Job summary
Are you a band 5 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist looking to develop your career further? Or an established band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist who has considered a role in the community. This could the opportunity you have been waiting for!
Due to internal development within the team, we have the rare opportunity of being able to offer one full time Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy position within the Solihull Community Therapy Team.
Solihull Community Therapy Team provide rehabilitation services for patients being discharged from acute hospitals, as well as receiving referrals from GPs and other secondary care facilities for patients within the community who have therapy goals to achieve. The role will also include elements of triage and admission avoidance cover.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of a well-established and respected therapy team. The Solihull Community Therapy Team has interdisciplinary ways of working to facilitate early supported discharges from the acute setting, admission avoidance and routine therapy. You will be expected to work in a person-centred manner in order to achieve positive patient and service outcomes.
We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff.
The Trust is committed to providing a 7 day therapy service. This role includes participation in a weekend cover rota.
We encourage informal conversation / visit so please feel free to contact (details below) to discuss the role in more detail.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Good standard of general education including, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
- * Degree / diploma in Occupational Therapy
- * Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Experience
Essential
- * Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include
- experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
- * Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services/ rehabilitation and falls
- * Previous and on-going attendance at mandatory training
- * CPD portfolio
- * Previous NHS Experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Good standard of general education including, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
- * Degree / diploma in Occupational Therapy
- * Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Experience
Essential
- * Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include
- experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
- * Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services/ rehabilitation and falls
- * Previous and on-going attendance at mandatory training
- * CPD portfolio
- * Previous NHS Experience
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).
