Job summary
Senior Occupational Therapist Band 6
Warminster Community Hospital Longleat Ward
24 hours per week - Permanent
Are you an innovative, enthusiastic, organised and experienced Occupational Therapist with at least 18 months post registration experience and a strong interest in rehabilitation? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive inpatient team within a community hospital?
We are currently looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, to join our inpatient therapy team on Longleat ward at Warminster community Hospital in Wiltshire. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, patient centred and evidence-based care.
Wiltshire Health & Care is a forward thinking, innovative service provider delivering treatment and care for a wide-ranging population across a mixture of rural and suburban settings. The service provides support to three acute trusts and is constantly developing new services to provide the best level of care to the people of Wiltshire.
Main duties of the job
To be successful in the post you must demonstrate a keen interest in care of the older person and be able to deliver high quality patient rehabilitation and discharge planning of complex patients within a community hospital ward environment using evidence-based practice. You must be able to prioritise and organise your caseload, support in the development of B5 OT staff and be experienced in delegating to rehabilitation support workers.
You will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible, work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting and leading on complex discharges.
You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to putting the patient at the centre of your work.
If you would like to discuss the post please contact Jo Reed or Jane Fitz-james: Inpatient Therapy Leads at joanne.reed17@nhs.net or Jane.Fitzjames@nhs.net
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health
services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS
partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and
care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community
services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of
Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our
community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive
team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which
were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good
rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that
it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market
towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good
schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and
a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away.
What are you waiting for?!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the role and to access the full person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the role and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and its organisation
- Demonstrate professional development and experience
- Multi-disciplinary working across a range of agencies/professional groups
- Providing evidence-based practice through clinical audit
- Assessment and care planning with a particular focus on complex discharge planning
- Working in partnership with other agencies
- Evidence of on-going personal development
- Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups
- Experience of gathering and interpreting information to shape service development
Desirable
- Evidence of inpatient experience as a qualified therapist
- Setting and monitoring standards of care
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BSc (Hons) and or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Post registration qualification in relevant area of clinical practice
- Delivering patient focused care
- Case management
- Excellent inter-professional communication
- Teaching (both professionals, students and patient/carers) and holds recognised Teaching and Assessing in Clinical practice qualification
- Leadership
Desirable
- Management, organisational and administrative experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and its organisation
- Demonstrate professional development and experience
- Multi-disciplinary working across a range of agencies/professional groups
- Providing evidence-based practice through clinical audit
- Assessment and care planning with a particular focus on complex discharge planning
- Working in partnership with other agencies
- Evidence of on-going personal development
- Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups
- Experience of gathering and interpreting information to shape service development
Desirable
- Evidence of inpatient experience as a qualified therapist
- Setting and monitoring standards of care
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BSc (Hons) and or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Post registration qualification in relevant area of clinical practice
- Delivering patient focused care
- Case management
- Excellent inter-professional communication
- Teaching (both professionals, students and patient/carers) and holds recognised Teaching and Assessing in Clinical practice qualification
- Leadership
Desirable
- Management, organisational and administrative 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).
