Job summary
Are you an experienced OT with a particular interest in rehab and leadership? If so this is the job for you.
Offered as a part time position, you will be working alongside the Physio Lead to manage the Therapists across Bourne and Hale Wards at Farnham Hospital as a fixed term/secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave. With 42 patients and a dedicated therapy team you will be leading by example, working as equal members of the MDT to treat patients whilst managing registered and non-registered team members and championing best practice and service development.
As part of the wider Intermediate Care Team you will have the advantage of strong community links, peer support and receive line management from the Service Manager. We pride ourselves on continuous improvement and you will be supported with a variety of CPD options.
Ward therapy is a seven day service and you will be rostered accordingly.
Main duties of the job
- To provide skilled team leadership, ensuring an effective, high quality service is delivered within the inpatient therapy team
- To use highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills to manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner
- To act as a specialist resource for the multi-disciplinary team both on the ward and the wider community services
- To work with the MDT to develop, monitor and evaluate the service, including organising and implementing service development and change as appropriate
- To plan and prioritise the service's delivery to ensure appropriate management of patients
- Ensure supervision of staff members within the team is being undertaken as per policy
- To represent the team and the service at Trust and, where appropriate, strategic meetings
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore 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.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical workload and using clinical reasoning skills to utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options in order to formulate a specialised programme of care
- To prioritise work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities, using effective organisational skills and highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions
- To be responsible in conjunction with the Service Manager and clinical leads for the setting and monitoring of standards and policies of clinical practice and evaluating their outcomes
- To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of all patients receiving therapy in the community inpatient setting
- Oversee planning and prioritisation within the team to ensure appropriate management of patients
- To be responsible for the coordination and undertaking of complex clinical procedures specific to speciality
- To use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of therapy interventions and ensure the treatment programmes are progressing appropriately
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in the line with national and trust clinical guidelines, protocols and pathways where they exist
- To participate in the advice, guidance and teaching of junior staff and students in the management of patients
- To develop profession specific practices and local guidelines, and to keep abreast of new treatments in relation to the management of patients relevant to this role
- To establish good relationships with patients promoting and empowering a life long model of self care and appropriate activity to maintain good health
Management
- To provide day to day management of the team including but not limited to:
- Absence management
- Recruitment
- Induction
- HR
- Appraisals
- Communication
- Application of Trust policies
- Overseeing delegated management roles
- To work with the Service Manager and other Team Leads to develop the strategic and local operational management of the team and service
- To plan and prioritise own workload both clinical and managerial, including responding to urgent referrals and unpredictable workload, and assist the team with theirs. This will require prolonged concentration in an unpredictable environment
- To be able to manage frequently stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner when imparting bad news regarding rehabilitation potential e.g. neurological patients, patients with long term conditions. To ensure this is communicated sensitively to all parties concerned
- To participate in the Trusts appraisal scheme both as appraisee and as an appraiser
- To line manage staff including objective setting, appraisals, training and supervision
- To be responsible for the induction of new staff
- To maintain and provide accurate and timely statistics which are both computer and paper based and ensure team compliance
- To respond to changes within the team which impacts on the delivery of patient care
- To initiate and lead projects as requested
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records in accordance with professional body and Trust guidelines and to ensure the safe keeping and confidentiality of these records
- Ensure supervision of all staff members within team is being undertaken as per policy
- To contribute to the formulation of relevant policies, guidelines and procedures and participate in agreed developments within the service
- To participate in the on-call rota for Community Services
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical workload and using clinical reasoning skills to utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options in order to formulate a specialised programme of care
- To prioritise work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities, using effective organisational skills and highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions
- To be responsible in conjunction with the Service Manager and clinical leads for the setting and monitoring of standards and policies of clinical practice and evaluating their outcomes
- To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of all patients receiving therapy in the community inpatient setting
- Oversee planning and prioritisation within the team to ensure appropriate management of patients
- To be responsible for the coordination and undertaking of complex clinical procedures specific to speciality
- To use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of therapy interventions and ensure the treatment programmes are progressing appropriately
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in the line with national and trust clinical guidelines, protocols and pathways where they exist
- To participate in the advice, guidance and teaching of junior staff and students in the management of patients
- To develop profession specific practices and local guidelines, and to keep abreast of new treatments in relation to the management of patients relevant to this role
- To establish good relationships with patients promoting and empowering a life long model of self care and appropriate activity to maintain good health
Management
- To provide day to day management of the team including but not limited to:
- Absence management
- Recruitment
- Induction
- HR
- Appraisals
- Communication
- Application of Trust policies
- Overseeing delegated management roles
- To work with the Service Manager and other Team Leads to develop the strategic and local operational management of the team and service
- To plan and prioritise own workload both clinical and managerial, including responding to urgent referrals and unpredictable workload, and assist the team with theirs. This will require prolonged concentration in an unpredictable environment
- To be able to manage frequently stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner when imparting bad news regarding rehabilitation potential e.g. neurological patients, patients with long term conditions. To ensure this is communicated sensitively to all parties concerned
- To participate in the Trusts appraisal scheme both as appraisee and as an appraiser
- To line manage staff including objective setting, appraisals, training and supervision
- To be responsible for the induction of new staff
- To maintain and provide accurate and timely statistics which are both computer and paper based and ensure team compliance
- To respond to changes within the team which impacts on the delivery of patient care
- To initiate and lead projects as requested
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records in accordance with professional body and Trust guidelines and to ensure the safe keeping and confidentiality of these records
- Ensure supervision of all staff members within team is being undertaken as per policy
- To contribute to the formulation of relevant policies, guidelines and procedures and participate in agreed developments within the service
- To participate in the on-call rota for Community Services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- OT Degree (or equivalent)
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- At least 18 months B6 experience
- Line management experience
- Leadership experience
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Highly specialist clinical and technical skills in recovery and rehabilitation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Teaching skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- OT Degree (or equivalent)
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- At least 18 months B6 experience
- Line management experience
- Leadership experience
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Highly specialist clinical and technical skills in recovery and rehabilitation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Teaching skills
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).
