Job summary
Do you have the desire to work in Critical Care and Surgical setting?
We seek a passionate Occupational Therapist who can support the continued provision of high quality, patient centred therapy service across our Regional Vascular Surgery Centre at Heartlands Hospital and Critical Care units.
The surgical wards cover Vascular, Colorectal, urology, ENT and General Surgery
The Critical Care units across Heartlands and Good Hope Hospital sites, support acutely unwell patients with Medical, Surgical and Respiratory and Neurological conditions.
We are currently developing a Surgical Pathway for patients from critical care to discharge. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about service development and understands the impact of Occupational therapy interventions on a patient's quality of life.
You will be provided with regular supervision, appraisal and clinical development and opportunities for both internal and external CPD in both Surgery and Critical Care settings.
You will be expected to contribute to a seven day working and Bank Holiday service within therapies.
If you have any questions, please contact Sherilyn.Boyd@uhb.nhs.uk.
Main duties of the job
To perform specialist functional assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
To hold responsibility for assessing patients quickly when referred, working without direct supervision.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. To assist with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic therapy assistants, therapy technical instructors and junior therapists. Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols
You will have specific skills in specialist seating & positioning, with a broad understanding of the cognitive impact to patients, applying specialist assessment skills as required. Training and development opportunities will be available.
You will be provided with regular supervision, appraisal and clinical development and opportunities for both internal and external CPD in both Surgery and Critical Care settings.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with HCPC
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate
- *training relevant to clinical speciality
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE
- *English and maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in discharge planning.
- *Evidence of Team/service development
- *A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- *Understanding of current legislation and application to OT
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality Demonstrate a professional attitude An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action
- *An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to cope with exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team
- *Able to contribute to weekend service
- *Ability to work across site and service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- *Registered with HCPC
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate
- *training relevant to clinical speciality
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE
- *English and maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in discharge planning.
- *Evidence of Team/service development
- *A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- *Understanding of current legislation and application to OT
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality Demonstrate a professional attitude An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action
- *An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to cope with exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team
- *Able to contribute to weekend service
- *Ability to work across site and service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
