Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6456821-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Moseley Hall Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Specialist Neuro-Rehab Occupational Therapist team on the Inpatient Neuro Rehabilitation Unit. We are looking for enthusiastic, client centred occupational therapist that enjoys working within interdisciplinary teams and passionate in supporting clients in achieving their goals. The successful candidate will be an integral member of the OT team.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will require experience in rehabilitation of patients with complex neurological disability This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic, pro-active clinician to be part of our team. The team comprises of administrative staff, Occupational Therapist physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, speech & language therapists, nurses and skilled support staff. You will be working as part of a large and supportive therapy team with excellent training and development opportunities as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system. There are well-established team meetings and CPD is well supported. You will be encouraged to take part in service development projects as appropriate.
You will have keyworker responsibility for some of the patients, therefore excellent communication skills and flexibility is essential. You will line manage and provide supervision to more junior Occupational Therapists, students and support staff/assistants.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
It is essential that you have current HPC registration and recognised qualifications as an Occupational Therapist. Experience will include working in multi-professional teams and across a range of different agencies to achieve the optimum outcome for service users.
The Trust encourages continuing professional development, clinical excellence and audit.
Access to a car is essential.
For further details, please refer to the attached JD/PS
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with HCPC Graduate /Degree in occupational therapy
- Evidence of post graduate training relevant to occupational therapy and in neuro-rehabilitation
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Varied comprehensive rotations at junior level and significant post graduate experience to assess and treat patients with complex disability / multiple pathologies
- Knowledge and experience of acute and community trust settings
- Experience of managing complex neuro disability
- Experience of using audit tools, outcome measures and clinical standards
- Experience of postural and seating assessments and wheelchair prescription
- Experience of managing tone/spasticity
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with all levels effectively and be able to vary the approach according to need/situation.
- Able to advise and support others in the management of patients with complex needs e.g. cognitive, behavioural, physical and social
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Awareness of need for flexibility when managing change and difficult situations.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance, standard setting and audit processes
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
- Ruth Banner
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 6590
- Additional information
Selina Wilson- 0121 466 6590
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