Specialist Wheelchair Clinician - OT or Physio (F/T 18 months)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialist Wheelchair Clinician - OT or Physio (F/T 18 months)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the West Berkshire Wheelchair Service on a fixed-term basis, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

The role involves providing specialist postural and functional assessment and the prescription of wheelchairs for adults in the West Berkshire region. As the successful candidate, you will utilise your specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning to meet the postural and seating needs of your patients, independently managing your caseload of complex adult patients.

You will have a willingness to develop your leadership skills and become more involved in service development and improvement projects, a pivotal part of this role. This is an excellent opportunity for a band 6 Therapist looking to further their career in a highly specialist and in-demand area of practice.

This is an exciting time to be joining the Royal Berkshire Hospital's Therapies Department and the Wheelchair Service, please get in touch with us to find out more about this role!

Main duties of the job

To be a specialist wheelchair clinician working for the West Berkshire Wheelchair Service, based at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
To participate in the operational management of the wheelchair service in conjunction with the Band 7 Team Lead.
To use specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide high quality assessment and advice regarding the safe management of postural and seating needs, and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
Contribute to planning, service improvement projects, and policy development within the service.
To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead as require.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Date posted

23 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum, (pro rata if part time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

193-5306501NC6PHY-3

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more detailed information of responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more detailed information of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

To have a degree or recognised qualification in occupational therapy or physiotherapy
To have specialist knowledge and understanding of the principles of postural management
Understanding of a broad range of medical, neurological, musculoskeletal & orthopaedic conditions
HPC Registered

Desirable

BSc OT
Specialist qualification in related area
Member of related Clinical Interest group
Research or audit experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an area of practice related to the management of physical conditions affecting posture and seating requirements
Post graduate specialist experience demonstrated by ongoing CPD and evidence-based project work
Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students

Desirable

Service Development and change management experience
Previous experience of using electronic medical records in clinical practice

Person Specification

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

To have a degree or recognised qualification in occupational therapy or physiotherapy
To have specialist knowledge and understanding of the principles of postural management
Understanding of a broad range of medical, neurological, musculoskeletal & orthopaedic conditions
HPC Registered

Desirable

BSc OT
Specialist qualification in related area
Member of related Clinical Interest group
Research or audit experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an area of practice related to the management of physical conditions affecting posture and seating requirements
Post graduate specialist experience demonstrated by ongoing CPD and evidence-based project work
Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students

Desirable

Service Development and change management experience
Previous experience of using electronic medical records in clinical practice

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.