Senior Occupational Therapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical
• To undertake comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex physical, psychosocial and cognitive problems. You will use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice to determine treatment plans, rehabilitation and discharge planning.
• To work collaboratively with the senior physiotherapists in delivering a high quality efficient service to patients.
• To undertake treatment planning and implementation of agreed goal-orientated interventions with patients/carers.
• To accept clinical responsibility for those patients referred to the Occupational Therapy service.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify Occupational Therapy treatment plans in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of interventions.
• To assess for specialist adaptive equipment.
• To carry out risk assessments and provide training and advice on safe moving and handling within the ward environment and to facilitate discharge to the patient's home environment.
• To liaise effectively, as appropriate, with other National Health, Social Services, private and voluntary agencies to ensure the safety of patients whilst undergoing treatment.
• To provide accurate reports on patients' functional abilities as required.
• To make appropriate and timely referrals to external agencies.
• To communicate complex and sensitive patient-related information to ensure effective, collaborative working between multi-disciplinary team members.
• To communicate discharge plans and Occupational Therapy interventions to patients and relatives and the multi-disciplinary team members.
• To participate in the supervision and management of assistant staff, students and other healthcare professionals.
• To be responsible for the safe use of all Occupational Therapy equipment within the Trust, by staff, patients and relatives.
• To assist the Band 7 Occupational Therapists to monitor referrals, caseloads and prioritising referrals as required.
• To monitor the effectiveness of interventions through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice.

Professional
• To be fully aware of and comply with the rules of professional conduct as set by The College of Occupational Therapists and Health & Care Professional Council.
• To work within the guidelines of policies and procedures and standards set by the Christie Hospital NHS Trust.
• To participate in an ongoing evaluation of the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Service and to demonstrate the role and contribution it offers to cancer care.
• To promote the role of Occupational Therapy both internally and externally of the Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• To ensure the health and safety of staff and patients and to report any areas of potential risk to the Senior Occupational Therapist or Divisional Manager.
• To be responsible for Continuing Professional Development as directed by the Health and Care Professions Council.

Managerial
• To contribute to the development of all staff within the rehabilitation department and actively encourage and participate in supervision, training and development opportunities within the team, including students and junior staff.
• To delegate duties to the Occupational Therapy assistant.
• To collaborate with other senior staff on ways to maintain, monitor and improve services and undertake audits or research projects as appropriate.
• To behave in a professional manner at all times and to all people.
• To supervise the education of Occupational Therapy students during their fieldwork practice.
• To operate flexibly according to the needs of the service and the clinical area as directed by senior staff.
• To discuss service provision issues with senior staff and to report any incidents, clinical or non-clinical, promptly.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Desirable criteria

• Post registration clinical educators' certificate Postgraduate study
• Postgraduate study

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

• HCPC Registration

Desirable criteria

• Member of The Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT)
• RCOT SS Membership (Major Health Conditions)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous post registration experience.
• Evidence of postgraduate training appropriate to be able to meet the knowledge and skills outlined in the job description.
• Experience of the management of patients with complex presentations.
• Complex moving and handling skills including hoisting.
• Evidence of working in a Multi Disciplinary Team.
• Evidence of supporting and supervising junior staff members and students.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in oncology and/or with those with a palliative diagnosis. Experience of assessing and treating patients with neurological conditions. Previous experience in clinical effectiveness and audit projects. NHS experience
• Experience of assessing and treating patients with neurological conditions.
• Previous experience in clinical effectiveness and audit projects.
• NHS experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of good organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced clinical reasoning and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage own complex caseload.
• Ability to work in a team and to be an effective team leader.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Must be able to work autonomously.
• Proficient with basic Excel and Word.

Desirable criteria

• Counselling skills.
• Presenting skills.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• To be able to demonstrate awareness of government drivers within oncology and palliative care.
• Knowledge of the Occupational Therapy process & models of practice.
• A working knowledge of the Mental Health Act.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of the patho-physiology of cancer and cancer treatments.

Values

Essential criteria

• Ability to understand and demonstrate the Trust's organisational values and behaviours.
• Professional and patient focused.
• Flexible, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking.
• Assertive and able to influence.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to cope in and with stressful situations.

Other

Essential criteria

• Must be flexible in their approach.
• Self-motivated.
• Resilient
• Must be able to maintain patient confidentiality.
• Ability to actively promote Occupational Therapy within The Christie Hospital.

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

Application Information - If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

✓ If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

No Smoking Policy - You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

Additional Information - We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.

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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, 260.8KB)
• The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
• Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)