicle for work purposes at all times on duty and confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. Applicants will be flexible and adaptable, being able to respond to need at short notice.

To be considered for this role you must:

• Have previous experience in a similar role
• Have HCPC registration & relevant degree/qualification in physio or occupational therapy
• Good communication skills
• Manual handling experience

Main duties of the job

You should have a wide range of clinical expertise ideally within the NHS and with experience of working in a community multidisciplinary team environment and have managed healthcare assistants

As an expert clinical resource for the team you will be expected to support staff in identifying and developing their knowledge and skills. You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the community team to ensure high quality service delivery.

With a fantastic ethos our dedicated team has a passion for quality care who are experts in this field. In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can react to the patients’ needs as and when required.

If you are innovative, talented and adaptable, and would like to be part of a growing and forward thinking community team then come and join us. The NHS is expanding in the Community.

The Trust is committed to supporting ongoing education of Allied Health Professionals and there are opportunities for staff to progress their careers with our leadership programmes.

Working for our organisation

This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Professional qualification MCSP
• State Registered Occupational Therapist
• Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent post graduate learning relevant to clinical field of Intermediate Care
• Portfolio evidence of learning

Knowledge/Understanding

• Up to date with professional practice and research.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services including quality and audit
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trusts policies
• The ability to deal with difficult emotional and social circumstances, including patients who have been given poor prognosis

• Membership of Interest Groups relevant to clinical interest
• Data analysis, identifies and uses appropriate analysis of data

Experience

• Specialist knowledge underpinned by broad experience
• Experience of working with a range of standardised tools to unpin occupational therapy practice
• Working in a multi disciplinary setting.
• Of being a student Practice Educator
• Recent NHS experience
• Relevant experience of working at Band 6 or equivalent

• Experience of Intermediate Care setting
• Previous experience of electronic patients notes system

Important Information

Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.