[ref. s6576416] Ashton-under-Lyne - Senior Occupational Therapist
Job overview
Senior Occupational Therapist - Stamford Unit
Band 6 - Permanent- 5 hours
The post holder will also provide daily leadership within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) with other therapists, nursing staff, Technical Instructors, Health Care Therapy Assistants, students and other health professionals visiting the unit.
Main duties of the job- Support the Band 7 Intermediate Care Therapy Team Lead to operationally manage the 7 day service
- Assess patients for their potential for rehabilitation and suggest therapy goals
- Manage a rehabilitation clinical caseload alongside others within the multidisciplinary team.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner
- Provide a quality occupational therapy service to patients receiving intermediate care and rehabilitation.
- Ensure a range of therapies are on offer daily to patients including group activities and one to one interventions.
- Ensure professional and legal standards are maintained.
- Liaise with other members of the MDT to ensure that the intermediate care service contributes to timely and appropriate patient discharge home.
- Contribute to the Trust objective to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring a high standard of patient care and achievement of therapy outcome measures.
- Line manage a cohort of staff from the MDT
- Work across 7 days per week including weekend days and Bank Holidays
Working for our organisation
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- • Degree (BSc) in Occupational Therapy
- • HCPC registration
- • Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- • Post graduate experience of working with complex medical and long term conditions
- • Experience in working within a multidisciplinary team
- • Post graduate experience and knowledge in 3 or more of areas i.e. orthopaedics, amputees, care of the elderly, neurology and Intermediate care.
- • Member of appropriate specialist interest group
- • Experience in working in Intermediate care
- • Experience in frailty and dementia care
skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- • Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and computer skills
- • Able to demonstrate the implementation of the OT process effectively.
- • Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Ability to delegate tasks appropriately
- • Ability to recognise own abilities and limitations
- • Evidence of recent CPD
- • Holds a current driving license and access to a vehicle for work
- • Experience of supervising junior members of staff
- • Experience of service development
Delivering the service
Essential criteria- • Ability to work flexibly with excellent time management and self-discipline
- • Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- • Ability to translate the national and local agenda to own working and to participate in shaping and implementing the vision for the future development of the Intermediate care services.
- • Ability to demonstrate a contribution to personal and team continued professional development and a commitment to evidenced based practice.
- • Willingness to undertake the training required to carry out the job
- • Willingness to abide by the Tameside and Glossop Integrated care organisation policies and procedures
- • Fit to carry out the duties of the post after reasonable adjustment under terms of the Disability discrimination Act 1995
Personal
Essential criteria- • Ability to understand own abilities and potential to use this to overcome obstacles to build teams, secure best outcomes for service improvements.
- • Ability to understand own limitations, style and emotions and those of others and be clear about the impact of such behaviours in diverse and complex situations.
- • Ability to exhibit a deep motivation to improve performance in the health service.
- • Ability to demonstrate a clear and positive value base both personally and on behalf of the Trust and understand the interplay of this within NHS Code of Conduct.
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute.These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.
At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.
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