Senior Occupational Therapist
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Job summary
Senior Occupational Therapist
Directorate: Unplanned & Integrated Care
Care Group: Therapies and Older Persons
Band: 6
Salary: £35,392 - £42,618per annum/pro rata
Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 26th June 2023
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will work rotationally in the following areas:
Cardiorespiratory, Older Persons Therapy, Frailty and Trauma and Orthopaedics,
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with a broad range of acute hospital experience, demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to actively contribute to service development.
The Senior Occupational Therapist will work within a fully integrated therapy team, offering holistic assessments to our patients.
In addition, you will get an opportunity to develop your managerial and supervisory skills providing supervision to rotational therapists, therapy assistants and students. Continuing professional development is encouraged and supported through the appraisal system.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient case/work load
To undertake assessment, standardised and non-standardised, of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes
To deliver individualised occupational therapy intervention and treatment programmes using a broad range of occupational therapy skills in individual and group settings
To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans
To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care
To communicate effectively with patients and carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may beunable to accept diagnosis/prognosis
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient case/work load
To undertake assessment, standardised and non-standardised, of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes
To deliver individualised occupational therapy intervention and treatment programmes using a broad range of occupational therapy skills in individual and group settings
To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans
To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care
To communicate effectively with patients and carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may beunable to accept diagnosis/prognosis
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/degree in occupational therapy
- Current Health Professions Council registration
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience and junior level including acute environments
- Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of basis assessment and treatment of patients with a range of conditions
- Understanding of the balance of professional development needs with service needs
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and managing risk in your own work
Skills
Essential
- To have developed a CPD portfolio and demonstrate a planned commitment to CPD
- Experience of implementing change
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/degree in occupational therapy
- Current Health Professions Council registration
- Membership of the College of Occupational Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of experience and junior level including acute environments
- Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of basis assessment and treatment of patients with a range of conditions
- Understanding of the balance of professional development needs with service needs
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and managing risk in your own work
Skills
Essential
- To have developed a CPD portfolio and demonstrate a planned commitment to CPD
- Experience of implementing change
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
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