Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work within patients with a confirmed diagnosis of ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Long Covid.
This is an Outpatient Therapy Team based at Broadgreen Hospital.
This will be a static post.
Main duties of the job
The service supports patients who are referred following a confirmed ME/CFS diagnosis for therapy and from the Cheshire and Merseyside Community Long COVID Services who remain unwell with fatigue and related symptoms.
The service offers a tailored Self-Management programme to assist patients with specialist advice. Therapists deliver group workshops and individual therapy sessions by virtual or face to face methods. Therapy is inline with the guidance of the ME/CFS NICE Guidelines and the Post COVID NICE guidelines.
The team delivering the care includes Consultant Physicians, Service Manager, Specialist Occupational Therapists, Health Psychologist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and our administration team.
Ideally you will have experience of working with people with long term health conditions. This could be both the Physical and Mental Health arenas.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Delivery of a tailored therapy programme supporting the management of ME/CFS and fatigue following a post viral illness.
Therapists will be providing specific therapy advice encouraging patients to use strategies and tools to help positively manage their present condition.
Therapists will manage their own caseload with the support of Senior Therapists on site.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of Special Interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in a junior rotational post providing a broad experience in musculoskeletal / medical surgical conditions
- Evidence of a contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Evidence of the advanced skills required to plan complex and rapid discharges
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and specialist skills relevant to the clinical caseload
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in Occupational Therapy
- Have an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own work load, determine priorities and delegate tasks
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to keep accurate legible patient notes
- Teaching / Presentations at In – Service level
- Able to evaluate and be critical of self
Desirable criteria
- Competent IT Skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Flexible and open to change
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
- Jayne Galvin
- Job title
- Service/Therapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 282 6185
- Additional information
Available to respond to messages throughout the working day.
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