Job summary
This is a really exciting time for the therapy services across Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our Occupational Therapy Department has gone through a lot of exciting changes in the last year and our Band 6 rotation programme has grown . Due to this and internal promotions, we are now actively recruiting to new positions.
We have Band 6 Occupational Therapy positions to join our rotations through - Medical/ Elderly care, Emergency Department (ED), Palliative Care, Orthopaedics/Surgical, Stroke Rehab and Hand Therapy.
Are you a team player, experienced as an OT but want to learn more, eager to be a part of a department that wants to change the narrative around OT and create the best workforce we can be? This then sounds like a great job for you.
Main duties of the job
The Senior OT contributes to the provision, co-ordination, and development of OT services for their specific section. Assists in training and supervising junior staff and students and participates in administrative functions of the OT Department.
You will provide senior support to your team, providing supervision and participating in service development with the OT Team Leader.
To achieve this you will be supported and actively encouraged in enhancing your leadership and clinical skills in a supportive, dynamic and varied environment.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We provide a service to Wexham Park, Wexham Park, Farnham and Heatherwood Hospitals, as well as our local community team. This offers great development opportunities in a fast-paced settings which provide seven-day services to our patients.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population. We work towards an 7 day service within therapies so staff are expected to work within this pattern.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Take responsibility for managing patient caseload and following the OT process.
- Diagnosis of specific complex conditions in relation to the OT process.
- Provide functional treatment for both in-patients, out-patients, community based patients, individuals and groups.
- Plan treatment programmes covering all aspects of functional rehabilitation.
- Assess patients activities of daily living, interpret the assessment results, and modify the treatment.
- Work single-handedly in providing training in daily living skills for patients and following them up at home or into the community where appropriate.
- Make complex clinical decisions regarding patient care.
- Provide clinical advice to the OT team on their given speciality.
- Identify and complete the referral process to other disciplines as required.
- Identify the need for and carry out standardised tests with the patients, interpret the findings and plan treatment.
- Take responsibility for planning, undertaking and completing home assessments when required.
- Assess, recommend, and organise provision of adaptive equipment, minor adaptations, wheelchairs and services as appropriate to individual patients.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical risk and reporting untoward incidents both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate a physical ability to carry out OT interventions and therapeutic handling. (There is a frequent requirement to exert moderate physical effort for several short periods during a day.)
- Responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out OT duties, adhering to the departments Medical Devices Policy this includes competency and accuracy to use equipment.
- Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. bodily fluids, including urine and faeces, unpleasant smells and occasional exposure to hostility in the form of verbal and physical aggression. There may also be exposure to vermin and parasites especially on home assessments.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Take responsibility for managing patient caseload and following the OT process.
- Diagnosis of specific complex conditions in relation to the OT process.
- Provide functional treatment for both in-patients, out-patients, community based patients, individuals and groups.
- Plan treatment programmes covering all aspects of functional rehabilitation.
- Assess patients activities of daily living, interpret the assessment results, and modify the treatment.
- Work single-handedly in providing training in daily living skills for patients and following them up at home or into the community where appropriate.
- Make complex clinical decisions regarding patient care.
- Provide clinical advice to the OT team on their given speciality.
- Identify and complete the referral process to other disciplines as required.
- Identify the need for and carry out standardised tests with the patients, interpret the findings and plan treatment.
- Take responsibility for planning, undertaking and completing home assessments when required.
- Assess, recommend, and organise provision of adaptive equipment, minor adaptations, wheelchairs and services as appropriate to individual patients.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical risk and reporting untoward incidents both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrate a physical ability to carry out OT interventions and therapeutic handling. (There is a frequent requirement to exert moderate physical effort for several short periods during a day.)
- Responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out OT duties, adhering to the departments Medical Devices Policy this includes competency and accuracy to use equipment.
- Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. bodily fluids, including urine and faeces, unpleasant smells and occasional exposure to hostility in the form of verbal and physical aggression. There may also be exposure to vermin and parasites especially on home assessments.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in OT
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Fieldwork educators course
Skill
Essential
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Desirable
- Training and facilitation skills
- Use of an electronic patient record
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Ability to clinical reason/ plan intervention independently
- Relevant experience
Desirable
- Experience of research and audit
- Advice and informal supervision to support staff and students
Special
Essential
- Willingness to work as part of the OT team as times of pressure
- Must be able to travel between sites
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in OT
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Fieldwork educators course
Skill
Essential
- Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Desirable
- Training and facilitation skills
- Use of an electronic patient record
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Ability to clinical reason/ plan intervention independently
- Relevant experience
Desirable
- Experience of research and audit
- Advice and informal supervision to support staff and students
Special
Essential
- Willingness to work as part of the OT team as times of pressure
- Must be able to travel between sites
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).
