Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist- Neuro Rehabilitation

Job overview

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our band 6 OT neurological rehabilitation rotation.

You will work as part of the interdisciplinary teams at West Midlands Rehab Centre and Moseley Hall Hospital providing a quality Occupational Therapy Service to clients with complex impairments (predominantly significant neurological disability).The post holder will be accountable for a designated caseload, working collaboratively with other Occupational Therapists and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the client needs are met.

The delivery of rehabilitation programs and interventions maybe within a local and / or regional remit and take place within the hospital unit, client’s home or in the community. These may involve moving around the community without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving.

The post will rotate annually within the following the services at:

West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre:

• Specialist Neuro-rehabilitation and complex disability
• Access to communication and technology (2 year post)

Moseley Hall Hospital in and outpatient services:

• Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation Unit,
• Birmingham Neurological Rehabilitation Team
• Moor Green outpatient brain injury unit.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have relevant clinical experience within neurology and the assessment of complex disability and be flexible to meet the demands of all the different services.

You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones

You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.

You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients.

You must be able to travel between the service bases and to patients in the community.

Working for our organisation

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
• Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached.

You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.

You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients.

You must be able to travel between the service bases and to patients in the community.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• HCP Registered
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

• Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
• Member of relevant clinical interest group.

Experience

• Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
• Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
• Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability particularly neurological conditions eg. ABI, MS, Young adults, people with communication impairments
• Client with complex disability including deteriorating conditions.
• Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn).

• Supervisory experience of students
• Participation in service developments; project, audits

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
• Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
• Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance standard setting and the audit process (understanding of principles of clinical governance).
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of application of up to date clinical trends and practices, including evidence-based ones
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS, especially those relevant to Occupational Therapy.

Personal Qualities

• Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
• Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
• Demonstrate commitment to team working

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

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Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible