Job summary
When you walk into our acute medical therapy office it always feels welcoming and exciting. There's a buzz in the air and an obvious passion that can't be missed. Our fast paced, dynamic team can't wait for you to join us to play your part in the safe assessment, treatment and discharge planning of our diverse patients
You'll be proud of your motivated and hardworking approach, joining and complementing our established therapy team delivering a service to acute medicine
It's an exciting chance to focus solely on acute medicine with the potential of this becoming part of a brand new Band 6 rotation in the future - always great to be at the forefront isn't it?
Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, you will learn lots of new skills and experiences as you meet new colleagues from all different backgrounds. This approach not only means tons of variety, but also means you learn from the best and will be able to take all this learning with you to enhance your future career.
Please be aware that 1 of these posts are part time and will cover Chorley District General Hospital. The other 2 posts are full and are based at Royal Preston Hospital.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent communication skills to enhance your working relationships and interactions with patients as well as a strong rehabilitation focus.
When you're not treating patient you'll have the opportunity to attend in service training both within our team and as part of Core Therapies such as the cognitive and perceptual training led by our Occupational Therapy team. This training covers areas such as attention, memory, insight, capacity and challenging behaviour and will provide you with the skills required to manage cognitively impaired patients on your ward.
We are always looking to develop our service and this is something we'd love you to be involved in with our team meetings being a great place for us all to share and expand our ideas. Alongside this you'll have the opportunity to provide supervision and appraisal to our therapy assistants and student.
There is also a band 6 Occupational Therapy forum that meets each month that provides a safe space for discussion with your peers as well as presentations and training from a range of speakers. We work in a fast paced environment and can promise that you'll never be bored or short of things to do!
About us
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Please see attached details of our relocation package offered to successful International applicants
Job description
Job responsibilities
A day in your life here will include morning board rounds with the MDT to identify patients appropriate for therapy, the assessment, treatment and discharge planning of a variety of patients with complex needs and liaison with the discharge facilitators, discharge assessment nurses and social workers to ensure the least restrictive discharge options are chosen that maintain our patients safety. We regularly provide both standard and specialist equipment including wheelchairs to increase our patients independence and are often involved in fast track discharges when the patients preferred place of care is home.
We know we are biased, but we really want to convey this is a fabulousopportunity, in which you will be fully supported by the existing therapy team and the Professional Leads.
Duties to include, but not be limited to:
- To communicate and collaborate with all Integrated Therapies Service (ITS) stakeholders
- To support personal and people development
- To help to ensure the health, safety and security of users of the ITS, self and colleagues
- To support service development and planning
- To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within the ITS
- To support financial and other resource management within the ITS
- To directly support the delivery of therapy to patient
Job description
Job responsibilities
A day in your life here will include morning board rounds with the MDT to identify patients appropriate for therapy, the assessment, treatment and discharge planning of a variety of patients with complex needs and liaison with the discharge facilitators, discharge assessment nurses and social workers to ensure the least restrictive discharge options are chosen that maintain our patients safety. We regularly provide both standard and specialist equipment including wheelchairs to increase our patients independence and are often involved in fast track discharges when the patients preferred place of care is home.
We know we are biased, but we really want to convey this is a fabulousopportunity, in which you will be fully supported by the existing therapy team and the Professional Leads.
Duties to include, but not be limited to:
- To communicate and collaborate with all Integrated Therapies Service (ITS) stakeholders
- To support personal and people development
- To help to ensure the health, safety and security of users of the ITS, self and colleagues
- To support service development and planning
- To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within the ITS
- To support financial and other resource management within the ITS
- To directly support the delivery of therapy to patient
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- HCPC registered or working towards
- Occupational Therapy degree/diploma
- Meets HCPC / Home Office English Language Requirements if International
Desirable
- Practice placement educator
Knowledge and xperience
Essential
- Current knowledge of evidence based practice in this speciality
- Specialist knowledge in the management of complex cases in acute inpatient setting in areas such as medicine, surgery and trauma orthopaedics
Desirable
- Experience of supervising Band 5 and/or therapy assistance staff
- Experience in assessment and provision of specialist equipment
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- HCPC registered or working towards
- Occupational Therapy degree/diploma
- Meets HCPC / Home Office English Language Requirements if International
Desirable
- Practice placement educator
Knowledge and xperience
Essential
- Current knowledge of evidence based practice in this speciality
- Specialist knowledge in the management of complex cases in acute inpatient setting in areas such as medicine, surgery and trauma orthopaedics
Desirable
- Experience of supervising Band 5 and/or therapy assistance staff
- Experience in assessment and provision of specialist equipment
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).
