Job overview
Are you an experienced Wheelchair therapist?
We are in the unusual position of having a 22.5 hour Advanced Band 7 Wheelchair therapist vacant at Buckinghamshire Wheelchair service!
You will work closely with and give advice to other health care professionals, social services and education personnel to ensure mobility and seating is provided effectively to adults and children who have severe disabilities and complex health, social, mobility and postural needs.
You will also deputise for the Team lead when required.
Main duties of the job
Support and deputise for the team lead when required
Provide an assessment service for patients requiring long term wheelchair use both manual and powered in a variety of settings
Undertake complex, postural, pressure care and seating assessments in relation to wheelchair mobility using a person centred approach and problem solving skills including custom made postural supportive equipment
Carry out detailed environmental and functional assessments and formulate action plans
Carry out manual handling intervention in regard to the equipment provision
Supervise other staff including admin with performance, appraisals and address training needs
Contribute to development and monitoring of policies
Liaise with the approved repairer service
Keep up to date with equipment developments and take part in research and audit activities
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
1. Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy degree and registration
2. Experience of working in a wheelchair setting
3. Member of a specialist interest group e.g. PMG
Desirable criteria
4. Moving and handling training
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience at a senior level
6. Advanced experience of working in an MDT way across agency boundaries
7. Strategies for organising own caseload and prioritisation of workload
Desirable criteria
8. To have participated in student training
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Ability to work under pressure and be flexible and adaptable to meet competing priorities
10. Supervisory skills
11. Highly specialised level of knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills
12. Ability to communicate complex messages to service users and team members in written, verbal, formal and informal ways appropriately
13. Ability to form professional relationships with clients that may need motivating and encouraging in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture
14. Access to a car
15. Knowledge of manual handling techniques and equipment
16. Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
17. Appropriate computer skills
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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