Job summary
We are on a mission to improve the responsiveness and proactivity of our therapy services at the RUH. We are looking for someone who is passionate about acute Occupational Therapy in the orthopaedic setting to help us improve key aspects of our hip fracture and elective orthopaedic service.
As well as service improvement this role includes leading a team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists as well as contributing to the wider function of the Adult Therapies Department.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrable leadership experience at band 6 or equivalent is required as a minimum for this post. The successful applicant will need excellent communications skills and will need to demonstrate suitable knowledge and experience in this specialty, enabling them to work autonomously at a high level, and to provide highly specialist input within the team.
Supervision of band 6 and band 5 Occupational Therapists as well as Physiotherapists will form a key aspect of this role. Alongside the leadership aspect of this position, clinical expertise will be nurtured and developed with specialty training as required. We are looking for a keen clinician who will strive to improve the patient experience as well as ensure the safety and well-being of our staff by way of service improvement projects.
Working hours are spread from Monday-Sunday, as part of the commitment to our 7-day service, enabling a varied and flexible working week. As part of our commitment to you and your career development, we provide ongoing training opportunities both in-house and externally.
About us
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Relevant examples of CPD within the past 12 months
Desirable
- Membership of the RCOT
- Member of special interest group
Knowledge & experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area such as bracing, single handed care or complex delirium post surgery
- Experience of working as part of an Occupational Therapy team and/or multi-disciplinary team within orthopedic setting
- Involvement in relevant audit, research and understanding quality issues
- Experience of supervising more junior staff/students
- Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures such as hip fracture database
Desirable
- Knowledge of the workings of community therapy services and intermediate care services
Values
Essential
- Treats everyone as an individual
- motivated and proactive / shows initiative
- open to change and willing to learn
Specific skills
Essential
- competent IT skills
- To be able to present information, written or orally, in a clear and logical manner and keep accurate and legible patient notes
- To understand clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
Physical skills and emotional effort
Essential
- To carry out assessments and treatments of patients for several periods with moderate to intense physical effort whilst carrying out concurrent activities
- To have experience of working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- To deal sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility
- To be able to frequently care for critically/terminally/ chronically ill patients and deal with distressing and difficult circumstances often giving unwelcome news regarding limited expectations from rehabilitation
- To be able to work alone in domiciliary settings and during the on-call service, assessing and managing risk
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Relevant examples of CPD within the past 12 months
Desirable
- Membership of the RCOT
- Member of special interest group
Knowledge & experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area such as bracing, single handed care or complex delirium post surgery
- Experience of working as part of an Occupational Therapy team and/or multi-disciplinary team within orthopedic setting
- Involvement in relevant audit, research and understanding quality issues
- Experience of supervising more junior staff/students
- Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures such as hip fracture database
Desirable
- Knowledge of the workings of community therapy services and intermediate care services
Values
Essential
- Treats everyone as an individual
- motivated and proactive / shows initiative
- open to change and willing to learn
Specific skills
Essential
- competent IT skills
- To be able to present information, written or orally, in a clear and logical manner and keep accurate and legible patient notes
- To understand clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
Physical skills and emotional effort
Essential
- To carry out assessments and treatments of patients for several periods with moderate to intense physical effort whilst carrying out concurrent activities
- To have experience of working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- To deal sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility
- To be able to frequently care for critically/terminally/ chronically ill patients and deal with distressing and difficult circumstances often giving unwelcome news regarding limited expectations from rehabilitation
- To be able to work alone in domiciliary settings and during the on-call service, assessing and managing risk
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).
