Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Inpatients
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR2403-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Medical Inpatients
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join the inpatient Medical Team at Ipswich Hospital. We are looking for an individual who is confident, professional and with the clinical skills required to manage a diverse, complex caseload within a dynamic environment, providing a high standard of Occupational Therapy in the acute setting. You will need to be able to demonstrate supervisory and leadership skills to support junior members of staff and students.
Opportunities work across multiple areas which include: Cardiac, Respiratory, Renal, Oncology, General Medical wards.
This position can also be considered as a Developmental role for those wishing to develop their skills from Band 5 to Band 6 level – NHS Preceptorship must be completed.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver a high standard OT service in designated clinical areas.
- Manage a defined complex caseload under the management of the Team Leader, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan and evaluate OT interventions, ensuring compliance with HCPC, RCOT, CQC and Trust clinical and quality standards.
- To ensure as far as is reasonably practical the safety of the patients in your care.
- To supervise and assist in the development of junior OTs, non-qualified staff and students on placement.
- To undertake audit of both clinical practice and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- To be flexible in working in a 7 day service with extended hours in specific settings.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
- • Comprehensive range of complex caseload management.
- • Experience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community setting.
- • Experience of moving and handling skills including hoisting.
- • Experience of supervision and professional/clinical development of staff
- • Experience of working with therapy assistants/Health care assistants.
- • In-service training and reflective learning.
- • Evidence of continuing professional development.
- • Prioritisation of workload.
- • Minimum of two Rotations
Desirable criteria
- • Participation in project Leadership.
- • Participation in audits
- • Participation in service development.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy
- • HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
- • Practice Educator Course.
- Completion of Preceptorship tasks
Desirable criteria
- • Wheelchair assessor course.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Cook
- Job title
- Professional Lead in Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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