Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge to develop your skills and knowledge? Interested in Respiratory and Critical Care? We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist to join our established Critical Care & Respiratory Rehabilitation team as a Band 7 Occupational Therapy Lead.You will have the opportunity to develop the occupational therapy provision, using their clinical and management experience within Respiratory Care and Critical Care specialties. This will include anxiety management, cognitive and functional abilities, energy conservation techniques, vocational rehab, and stress management. You will also work to facilitate discharge and optimise patient outcomes. As this is a new post Service development will form a large part of the role.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical leadership and specialist occupational therapy at Colchester Hospital. They will manage a clinical caseload, completing assessments, treatment sessions and discharge planning. They will also take on joint operational responsibilities with the Band 7 Physiotherapists for the whole team on a daily basis and lead on occupational therapy service development initiatives. They will be directly involved in audit and development of the service to continuously improve patient care.If you feel you can demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills, have worked within a large multidisciplinary team to support functional assessments and interventions to facilitate safe and effective discharge planning for complex patients, and have worked in respiratory or critical care, then this may be the role for you.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience
- Proven Band 6 (rotational) experience in a variety of relevant specialities including at least one in a surgical/medical specialism
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education
- Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional groups
- Experience of research methodology
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapist
- HCPC Registration
- Working at Masters Level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD including 'M' level accreditation.
- Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable
- Recognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc
- Membership of appropriate Special Interest Group
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex and chronic conditions, demonstrated by expert clinical reasoning.
- Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy and occupational therapy within the current evolving health environment
- Clear understanding of other disciplines' roles and expectations
Desirable
- Robust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience
- Proven Band 6 (rotational) experience in a variety of relevant specialities including at least one in a surgical/medical specialism
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education
- Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional groups
- Experience of research methodology
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapist
- HCPC Registration
- Working at Masters Level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD including 'M' level accreditation.
- Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable
- Recognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc
- Membership of appropriate Special Interest Group
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex and chronic conditions, demonstrated by expert clinical reasoning.
- Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy and occupational therapy within the current evolving health environment
- Clear understanding of other disciplines' roles and expectations
Desirable
- Robust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
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).
