Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational or Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6423623-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist– Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
Band 7
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen within the Early Intervention Team (EIT) for a Band 7 clinical specialist Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
The successful applicant will be a passionate leader in urgent community response and facilitating admission prevention within the Emergency Department or Same Day Emergency Day Centre (SDEC).
The team works across health, social care and voluntary sector. The team is working closely with the ambulance service to take referrals from the ambulance stack and developing new ways of working.
We are looking for someone who is passionate to help support the team through change and development. The team works 7 days with extended hours.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an occupational therapist or physiotherapist with skills and experience in frailty, who would enjoy integrated working and being a trans- disciplinary practitioner. The role will also provide supervision and training to assistant practitioners and other therapists in the team. You will enjoy developing others.
We are also looking for someone who can lead and coordinate the therapy team, as well as working on service development as the team continues to work on urgent community response.
Although the role is based at West Suffolk Hospital, you will be working out in the community most of the time. Pool cars are available for community visits.
Structured continuing professional and personal development is available, presenting an ideal opportunity for a physiotherapist or occupational therapist with good clinical skills and knowledge to broaden their experience within a supportive environment.
The therapy team work 7 days per week with the service provided 8:00- 21:00.
For further information please contact Gareth Blissett, Team Lead, Early Intervention Team or Fiona Rash, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, EIT on 01284 713712.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached documents for full Job description.
Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete “on call” duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in therapy
- Evidence of CPD
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Broad post-graduate experience
- Experience at Band 6 level or higher
Desirable criteria
- Experience of formal and informal teaching
- Experience of working and understanding of community based services
- Experience of working in ED and acute
- Experience of working as a generic therapist
- Experience of working with other agencies outside the NHS.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Specialist knowledge and experience across a wide range of conditions
- • Excellent interpersonal skills
- • Supervisory skills
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Excellent handling skills
- • Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Desirable criteria
- • Presentation skills
- • Competent IT skills
- • Critical appraisal
- • Audit skills
- • Knowledge of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy in the ED and urgent community response medical setting.
- • Generic competencies, such as: basic nursing, dietetics, social care.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
- • Committed to personal and team development
- • Problem solving skills
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others
- • Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
- • Evidence of key role within a team.
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
- Gareth Bilssett
- Job title
- Team Lead EIT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713712
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