Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our band 6 OT neurological rehabilitation rotation.
You will work as part of the interdisciplinary teams at West Midlands Rehab Centre and Moseley Hall Hospital providing a quality Occupational Therapy Service to clients with complex impairments (predominantly significant neurological disability).The post holder will be accountable for a designated caseload, working collaboratively with other Occupational Therapists and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the client needs are met.
The delivery of rehabilitation programs and interventions maybe within a local and / or regional remit and take place within the hospital unit, client's home or in the community. These may involve moving around the community without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving.
The post will rotate annually within the following the services at:
West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre:
- Specialist Neuro-rehabilitation and complex disability
- Access to communication and technology (2 year post)
Moseley Hall Hospital in and outpatient services:
- Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation Unit,
- Birmingham Neurological Rehabilitation Team
- Moor Green outpatient brain injury unit.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have relevant clinical experience within neurology and the assessment of complex disability and be flexible to meet the demands of all the different services.
You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones
You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients.
You must be able to travel between the service bases and to patients in the community.
About us
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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached.
You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients.
You must be able to travel between the service bases and to patients in the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached.
You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
You must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients.
You must be able to travel between the service bases and to patients in the community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- HCP Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Desirable
- Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
- Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
- Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
- Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability particularly neurological conditions eg. ABI, MS, Young adults, people with communication impairments
- Client with complex disability including deteriorating conditions.
- Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn).
Desirable
- Supervisory experience of students
- Participation in service developments; project, audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
- Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance standard setting and the audit process (understanding of principles of clinical governance).
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of application of up to date clinical trends and practices, including evidence-based ones
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS, especially those relevant to Occupational Therapy.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
- Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Demonstrate commitment to team working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- HCP Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Desirable
- Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
- Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
- Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
- Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability particularly neurological conditions eg. ABI, MS, Young adults, people with communication impairments
- Client with complex disability including deteriorating conditions.
- Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn).
Desirable
- Supervisory experience of students
- Participation in service developments; project, audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
- Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance standard setting and the audit process (understanding of principles of clinical governance).
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of application of up to date clinical trends and practices, including evidence-based ones
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS, especially those relevant to Occupational Therapy.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
- Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Demonstrate commitment to team working
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).
