Job summary
Applications
only accepted from existing or seconded Band 6 Occupational Therapists within
the Care of the Elderly OT Team at Sunderland Royal as this is not a new post
We are looking
to recruit a permanent Team Leader / Lead Specialist Occupational Therapist
into the inpatient Care of the Elderly OT team at Sunderland Royal Hospital
which will be an upgrade of an existing Band 6 role.
This is a
challenging but rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your leadership
skills and further enhance your specialist clinical skills with a varied and
complex patient group. Further support
and training will be available for leadership development to support your
career progression.
The acute
therapy teams work closely with our community partners as part of the hospital
discharge planning process and this is a great opportunity to help shape future
services as a lead specialist therapist.
Main duties of the job
The Care of the
Elderly OT team is part of the Acute Occupational Therapy service which covers
both Sunderland Royal Hospital and South Tyneside Hospital and sits within the
Directorate of Therapy Services. The inpatient teams provide assessment and
intervention for discharge from hospital and link in with the Transfer of Care
Hub and our community partners. As a
Lead Specialist OT and Team Leader, you will hold your own caseload of hospital
inpatients while supporting your team clinically with specialist advice and knowledge
and will also support the team with first line operational management. You will need to be a good advocate for
Occupational Therapy and have a desire to get the best from your team and help
them develop. The service works closely
with both Sunderland and Northumbria Universities to provide undergraduate and
post graduate pre-registration Occupational Therapy placements and you will be
expected to support the future workforce through provision of student
placements as well as providing learning opportunities for junior staff within
the service. Due to the need to visit
patients homes as part of the discharge planning assessment process, you must
be able to meet the travel requirements of the role. The post is 30 hours per week, Monday to
Friday with a requirement to work some Bank Holidays.
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide leadership to a designated inpatient Occupational Therapy Team
To lead a team of Occupational Therapists and support staff within a specialist area.
To work as an autonomous practitioner using advanced clinical reasoning skills to
provide highly specialist therapy assessment, treatment and advice to an independently
managed case load which will incorporate complex presentation of conditions.
To take a lead role in clinical practice issues, raising the profile of the service and offering
highly specialist advice to planning and service development teams in order to assist in
the implementation of service improvements.
To be responsible for the achievement of specific response time targets within the team.
To complete effective, concise documentation of patients records in line with Trust,
professional & department standards.
To ensure accurate data entry takes place within the team, in line with departmental
standards.
To work towards improving quality services including implementing evidence-based
practice.
To develop the clinical education of staff within the specialism and be responsible for the
supervision of unqualified, newly qualified therapists and undergraduates who work
under your direct supervision.
To develop the service and patient pathways in line with clinical standards and best
practice.
To participate in research activities pertinent to the role.
To assist in raising the profile of service.
To maintain professional development through participation in relevant professional
training programmes
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide leadership to a designated inpatient Occupational Therapy Team
To lead a team of Occupational Therapists and support staff within a specialist area.
To work as an autonomous practitioner using advanced clinical reasoning skills to
provide highly specialist therapy assessment, treatment and advice to an independently
managed case load which will incorporate complex presentation of conditions.
To take a lead role in clinical practice issues, raising the profile of the service and offering
highly specialist advice to planning and service development teams in order to assist in
the implementation of service improvements.
To be responsible for the achievement of specific response time targets within the team.
To complete effective, concise documentation of patients records in line with Trust,
professional & department standards.
To ensure accurate data entry takes place within the team, in line with departmental
standards.
To work towards improving quality services including implementing evidence-based
practice.
To develop the clinical education of staff within the specialism and be responsible for the
supervision of unqualified, newly qualified therapists and undergraduates who work
under your direct supervision.
To develop the service and patient pathways in line with clinical standards and best
practice.
To participate in research activities pertinent to the role.
To assist in raising the profile of service.
To maintain professional development through participation in relevant professional
training programmes
FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTON SEE ATTACHMENT
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience as a Practice Placement Educator
- Skills and
- Knowledge
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly developed written communication skills including report
- writing and maintaining patient records
- Skills to prioritise workload and make judgements on priorities when
- there are several competing demands.
- Highly developed analytical & judgemental skills
- Experience of leading service developments
- Experience of leading audits
- Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical
- manner
- Basic IT skills
- Presentational skills
- Highly developed knowledge of current best practice principles
- Evidence of highly specialist knowledge and experience in
- Occupational Therapy with Care of the Elderly inpatients
- Extensive knowledge of adaptive aids and equipment that can be
- prescribed to aid functional independence and safety
- Knowledge of standard wheelchairs and the indications for safe use
Desirable
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to lift and carry equipment (such as walking aids, ADL
- equipment)
- Ability to exert moderate physical effort throughout the day
- Ability to assist patients to mobilise
- Ability to carry out complex moving and handling procedures with
- patients involving the use of specific equipment such as mobile
- hoists and stand aids
- Ability to drive department vehicles
- Ability to sit at a workstation as necessary to complete
- administrative aspects of the post
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Post graduate qualification in relevant topics
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous experience at senior level of working as an
- Occupational Therapist in the speciality area
- Evidence of high level communication skills within a wide variety of
- settings
- Evidence of working within multidisciplinary, cross agency teams
- Evidence of high level of post graduate training including CPD in
- relevant topic areas
- Evidence of leadership and basic HR functions with lower grade
- staff members.
- Evidence of a sound understanding or clinical governance and risk
- management
- Evidence of an understanding of Health & Safety relating to work
- activities
- Experience of completing audits within Therapies
- Experience as a Practice Placement Educator
Desirable
- Evidence of planning, delivering and evaluating training to others
- Evidence of membership of relevant specialist interest group
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience as a Practice Placement Educator
- Skills and
- Knowledge
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly developed written communication skills including report
- writing and maintaining patient records
- Skills to prioritise workload and make judgements on priorities when
- there are several competing demands.
- Highly developed analytical & judgemental skills
- Experience of leading service developments
- Experience of leading audits
- Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical
- manner
- Basic IT skills
- Presentational skills
- Highly developed knowledge of current best practice principles
- Evidence of highly specialist knowledge and experience in
- Occupational Therapy with Care of the Elderly inpatients
- Extensive knowledge of adaptive aids and equipment that can be
- prescribed to aid functional independence and safety
- Knowledge of standard wheelchairs and the indications for safe use
Desirable
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to lift and carry equipment (such as walking aids, ADL
- equipment)
- Ability to exert moderate physical effort throughout the day
- Ability to assist patients to mobilise
- Ability to carry out complex moving and handling procedures with
- patients involving the use of specific equipment such as mobile
- hoists and stand aids
- Ability to drive department vehicles
- Ability to sit at a workstation as necessary to complete
- administrative aspects of the post
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Post graduate qualification in relevant topics
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous experience at senior level of working as an
- Occupational Therapist in the speciality area
- Evidence of high level communication skills within a wide variety of
- settings
- Evidence of working within multidisciplinary, cross agency teams
- Evidence of high level of post graduate training including CPD in
- relevant topic areas
- Evidence of leadership and basic HR functions with lower grade
- staff members.
- Evidence of a sound understanding or clinical governance and risk
- management
- Evidence of an understanding of Health & Safety relating to work
- activities
- Experience of completing audits within Therapies
- Experience as a Practice Placement Educator
Desirable
- Evidence of planning, delivering and evaluating training to others
- Evidence of membership of relevant specialist interest group
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).
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