Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Band 5 rotation scheme.

Rotations are offered across hospital and community settings, and you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge within a wide range of specialist teams.

Your first rotation will be with the Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy team. If you would like any further information, please contact us on the details provided.

Main duties of the job

Participate in the rotational scheme working in a range of hospital and community settings across the health and social care community, working as an autonomous practitioner within your scope of practice and in accordance with your job plan.

Be responsible for your continuing professional development, actively participating in supervision, peer support and training and development programmes.

Manage a caseload including prioritisation and delegation of work to therapy assistants, performing patient assessments and making a clinical judgement of the patient’s needs. Develop, implement, evaluate and modify patient treatment programmes ensuring relevant pathways of care are followed in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team with onward referral to other agencies as appropriate.

Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records complying with Trust policies and procedures, upholding statutory, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and HCPC standards and codes of professional conduct.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

• Clinical Educators accreditation

Professional Registration

• HCPC Registration

• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists / British Association of Occupational Therapists

Knowledge

• Broad range of experience at undergraduate level including managing medical, surgical, neurological and mental health conditions.
• Experience of working within a team and independently with support
• Uses examples to demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of the NHS.

• Undergraduate experience gained in both a hospital and community NHS setting.

Skills

• Shows evidence of clinical reasoning skills demonstrating knowledge of medical, surgical, neurological, mental health conditions and discharge planning skills.

• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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