Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Therapies leadership Team. We are looking for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our expanding, forward-thinking and highly regarded Acute Therapy Team. The post-holder will lead and further develop our Occupational Therapy services as Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in collaboration with the Head of Therapies, Deputy Head of Therapies and the therapies senior leadership team.
Main duties of the job
This clinical specialist post will lead and develop our innovative and integrated OT team in providing high quality assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. The therapies service covers all adult inpatient clinical areas (Orthopaedics, Cardio-respiratory, Medicine, Urgent Care, A&E) and outpatient services including Hand Therapy, Fracture Clinic.
The post-holder will primarily be based within the acute medicine/urgent care team depending on experience; working a 50:50 split but will take the clinical lead for Occupational Therapy across the range of speciality services. Working in collaboration with the Senior leadership team and reporting to the Head of Therapies and Deputy Head of Therapies you will take the lead in planning, co-ordination and development of the Occupational Therapy Team. You will provide leadership, support, supervision and mentorship to the team. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to promoting clinical excellence and evidence-based practice.
About us
We are committed to providing excellent training opportunities, developing our senior team with bespoke leadership programmes and there is the opportunity to undertake advanced clinical practice modules.
Are you?
An experienced band 7 clinician in Acute OT ?
Highly motivated?
Have you?
Proven service redesign skills?
A good leadership portfolio?
Do you?
Want to join a dedicated and innovative acute therapies team?
Wish to lead and be at the forefront of delivering OT services?
Then here at KGH we are the team for you!
This is a full-time post working across the 7 day service with participation in Therapy Manager Oncall, weekend and bank holiday rotas
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be an integral part of the senior leadership team which is composed of two Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists in Orthopaedics and Cardiorespiratory , one Advanced Assistant Practitioner and the workforce and practice education lead all reporting to the deputy Head of Therapies and Head of Therapies
- To provide and support advanced leadership to the occupational therapy team
- To work autonomously as a clinical speciality lead Occupational Therapist providing a clinical specialist Occupational Therapy service across specialities within the Therapies Team. You will lead on complex case management of patients with specialist equipment, manual handling and discharge needs.
- To be responsible for ensuring clinically effective acute therapy is delivered across all specialities.
- To provide strong clinical leadership in the provision of an effective, high quality, Occupational Therapy service for patients.
- To lead and support audit and research projects in order to evaluate service delivery.
- To be responsible for the education, training and development of occupational therapy and other health care staff across the service
- To regularly review clinical practice delivery within the Therapies team in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within KGH, and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of extended clinical skills in this post of self and others.
- To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across clinical specialties within KGH in order to optimise patient management. This may include implementing and delivering education and training to cross professional groups.
- To develop and maintain key working relationships across professional boundaries with Primary Care, Consultant and nursing teams who are associated with services for these patients as well system leadership as required
- To provide high quality, evidence-based care across the seven day service, participating in the therapy manager oncall rota, weekend and bank holiday rotas as required.
- To support the Head of Therapies and Deputy Head of Therapies in the delivery of delegated leadership/trust activities and ensuring these are representative of the therapy team
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be an integral part of the senior leadership team which is composed of two Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists in Orthopaedics and Cardiorespiratory , one Advanced Assistant Practitioner and the workforce and practice education lead all reporting to the deputy Head of Therapies and Head of Therapies
- To provide and support advanced leadership to the occupational therapy team
- To work autonomously as a clinical speciality lead Occupational Therapist providing a clinical specialist Occupational Therapy service across specialities within the Therapies Team. You will lead on complex case management of patients with specialist equipment, manual handling and discharge needs.
- To be responsible for ensuring clinically effective acute therapy is delivered across all specialities.
- To provide strong clinical leadership in the provision of an effective, high quality, Occupational Therapy service for patients.
- To lead and support audit and research projects in order to evaluate service delivery.
- To be responsible for the education, training and development of occupational therapy and other health care staff across the service
- To regularly review clinical practice delivery within the Therapies team in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within KGH, and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of extended clinical skills in this post of self and others.
- To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across clinical specialties within KGH in order to optimise patient management. This may include implementing and delivering education and training to cross professional groups.
- To develop and maintain key working relationships across professional boundaries with Primary Care, Consultant and nursing teams who are associated with services for these patients as well system leadership as required
- To provide high quality, evidence-based care across the seven day service, participating in the therapy manager oncall rota, weekend and bank holiday rotas as required.
- To support the Head of Therapies and Deputy Head of Therapies in the delivery of delegated leadership/trust activities and ensuring these are representative of the therapy team
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
- State registration with the Health and Care Professions Council RCOT membership
- MSc in relevant subjects or equivalent level of post-graduate specialist training short courses
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Desirable
- Membership of the RCOT
- Membership of special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
- Management skills or leadership training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant, recent clinical experience in the management of patients with acute conditions, at an advanced level
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 7 level
- Recent relevant work in an NHS environment
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of multi-disciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, assistants and students.
- Experience of facilitating and implementing service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence-based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
- Previous band 7 experience in relevant post
- Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management acute rehabilitation
- Advanced knowledge of acute care rehabilitation
- Advanced knowledge of the evidence base for occupational therapy
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours.
Desirable
- Leadership of a therapy team
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Knowledge of NHS structure, strategy, vision and policy and their impact on service provision
Skills
Essential
- Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of Acute conditions,
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills and evidence that these are maintained to a high level and are used directly and/or indirectly when training/supervising staff.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and management time effectively
- Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
- Ability to pass on specialist clinical knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations
- Clear vision of role and commitment to the speciality
- Ability to work across 7 day service and participate in manager oncall rotas
- Advanced communication skills with patients, carers and colleagues
- Able to carry out strenuous physical effort e.g. manual techniques, therapeutic handling during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity
- Effective strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations
- Able to present information written and orally, in a highly developed, clear and logical manner
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Able to carry out strenuous physical effort e.g. manual techniques, therapeutic handling during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity
- Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Key Competencies/Personal Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust values
- Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
- Professional manner and appearance
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
- State registration with the Health and Care Professions Council RCOT membership
- MSc in relevant subjects or equivalent level of post-graduate specialist training short courses
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Desirable
- Membership of the RCOT
- Membership of special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
- Management skills or leadership training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant, recent clinical experience in the management of patients with acute conditions, at an advanced level
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 7 level
- Recent relevant work in an NHS environment
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of multi-disciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, assistants and students.
- Experience of facilitating and implementing service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence-based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
- Previous band 7 experience in relevant post
- Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management acute rehabilitation
- Advanced knowledge of acute care rehabilitation
- Advanced knowledge of the evidence base for occupational therapy
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours.
Desirable
- Leadership of a therapy team
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Knowledge of NHS structure, strategy, vision and policy and their impact on service provision
Skills
Essential
- Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of Acute conditions,
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills and evidence that these are maintained to a high level and are used directly and/or indirectly when training/supervising staff.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and management time effectively
- Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
- Ability to pass on specialist clinical knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations
- Clear vision of role and commitment to the speciality
- Ability to work across 7 day service and participate in manager oncall rotas
- Advanced communication skills with patients, carers and colleagues
- Able to carry out strenuous physical effort e.g. manual techniques, therapeutic handling during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity
- Effective strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations
- Able to present information written and orally, in a highly developed, clear and logical manner
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Able to carry out strenuous physical effort e.g. manual techniques, therapeutic handling during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity
- Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Key Competencies/Personal Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust values
- Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
- Professional manner and appearance
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
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).
