Job summary
We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative and passionate individual to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy team. The Royal London Hospital & St Bartholomew's Hospital Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation involves 9-month rotations across a range of diverse areas
The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, autonomous and dynamic individual who is committed to further improving their clinical assessment and activity analysis skills and providing high quality, timely and effective services to patients and the organisation.The successful candidate will work alongside occupational therapy colleagues and work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team to develop your clinical, leadership, teaching and service development skills whilst working within a supportive and motivated team.
We offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects, we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. Within the Band 6 rotation you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and therapy support workers.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to a wide variety of patients including the advanced assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment, provision of assistive devices (orthotics) and equipment, minor structural home adaptations and provision of complex disability management andadvocacy services.
To participate in the Band 6 rotational scheme working across Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital, within Barts health NHS trust. This will require working in a range of ward settings and departments.
About us
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience across core rotations
- Minimum NHS experience
Desirable
- Supervision skills
- Practice educators training
Skills
Essential
- Ability to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
- Ability to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
- Ability to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.
Desirable
- Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of sitting and seating
- postural management
- upper limb assessment and treatment
- energy conservation/fatigue management
- therapeutic manual handling
- cognitive assessment and treatment
- capacity assessment
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
- Valid HCPC registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience across core rotations
- Minimum NHS experience
Desirable
- Supervision skills
- Practice educators training
Skills
Essential
- Ability to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
- Ability to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
- Ability to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.
Desirable
- Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of sitting and seating
- postural management
- upper limb assessment and treatment
- energy conservation/fatigue management
- therapeutic manual handling
- cognitive assessment and treatment
- capacity assessment
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
- Valid HCPC registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
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).
