Specialist Occupational Therapist - ref. l68018403
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and passionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist within the Adult Community Learning Disabilities Team based Alfred Bean Hospital based in Driffield. The successful candidate will work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team providing assessments and treatments to adults with a learning disability and often complex needs.
We are a well-established small team of friendly, motivated and committed individuals. You will receive regular individual supervision, CPD, training and support within the role to help transfer your skills and develop competencies in this specialist field.
For this role you must have the ability to commute effectively across the geographical patch.
Main duties of the job
Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to enhance the quality of life for the patient. Interventions will include psychosocial and physical health/equipment interventions as well as more specialist work such as using a sensory based approach.
Use standardised and non-standardised assessments to ascertain patients care needs and inform intervention.
Assess for and prescribe appropriate equipment and advise on moving and handling.
Contribute to the wider MDT working and interventions such as positive behavioural support.
Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services. Provide outcomes for the service and service users by using agreed tools/assessments.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of Occupational Therapy within the Trust. Ensure OT provision is delivered in accordance with HCPC and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) requirements.
Provide supervision for junior staff.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria- HCPC registration
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent, approved by the HCPC.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation and guidance relevant to clinical and service area
- Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
- Knowledge/experience of Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) techniques
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
- Experience of multi-agency/professional working
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active patient/relative involvement/participation
- Experience of working in a community setting.
- Expereince of working with adults with a learning disability.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria- Good time management and organisational skills
- Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills and work flexibly within the team/service
- Basic IT skills
- Experience of supervising junior staff members and students.
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
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If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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