Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 812-24-LLV-OT-21-D
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops College
- Town
- Cheshunt
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Community Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and patient focused individual to join our Community Therapy Team.
You will work alongside the Locality Manager and Deputy Locality Manger to provide leadership, managing your team, ensuring patient flow, and identifying and taking forward quality improvement.
You will work as part of the Integrated Community Team (ICT) pathways to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to provide advanced holistic assessment/diagnostics, support, treatment and rehabilitation of patients in their own home
You will work closely with the Lead Nurse, Clinical Lead and other members of the Senior Team to continue to develop the service. You will be required to travel to various locations within Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust to attend meetings that cannot be held virtually.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical leadership within the unit, ensuring all members of the therapy team deliver high quality clinical care within scope of professional practice and work within the competency framework.
You will support the therapists with managing their caseload, goals setting and meeting the estimated discharge dates to maintain patient flow through the unit.
You will support and continually develop your therapy team, encouraging training, managing sickness, addressing performance issues, and undertake recruitment of new staff.
Through audits and feedback you will work with the locality manager and Deputy Locality Manager , clinical quality lead and senior operational team to take forward continuous improvement.
Working for our organisation
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will support your team with day to day management of their patients.
You will work alongside the rest of the MDT to ensure patients achieve their goals.
In managing the therapy team you will monitor performance: addressing issues as they arise, complete appraisals, manage sickness, support compliance with mandatory training.
You will work with the Locality Manager and Deputy Locality Manager to monitor performance of the unit and continue to implement identified changes to meet CQC requirements
In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum pro rata.
You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- Registered with Health Professions Council (HPC)
- Evidence of Post graduate courses relevant to specialty
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Appropriate Post Graduate experience with the ability to demonstrate skills appropriate to the role
- Experience of working in a related field
- Experience or working in the NHS
- Experience of working in close collaboration with health and social services colleagues.
- Presentation and teaching to staff team and other groups
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy assessments and interventions
- The ability to analyse assessment results to formulate treatment plans, taking into consideration client, social and environmental factors
- Excellent multi-disciplinary/agency working skills
- Computer skills as required for the effective execution of duties and responsibilities
- Good written and spoken English
- Keep legible and accurate patient records
- Keep legible and accurate patient records
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
- Fiona Brooke
- Job title
- Locality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07789 653884
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