Job summary
This is an opportunity to work at band 7 level leading the Trauma Outpatient Occupational Therapy team within the OP Occupational Therapy Services for a 6 month fixed term (or secondment with line manager's permission) to cover a career break.
The post holder will lead and manage a team of occupational Therapists to deliver high quality evidence based assessment and treatment skills to assess and treat patients following MSK Trauma (including Hands). You need to possess excellent communication skills and negotiation skills in order to deal with these patients, as well as the Occupational Therapy team. You will need to be able to understand the relevant conditions, as well as pain, and be able to explain this to other staff and your patients. Teaching others will be part of your role and training for you will be provided as required. Skills in splinting and bracing are essential for the post holder.
NUH supports 7 day working and you will be required to work flexibly across 7 days and across campus as required to meet the needs of therapy services. The maximum requirement would be one day in 8 weekends.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of the job. Core responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Leading the Trauma Outpatient OT service in a dynamic and growing speciality, providing a responsive and timely service.
Providing a supportive environment for team members under your direct management, including undertaking annual appraisals and managing health and wellbeing.
Contributing to the education and teaching of all team members including students, preceptees, B6s and support workers.
Ensuring that high quality, evidenced based practice, service development and education underpin the service delivery.
Ensuring that NUH values and behaviours are embedded in everyday practice.
You will have excellent communication and team working skills, with the ability to apply problem-solving skills to patient care and leadership tasks. As this role will include working with patients and their families during potentially stressful life events, including end of life situations, a compassionate and resilient character is required.
This post will allow an OT with a keen interest in team leadership and inpatient care to expand clinical skills and leadership of a busy and responsive service, with a focus on leading and developing staff to support patient flow whilst promoting excellent patient care.
About us
With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will demonstrate advanced level occupational therapy skills in assessment and diverse interventions to facilitate excellent care in the Trauma Outpatient Environment
A willingness to learn and develop further, both clinically and professionally and to lead on this within the team is essential. The successful applicant must be open minded to new ways of working and lead on this. The ideal individual for this role needs to be flexible, dynamic and forward thinking. Strong leadership qualities are essential in this post, alongside advocating for the OT role in the MDT setting. You will demonstrate an ability to work autonomously to an advanced level and provide support to other members of the team, including peers, Band 5 OTs, including preceptees, support workers and students. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service.
Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will demonstrate advanced level occupational therapy skills in assessment and diverse interventions to facilitate excellent care in the Trauma Outpatient Environment
A willingness to learn and develop further, both clinically and professionally and to lead on this within the team is essential. The successful applicant must be open minded to new ways of working and lead on this. The ideal individual for this role needs to be flexible, dynamic and forward thinking. Strong leadership qualities are essential in this post, alongside advocating for the OT role in the MDT setting. You will demonstrate an ability to work autonomously to an advanced level and provide support to other members of the team, including peers, Band 5 OTs, including preceptees, support workers and students. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service.
Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more information.
Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD in specialist area
Desirable
- Masters degree or masters modules
Experience
Essential
- Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
- Experience managing staff performance and sickness, participation in recruitment processes
- Experience in evaluation of evidence-based practice, audit, service development and benchmarking; use of outcome measures
- Experience of training and supervising students
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent written, non-verbal and verbal communication skills
- Communicates complex patient related information effectively to patient, family and MDT where there may be barriers to understanding
- Offers constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy, in performance management of staff
- Demonstrates leadership ability
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
- Able to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options - including clinical and strategic issues
- Able to assess and manage risk in own area
Planning and Organisational skills
Essential
- Able to organise and prioritise individual and team workload
- Effective delegation and time management skills
Physical skills
Essential
- Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation if applicable
Other requirements
Essential
- Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
- Undertake out of hours duties as required.
Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD in specialist area
Desirable
- Masters degree or masters modules
Experience
Essential
- Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
- Experience managing staff performance and sickness, participation in recruitment processes
- Experience in evaluation of evidence-based practice, audit, service development and benchmarking; use of outcome measures
- Experience of training and supervising students
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent written, non-verbal and verbal communication skills
- Communicates complex patient related information effectively to patient, family and MDT where there may be barriers to understanding
- Offers constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy, in performance management of staff
- Demonstrates leadership ability
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
- Able to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options - including clinical and strategic issues
- Able to assess and manage risk in own area
Planning and Organisational skills
Essential
- Able to organise and prioritise individual and team workload
- Effective delegation and time management skills
Physical skills
Essential
- Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation if applicable
Other requirements
Essential
- Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
- Undertake out of hours duties as required.
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).