Job summary
Frailty services at The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust have an opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our established team, rotational across both Frailty teams at Shrewsbury and Telford sites.
Our highly regarded frailty team works as an MDT providing admission avoidance services and therapies to prevent deconditioning in the areas of ED, AMU and short stay wards.
Due to the specialism of this role, those without NHS experience need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will provide Occupational Therapy to patients within an acute setting, maximising independence to prevent deconditioning. The therapy team operates a Home First ethos and works to creatively implement plans to enable people to return to their usual activities of daily living, within their own home environment wherever possible.
Whilst these roles specialise in frailty at the front door services, the frailty therapy team is also apart of the wider inpatient therapy team. This offers opportunity to be a part of daily therapy huddles and access to support and guidance from the wider team, as well as discussion to create integrated patient journeys.
About us
As a 250+ strong therapy department, working across 3 principle sites, we offer both strategic and operational therapy services across the areas of inpatients, outpatients and care closer to home, enhancing healthcare services provided to the population of Shropshire and Powys.
Therapy specific support and supervision structure for the frailty therapy team includes band 7 highly specialist team lead, inpatient operational managers at each site, heads of profession and therapy centre manager who is also a therapist by profession.
We believe in developing clinical and leadership skills at all levels and support all our specialist therapists in having 17% of their time dedicated to supporting professional activity (SPA). Your SPA time will include and is not limited to: clinical supervision, opportunity to attend internal and external training relevant to your role and career aspirations and participation in service development opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent OT
- HCPC registered
- Evidence Specialist clinical training in relevant areas
- Evidence of work within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of CPD detailing clinical experience relevant to the post
Desirable
- Knowledge of current NHS strategy and plans
- Knowledge of understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of specialist level clinical reasononing
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
- Evidence of experience of Frailty at the front door
- Evidence of Teaching/student experience
Desirable
- Experience of audit/research
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent OT
- HCPC registered
- Evidence Specialist clinical training in relevant areas
- Evidence of work within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of CPD detailing clinical experience relevant to the post
Desirable
- Knowledge of current NHS strategy and plans
- Knowledge of understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of specialist level clinical reasononing
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
- Evidence of experience of Frailty at the front door
- Evidence of Teaching/student experience
Desirable
- Experience of audit/research
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).
