Job summary
- Main area
- Community and Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 5 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6714934
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Olympic Lodge, Acute Rehabilitation
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to work at Olympic Lodge providing assessment, acute rehabilitation and timely discharge for patients transferred from the acute hospitals.
Main duties of the job
This is a multi skilled post requiring experience in acute medical or orthopaedic discharge planning, neurology, amputees, falls and other pathologies.
You will be supported by acute therapists and work jointly with the patients, physiotherapists, nurses and community teams both on the unit and sometimes the client’s home to enable the clients to be discharged.
We also work at weekends at Stoke Mandeville or Wycombe Hospital.
This post is part of a very friendly, supportive and dynamic Therapy department with integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD and in-service training.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Current registration with Health Professions Council
- Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality
- Membership of professional special interest group
- Field work/clinical educators course
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of a junior rotational Occupational Therapy post in the NHS
- Attendance at post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
- Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality audit and risk management
- Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
- Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
- Experience in supervision of students and junior staff
- Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
- Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
- Self motivated
- Able to fulfill the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
- Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
- Ability to participate in weekend working ( not fixed term contracts)
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Slinger
- Job title
- Occupational Therapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 315096
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