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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 18.75 hours per week
Job ref
223-SOF-327-A
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Princess Royal Hospital
Town
Telford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Frailty

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Frailty services  at The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust have an opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our established team, rotational across both Frailty teams at Shrewsbury and Telford sites. 

Our highly regarded frailty team works as an MDT providing admission avoidance services and therapies to prevent deconditioning in the areas of ED, AMU and short stay wards.

Due to the specialism of this role, those without NHS experience need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will provide Occupational Therapy to patients within an acute setting, maximising independence to prevent deconditioning. The therapy team operates a Home First ethos and works to creatively implement plans to enable people to return to their usual activities of daily living, within their own home environment wherever possible. 

Whilst these roles specialise in frailty at the front door services, the frailty therapy team is also apart of the wider inpatient therapy team. This offers opportunity to be a part of daily therapy huddles and access to support and guidance from the wider team, as well as discussion to create integrated patient journeys. 

Working for our organisation

As a 250+ strong therapy department, working across 3 principle sites, we offer both strategic and operational therapy services across the areas of inpatients, outpatients and care closer to home, enhancing healthcare services provided to the population of Shropshire and Powys. 

Therapy specific support and supervision structure for the frailty therapy team includes band 7 highly specialist team lead, inpatient operational managers at each site, heads of profession and therapy centre manager who is also a therapist by profession. 

We believe in developing clinical and leadership skills at all levels and support all our specialist therapists in having 17% of their time dedicated to supporting professional activity (SPA). Your SPA time will include and is not limited to: clinical supervision, opportunity to attend internal and external training relevant to your role and career aspirations and participation in service development opportunities. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent OT
  • HCPC registered
  • Evidence Specialist clinical training in relevant areas
  • Evidence of work within the NHS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of CPD detailing clinical experience relevant to the post
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of current NHS strategy and plans
  • Knowledge of understanding of clinical governance
  • Evidence of specialist level clinical reasononing

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
  • Evidence of experience of Frailty at the front door
  • Evidence of Teaching/student experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of audit/research

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ruth MacMullen
Job title
Therapy Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07394401524
Additional information

Sarah Agnew

[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
Telephone
01743 492402
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