Senior Community Occupational Therapist

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It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our established community therapy team covering the CHAW Care Community.

The role will involve providing comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment of adults within the CHAW Care Community. This may be within patient's homes, nursing and residential homes and within our rehabilitation beds.

You will be part of a wider integrated team consisting of Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants, GPs, District Nurses, ACPs, and Social Workers.

Hours per Week: 30

Main duties of the job

To act as a clinical specialist providing a high standard of comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment service to patients with diverse health needs across the CHAW area.

This care will be delivered in patients homes and within our community bed based settings. The successful candidate will be working as an autonomous clinician, using accurate analytical skills and clinical reasoning to interpret assessment findings, making diagnoses where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.

To utilise sound communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required embracing care community team philosophies.

Working for our organisation

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area and evidenced by CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
• Knowledge of recent NHS legislation, recommendations.
• Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist area.

Desirable criteria

• Crisis Response experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead junior colleagues
• Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
• Ability to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
• Ability to work under pressure

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven post registration experience, some of which is in a relevant setting / associated area.

Specific Job Requirements

Essential criteria

• Prior experience working in the NHS - with a broad range of NHS rotations as an OT to include, physical and mental health fields

Other

Essential criteria

• Car driver/ability to demonstrate travel between sites/community settings

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC (Health and Care Professional Council) registration
• Relevant professional degree / diploma
• Clinical educators training

Desirable criteria

• Communication skills training
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Other Role Requirements

Essential criteria

• Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details

Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 432.4KB)
• East Cheshire NHS Trust Applicant Pack (PDF, 579.0KB)
• Staff Benefits Brochure (PDF, 878.5KB)