Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will be expected to work 7 days a week, based on service needs.)
- Job ref
- 241-605-IC-24
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- IMC Units
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, forward thinking Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Bedded Intermediate Care Units.
Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Bolton Council work in partnership to provide patient focused care in residential units in the community. Intermediate Care focuses on the prevention of unnecessary hospital admission, effective discharge from hospital and promotion of independence, especially for the older person. We have a large and comprehensive multi-disciplinary team that cover a number of beds located across 2 residential sites in the Bolton area.
Main duties of the job
The position we are recruiting to will be part of the Intermediate Care therapy team, the team consists of Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists as well as therapy assistants. The successful candidate will be expected to rotate across the IMC units to ensure the needs of the service are met. The successful candidate will work as part of a health and social care multidisciplinary team comprising of medics, pharmacists, social workers and nurses.
Working for our organisation
Candidates will have recent and relevant post registration experience and an interest in elderly rehabilitation in an acute and community rehabilitation setting. They should also be able to evidence recent self directed learning and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates will need to be able to travel to meet the needs of this post and will therefore need access to a vehicle for work. The post will provide an excellent opportunity for individuals that enjoy working as part of a close multi-disciplinary/multi agency team. We value regular appraisal and supervision and ensure personal and professional development opportunities are available. You must have a genuine interest in working with older people, be self-motivated, enthusiastic, resourceful and comfortable working in a changing environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current professional registration with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Educator
- Post-graduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical speciality
- • Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.
- • Practice skills in relevant field of practice
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate evidence of improving and developing service and practice
- Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of the quality and governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
- • Knowledge of Health & Social Care integration agenda
- • Understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff.
- • Ability to build effective working relationships across a range of healthcare and other organisations
- • Excellent team working skills
- • Flexibility to move between all work environments and travel across locality areas.
- • Effective written and oral communication/listening skills.
- • Computer literacy
- • Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional/aggressive patients/carers.
Desirable criteria
- Presentation Skills
- Theraputic group work
Others
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- • Flexibility to move between all work environments and transport self about community.
- • Commitment to training and development.
- • Possess energy, drive and resilience with a keen desire to develop the role further.
- • Ability to understand and analyse professional and ethical issues and apply them to service development.
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
- Kavitha Santhamurthy
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 335455
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