Job summary
- Main area
- Integrated Elderly
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6892244
- 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
- 17/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Trauma and Orthopaedics
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
Come and Join Us!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 5 or current Band 6 to join the Trauma and Orthopaedic team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital that also covers Surgery. The team includes a Band 7, Band 6, Band 5 and a Band 4s. We work closely with Physiotherapists, Discharge Coordinators, Rapid Response in the Community, and the innovative Home First team and Early Supported Discharge team for Orthopaedics.
This is a very friendly, supportive and dynamic department with integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD and monthly in-service training.
Main duties of the job
- You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team clinically assessing Trauma and Orthopaedic in-patients providing specialist treatment plans and recommendations regarding their ability to be discharged home or requiring some in-patient rehabilitation and liaising with our well established community services .
- You will support your team to do the same and lead and develop the most effective model and vision with your dynamic team, supervising and delegating in the absence of your Band 7. You will also identify and develop your own interests to aid your professional development supported and empowered by your Band 7 and Head of Occupational Therapy.
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.
A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
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.
This post is part of a very friendly, supportive and dynamic Therapy department with integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD and in-service training.
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 including Orthopaedics or Surgery and discharge planning
- Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
- Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
- Knowledge and application of evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning
Desirable criteria
- Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
- Demonstration of having initiated change or practice or process
- Experience in supervision of junior staff
- Experience in student clinical supervision
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and use advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
- Able to participate, integrate and contribute as an effective member of a team
- Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
- Ability to perform at times of high pressure/demand
- Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis
- Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
- Positive response to constructive criticism
- Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
- Ability to participate in an emergency
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work at weekends
- Ability to participate in weekend working
- Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
- Able to fulfill the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary
- Self motivated
Desirable criteria
- 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
- Yvonne Short
- Job title
- Advanced Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 315923
- Additional information
Charlotte Slinger - Head Occupational Therapist , For further details please call 01296 315095 or 07979655453
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