Senior Occupational Therapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Person Specification and Job Description for detailed roles and responsibilities for this post.

George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.

Person specification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience
• Previous experience in specialist clinical area
• Band 5 rotational experience
• Involvement in audit
• Supervisory experience
• Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff

Desirable criteria

• Previous Acute NHS experience

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential criteria

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with HCPC
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses

Desirable criteria

• BAOT
• Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Understanding of clinical governance
• Importance in application of clinical governance in clinical area
• Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
• Able to prioritise and organise own workload
• Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
• Able to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team
• IT skills - computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
• Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
• Motivated
• Flexible and adaptable
• Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
• To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT

Other

Essential criteria

• Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working

Desirable criteria

• Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes

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

• JD Band 6 OT (PDF, 488.3KB)
• PS Band 6 OT (PDF, 424.6KB)
• Functional Requirement. Band 6 OT (PDF, 648.5KB)
• GE Hospital Staff Campaign Interactive (PDF, 1.9MB)