Job summary
Employer heading
Occupational therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Due to expansion of the team and internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity in the Directorate of Rehabilitation and Therapies. This offers the opportunity for a Band 5 occupational therapist to join our dynamic team at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex and to develop them further clinically, supervising assistants, students and contributing to key departmental projects.
Harefield Hospital is a relatively small hospital (approx. 168 beds) specialising in treating heart and lung conditions including heart and lung transplantation, with a friendly open culture situated in a village accessible by public transport, near to Uxbridge and Watford and very close to the M25 and M40. You will receive Outer London Weighting in addition to your salary.
Main duties of the job
The successful OT' will join the OT and multidisciplinary team in working with patients (and their families) with a variety of cardio-thoracic conditions including the transplant unit. The post holder will be assessing, providing interventions and managing discharge of a variety of cardiac and thoracic patients as part of a close MDT. This is a great opportunity to gain some experience in a specialist field but utilising all the core OT assessment and intervention skills including post-surgical assessment, functional assessment skills, group work (jointly with the arts team), palliative care interventions and discharge planning skills, with the opportunity to observe and gain experience with interventions in neuro and critical care.
Working for our organisation
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This person will need good organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work as a member of a team. There is regular supervision, training and support from highly skilled senior Occupational Therapists to address learning needs and you will be expected to work closely with the other members of the MDT. There are excellent opportunities for CPD which team members are encouraged to attend and present at. Please see the job description and personal specification for more details.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience in physical disability and mental health settings
- Experience in physical disability and mental health settings
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an acute inpatient setting
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a team - OT and multidisciplinary
- Ability to manage a clinical caseload and cope with pressures and prioritisation of caseload
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
- Helena Rampley
- Job title
- Highly Specialist occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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