Job summary
North Manchester Local Care OrganisationCommunity Services provide high quality multi-disciplinary care for the residents of North Manchester. The aim being to providepatient focused evidenced based care, working with patients and their families to achieve their goals to maximise safety and function within their own environments. We work across a variety of settings including patients own homes and a variety of community settings including a purpose built intermediate care unit, community health centres and residential care settings to achieve this.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for band 5, rotational vacancy for an Occupational Therapist. The rotation currently covers 4 community rotations as well as the potential to access 3 Acute rotations at North Manchester General Hospital.
Current rotations include:
Community Stroke Team - Mon-Sat, 08:00-16:30
Community Neuro rehab Team - Mon-Sat, 08:00-16:30
Crumpsall Vale Intermediate care - Seven day service with shift pattern covering from 07:30 to 15:30 or 11:00 to 19:00
Home Pathway Community Team - Mon- Sun, 08:00 -20:00
Acute Hospital rotation at North Manchester General
Acute Medical - Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00
Surgical - Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00
Trauma orthopaedics - Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00
Both Acute and Community services deliver high quality , This is an excellent opportunity for experienced or newly qualified band 5 Occupational Therapists.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a team to deliver evidenced based interventions to maximise patients safety and functional abilities.
To provide assessments to understanding the patients functional performance and prescribe equipment/ make recommendations for support to address limitations within patients home environments including residential care settings.
To prescribe and deliver home rehabilitation programs as appropriate to patients needs
The Community teams consist of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, specialist nurses, psychologists, rehabilitation consultant and support workers (dependent on rotation). This huge bank of knowledge makes the teams the perfect learning environment for anyone with a keen interest in these fields.
The successful candidate will have good communication skills, work well as part of a team and be motivated to deliver high quality patient care. As care is delivered predominantly in patients homes for the community rotations you will need to be able to travel across the area independently to complete home visits.
The successful candidate will benefit from rotating between the three Community services and three Hospital based clinical areas. The services are dedicated to supporting the development of all of their staff and the successful candidate will benefit from the training opportunities that will be available to them.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with Health Professions Council
- Honours degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
Desirable
- IT skills - European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
- Further health related qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage caseload
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT
- Well-developed communication skills with the ability to communicate and extract relevant information
- Ability to produce clear concise written information
- Time management skills
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
- Commitment to engage in CPD
- Ability to appraise own performance
- Basic computer skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Awareness of relevant National guidance
- Experience of supervision of assistants
- Experience in service development
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience with relevant conditions
- Evidence of continuing professional development including relevant attendance at postgraduate courses and conferences within the clinical speciality
Desirable
- Previous Community experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with Health Professions Council
- Honours degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
Desirable
- IT skills - European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
- Further health related qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to manage caseload
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT
- Well-developed communication skills with the ability to communicate and extract relevant information
- Ability to produce clear concise written information
- Time management skills
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
- Commitment to engage in CPD
- Ability to appraise own performance
- Basic computer skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Awareness of relevant National guidance
- Experience of supervision of assistants
- Experience in service development
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience with relevant conditions
- Evidence of continuing professional development including relevant attendance at postgraduate courses and conferences within the clinical speciality
Desirable
- Previous Community experience
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).
