Orthopaedic Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Job responsibilities

Clinical or technical

1. To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/ multipathologies.

2. To use investigative and analytical skills to assess complex patients and support other more junior therapists with their patients as required.

3. To devise individualised occupational therapy management and / or treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills.

4. To use ongoing investigative and analytical skills, manual assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures to assess complex patients and formulate a clinical diagnosis.

5. To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention.

6. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.

7. To keep up to date with developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes to your clinical practice.

Leadership or managerial

1. To attend all relevant training in order to maintain competency and confidence.

2. To be responsible for and actively record your own personal development. This may include active participation in journal clubs, clinical reasoning and problem patient sessions as participant and facilitator.

3. To participate in the appraisal as appraisee and appraiser.

4. To disseminate any training received to other staff and health care professionals

5. To be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 Occupational therapists on rotation, Students and Assistants as required.

6. To support with the appraisals any Band 5 Occupational therapists on rotation and Assistants

7. To assist in organising the rota for the weekend working

8. To support the Occupational Therapy staff with organising their annual leave within the team.

Information and reporting

1. To regularly participate in and lead on appropriate work related research/evaluation projects and to be aware of current research relevant to the speciality.

2. To participate in and initiate clinical audit and the evaluation of clinical effectiveness in line with Trust Policies.

3. To evaluate your own clinical effectiveness.

4. To ensure relevant topics are included in annual clinical governance and service plan.

5. To undertake and present relevant evidence based projects.

6. To contribute to the Trust’s, Division’s and team’s clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda

Service improvement

1.To make recommendations when appropriate to changes in practice leading to improvement in the service.

2. To be involved with implementing policy and service development changes.

3. To be aware of risks involved as part of delivering clinical care and manage this within own patient case load.

4. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out assessments and interventions, including moving and handling techniques. This involves frequent light to moderate physical effort.

Communications and Engagement

1. To be able to communicate highly complex information sensitively to patients in order to gain their cooperation for treatment and valid consent.

2. To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patient’s care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure efficient multidisciplinary working

3. To use persuading and influencing skills to encourage patients to self manage their conditions.

4. To communicate any changes in care plan or treatment approach to other therapists as necessary.

5. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patient in order to progress treatment programmes. This may include patients who will have difficulties in understanding or communicating, e.g. patients who maybe deaf, blind, or be unable to accept the diagnosis, or for whom English is not their first language.

6. To be able to manage frequently highly stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.

7. To maintain accurate records in line with professional body (College of Occupational Therapy), Trust and service standards and policies. To ensure that records of directly managed staff also comply with these standards

8. To attend staff meetings and actively participate ensuring understanding of information imparted

9. To ensure timely and effective communication with the Clinical/Therapy Leads on all professional matters.

General responsibilities

1. To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

2. To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others at work. This includes being conversant with relevant trust safety policies and procedures. To report incidents and near misses at work; take part in the risk management process; attend all mandatory training courses in the agreed duration as defined by trust policy and carry out tasks and use equipment only when competent to do so.

3. To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. To comply with the requirements of the Data Protection act.

4. To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.

5. To comply with the trust’s corporate and local policies and procedures on such subjects and clinical management and human resources.

6. To ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and involved in decisions about local health service developments. As a trust employee to be mindful of this and do what is appropriate to the role and level meet this duty of responsibility.

7. To undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time and are consistent with the responsibilities of the role.

8. To comply with the trust’s policies on equal opportunities, the consumption of alcohol and smoking.

9. This job involves regular exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. bodily fluids including urine and faeces and occasional exposure to verbal aggression.

Attitude, Behavior & Values

Essential

• Always puts patients first
• Customer service focus
• Willing and able to take personal responsibility
• Demonstrates passion for excellence
• Seeks out and takes opportunities for improving the service offered
• Takes pride in their work and their team
• Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
• Respects, values and cares for others
• Supports learning and development of self and others
• Supports and promotes equality and diversity

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with patients in an acute/rehab in-patient setting
• Experience of working in a team and contributing to team decisions
• Experience of managing and prioritising own caseload
• Experience of working with assistants and ability to delegate
• Involvement in appraisal system as appraisee.
• Teaching of patients, carers, peers and other health care staff

Skills

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate, in relation to patients, visitors, colleagues and other individuals connected with the Trust and NHS:
• You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role
• You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role,
• Be able to understand an individuals communication, physical & emotional needs; recognise their needs and preferences
• Able to provide a customer focussed service
• Be competent to assess, treat and manage the acute orthopaedic patient
• Willingness to undertake professional self- development
• Commitment and ability towards partnership working with user and carers
• Able to work flexibly across specialities as the need arises.
• Able to deal with difficulties involving colleagues / clients
• Good personal organisation skills
• Ability to seek and use supervision appropriately
• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Ability to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make a clinical diagnosis, in relevant clinical specialty
• Ability to identify and set clinical goals with patient and / or carer
• Demonstrates an understanding of different treatment approaches and the evidence base
• Knowledge of Orthopaedic conditions
• Knowledge of audit and its use to improve interventions

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapy Diploma/Degree leading to inclusion on HCPC Occupational Therapy register
• Evidence of relevant post registration training relevant to clinical specialty.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
• Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect
• Ability to travel between Trust sites
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
• Punctual and reliable
• Ability to participate in the weekend rota

Knowledge

Essential

• Trust vision, values and strategic objectives
• Must be able to demonstrate that you have knowledge of your professional code of conduct and guidance issued by your professional body and that you adhere to these
• Knowledge of a range of treatment approaches, treating in a holistic manner
• Ability to identify and set clinical goals with patients
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Computer literate
• Ability to identify own training needs
• Knowledge of CPD and use of different methods to develop this
• Understanding of how to maintain confidentiality, privacy, dignity and safety

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).