Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-6407423*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various Locations on in Trafford
- Town
- Sale
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Occupational Therapist - STU (July 2024)
Band 5
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and adaptable qualified Occupational Therapist to join our varied community based rotation that covers the following settings:
Discharge to Assess
Intermediate Care in- patient beds - Ascot House
Equipment and Adaptations - One Stop Resource Centre
Outpatient Rehabilitation
Community Rehabilitation
Community based Neuro /Stroke rehabilitation
In patient Neuro rehabilitation - Trafford General.
Pathway one assessment team
Main duties of the job
Rotations are for six months.
Support and encouragement to develop is provided via a band 5 support group, regular supervision, in service training and monthly Occupational Therapy meetings.
The post holder will provide occupational therapy to a community caseload of patients, in a variety of settings within the trafford footprint.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified to practice as an Occupational Therapist within the NHS.
- Experience of working within a team and independently with support.
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Range of experience in physical OT settings
- Experience working in NHS setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical knowledge base of physhological, physical illhealth and recovery
- Knowledge and application of the OT Process
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of clinical governance including audit
- Experience within a mental health setting
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Use of functional assessment tools and activity analysis
- Ability to work single handed with groups and individuals
- Ability to understand and apply policies and procedures
- Clinic al knowledge base of mental and physical ill health & recovery
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Understanding of team dynamics
- Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice
- Knowledge & application of risk assessment and management
- Word processing and Internet skill
- Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Good time management skills
- Training and presentation skills
- Group work skills
- Knowledge and application of Health & Safety principles
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
- Joanne Sloan
- Job title
- Professional development Lead Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890908993
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