Occupational Therapy Assistant - Bank

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a friendly and creative individual to join our dynamic occupational therapy department as an occupational therapy assistant to work on the bank. You will have excellent communication skills and be to use your initiative when working within a team.

You will gain experience treating a range of patients with cardio-respiratory conditions, including before and after surgery, as well as patients with long term respiratory conditions within a range of clinical settings. You will complete a competency whilst working under the supervision of registered therapists, until you are able to undertake delegated tasks independently. You will help us drive forward our ambitious vision for the department; to set a precedent for other cardiothoracic hospitals by bringing tomorrows treatments to todays patients.

Candidates should have:

Numeracy and literacy to national Level 2/GCSE standard including written/spoken English and basic mathematics

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in healthcare or associated area

Main duties of the job

Become part of our supportive and innovative team covering inpatient services, including bank holiday and Saturday working.

Clinical areas you will work across:

- Transplant and cardiac surgery

- Thoracic and pulmonary endarterectomy surgery

- Respiratory support and sleep centre (RSSC), respiratory medicine and cystic fibrosis.

- Cardiology

- Critical care

Come and join our ambitious and growing occupational therapy department in our world-renowned hospital, where you will feel like part of a family!

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.

We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.

Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.

The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.

Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Date posted

18 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9175-2324-2-WF3833

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.

Qualifications

Essential

Numeracy and literacy to national Level 2/GCSE standard including written/spoken English and basic mathematics
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in healthcare or associated area

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of occupational therapy
Knowledge of basic medical terminology
Physical effort
Ability to work specific hours required to deliver service
Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
Ability to load, transport and unload necessary equipment between work locations.
Ability to kneel, sit on heels, and move patients during manual handling, support patients while walking, assist patients to transfer, sit and stand.
Mental Effort
Ability to concentrate during treatment sessions and ensure good communications with patients, who have impaired understanding and communication difficulties.
Ability to deal with interruptions where by a change is required from one activity to another.
Emotional Effort
Ability to deal with people who may have a life threatening illness, long -term deteriorating health, or a sub-acute stage of a new illness. Some clients may have poor family/social support. Patients may be depressed, withdrawn or show challenging behaviour.

Desirable

Knowledge of cardiorespiratory conditions and associated management
Current or recent experience of working in a health/social care setting

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.

Qualifications

Essential

Numeracy and literacy to national Level 2/GCSE standard including written/spoken English and basic mathematics
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in healthcare or associated area

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of occupational therapy
Knowledge of basic medical terminology
Physical effort
Ability to work specific hours required to deliver service
Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
Ability to load, transport and unload necessary equipment between work locations.
Ability to kneel, sit on heels, and move patients during manual handling, support patients while walking, assist patients to transfer, sit and stand.
Mental Effort
Ability to concentrate during treatment sessions and ensure good communications with patients, who have impaired understanding and communication difficulties.
Ability to deal with interruptions where by a change is required from one activity to another.
Emotional Effort
Ability to deal with people who may have a life threatening illness, long -term deteriorating health, or a sub-acute stage of a new illness. Some clients may have poor family/social support. Patients may be depressed, withdrawn or show challenging behaviour.

Desirable

Knowledge of cardiorespiratory conditions and associated management
Current or recent experience of working in a health/social care setting

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.