Job summary
Occupational Therapist - 37.5 hours per week
Calling all registered Occupational Therapist looking to join a forward-thinking team - you could be an essential part of one of our fast-paced Urgent Response team in Sussex!
Main duties of the job
In Responsive Services, we work hard to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and also support patients through the critical first few days after they leave hospital.
Our Responsive Services are made up of multidisciplinary teams providing a seven day service.
We deliver:
- A rapid response to people in the community who are experiencing acute episodes of ill-health
- A supported discharge service to facilitate timely hospital discharges
- Short term support for people who require assistance with activities of daily living
- A rehabilitation service including a range of therapies
We have recently received the green light to expand our current urgent care work and are looking for a wide variety of people to join us, including Band 6 Occupational Therapists. There are full time and part time posts available, which allows the post holders to have greater flexibility in working hours.
About us
As a member of the team you will have the opportunity to:
- Receive support from other therapy colleagues
- Receive clinical supervision
- Participate in the in-service learning programme
- Attend the annual SCFT Leadership Conference
- Develop specialist areas of practice, relevant to the team
- Participate and assist in the implementation of the Calderdale Framework
- Supervise and support development of other staff outside of your professional group
- Develop leadership skills through formal and supported training
- Develop skills beyond the usual scope of practice of your profession
- Assist in shaping future clinical practice of the therapy team
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holders will need to have experience of working within a variety of clinical settings and especially with the community. You must be a Car driver and owner of a car, This is essential as you will be visiting patients in their own homes and the team covers a large geographic area.
The team works closely with other community teams, GPs, other health and social care professionals across different providers. We are also increasingly working collaboratively with voluntary and third sector organisations, and carer support services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holders will need to have experience of working within a variety of clinical settings and especially with the community. You must be a Car driver and owner of a car, This is essential as you will be visiting patients in their own homes and the team covers a large geographic area.
The team works closely with other community teams, GPs, other health and social care professionals across different providers. We are also increasingly working collaboratively with voluntary and third sector organisations, and carer support services.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- Training in student education
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range
- Experience of working within a relevant specialist area
- Experience of interdisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students
- Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
- Contributions to audit and evaluation within a clinical governance framework
- Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Able to plan and prioritise own workload efficiently
- Ability to delegate work to others
- Demonstrates leadership in practice
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
- Demonstrates advanced communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- IT literacy
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the clinical setting
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Supervision and appraisal of junior staff
- Knowledge of professional code of conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
Other requirements
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- Training in student education
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range
- Experience of working within a relevant specialist area
- Experience of interdisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students
- Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
- Contributions to audit and evaluation within a clinical governance framework
- Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Able to plan and prioritise own workload efficiently
- Ability to delegate work to others
- Demonstrates leadership in practice
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
- Demonstrates advanced communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- IT literacy
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the clinical setting
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Supervision and appraisal of junior staff
- Knowledge of professional code of conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
Other requirements
Essential
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
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).
