Senior Occupational therapist - Static frailty

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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

In recent service reviews, an additional band 6 post has been added to the ever-growing department in reflection of the value and need for increased occupational therapy provision. Our static Frailty band 6 post is in a dynamic mixture of rehabilitation and fast paced acute work across two sites that makes this an ideal position to broaden expertise in older adults and frailty for those looking to specialise in this area. The post moves between Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Acute Frailty and Frailty Rehabilitation on a cycle of every 7-9 months.

We offer a supportive, rewarding and challenging clinical environment. There is an established system for the delivery of clinical governance objectives, CPD and Evidence Based Practice across the service. CPD is encouraged through the Trust appraisal system, as well as through Team CPD Cycles. We encourage journal clubs, formal teaching, skills training and service development, with expectations to lead and participate in these sessions.

The post holder requires a flexible approach to working, including cross sites and be able to undertake weekend working commitments as part of a 7 day working rota.

Main duties of the job

1. To identify, prioritise and manage patients living with frailty presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention.

2. To assess and treat patients with complex frailty needs who would benefit from occupational therapy

3. To be competent in the administration of specific Occupational Therapy assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.

4. To be competent in the development and implementation of remedial and preventative treatment programmes addressing motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas, both individually and in group settings.

5. To work closely with patients and carers to incorporate service users views in the setting of goals, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes.

6. To conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.

7. To assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.

8. To write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing Occupational Therapy intervention.

9. To liaise and work with Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must have a degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered. Experience of treating patients with high levels of complexity and dependency will be essential to this post.

See Job description for full list of responsibilities that include clinical skills, management and leadership, education and working within the Trust values.

Person specification

shortlisting

Essential criteria

• Dip OT or Degree in occupational therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Experience of working as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist
• Experience of working with older adults
• Demonstrate and good understanding of the nature of illness and models of treatment and how these impact on the patient- specifically frailty
• Demonstrate an understanding of the systems within departments for the management of patient assessment and treatment.
• Communicate with others in the multidisciplinary teams

Desirable criteria

• Completion of the Frailty Tier 2a training on e-learning for health
• Experience of acute inpatient hospital work
• Demonstrate understanding on the role of supervisor and supervisee.
• Experience supervising qualified staff/students.

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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 Job specification (PDF, 352.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Princess Royal (PRUH) Site map (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)