Rotational Occupational Therapist, Band 6
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Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Established in 1998 from the merger of Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals, the Trust has been on a long journey of development and improvement to its current position as the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents. It became a Foundation Trust in December 2010.
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust employs around 4,400 individual members of staff. Our turnover was £425 million in 2021/22.
The Trust provides a whole range of services across its hospital sites. The majority of planned care, like day case and orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services, is provided at Ashford Hospital, with more complex medical and surgical care and emergency services at St. Peters Hospital.
A history of both hospitals can be found by clicking here .
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Key details
Location
SiteSt Peter's HospitalAddressGuildford RoadTownChertseyPostcodeKt16 0PZMajor / Minor RegionSurrey
Contract type & working pattern
ContractPermanent: Weekend WorkingHours37.5 hours per week (Weekend Working)
* Full time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary£39,205 - £47,084 Per annum inc. HCASSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
Main areaOccupational Therapy
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit motivated Occupational Therapists to join our general Band 6 rotation at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust. Applications are welcome from experienced Band 5s as well as those who are looking for a developing role that allows you to progress to a Band 6 role within a 4-6 month period once competencies are achieved. NHS experience is desirable, but applications with similar experience will be considered.
The Rotations Are 6 Months In Length And Include
ITU and Surgery
Emergency services and admission avoidance
Medicine and Care of the Elderly
Orthopaedic Supported Discharge
Hyper Acute and Acute Stroke
The rotations will offer you the opportunity to work within different settings and with varied MDT professionals allowing you to refine your clinical skills and development of self, and focus more on developing others and your own specialist skills. There is an established formal supervision and appraisal process as well as robust in-house training within each team. The therapies department embraces development of our own staff to progress their career within the department.
ASPH offers a seven-day service across some teams and you will be expected to participate in seven day working as per service requirements. Flexible working requests will be considered.
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Manage a specialist inpatient caseload using clinical skills and reasoning
Support junior staff with caseload management and prioritisation on other wards
Complete patient assessments in a ward setting, formulate problem lists and provide appropriate therapy input and discharge planning to facilitate a safe discharge
Contribute to board rounds, putting patient care and the patient experience first.
Communicate with fellow therapists and other MDT members such as nurses, consultants, specialists and support junior staff with decision making
Treatment and management of patients requiring post-operative protocols and ensuring that risks are minimised for discharge
Actively participate in yours and others regular supervision and service development, and take personal responsibility in your professional development and professional registration requirements
Use initiative, communicate with empathy and be an effective team player.
Demonstrate leadership skills and deputise for the team leads whenever necessary
Participate in the development of occupational therapists and support staff and students within clinical speciality through training, competencies and supervision
Participate in multi-disciplinary team teaching
To participate in specific 7 day working rotas, dependent on the team/area
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.
We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JDPS for a full list of duties and responsibilities associated with this role.
Clinical or technical
To be able to carry out comprehensive assessments and treatment plans for patients including those with complex presentations/ multipathologies.
To support junior therapists, assistants and students with their caseload as required.
To keep up to date with developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes to your clinical practice.
To attend relevant training in order to maintain competencies
Leadership or managerial
To be responsible for and actively record your own personal development.
To participate in the appraisal as appraisee and appraiser.
To supervise junior therapists, students and assistants
Information and reporting
To participate in clinical audit and the evaluation of clinical effectiveness
To undertake and present relevant evidence based projects.
Service improvement
To make recommendations when appropriate to changes in practice leading to improvement in the service.
Communications and Engagement
To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patients care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure efficient multidisciplinary working
To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patient in order to progress treatment programmes.
To maintain accurate records in line with professional body (Royal College of Occupational Therapy), Trust and service standards and policies.
General Responsibilities
To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.
Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post graduate training and experience working in relevant clinical areas
* Experience of managing staff and students
* Teaching of patients, carers, peers and other health and social care staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Communication skills including conflict management and dealing with challenging situations
* Experience managing caseload, non-clinical time and ability to delegate to others
* Carry out a wide range of assessment and treatment interventions for complex clinical presentations
Desirable criteria
* Teaching Skills
Documents
* JD & PS 323-AHP1063-ED-B (, 459.6)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NameKelly StevensonJob titleTherapy ManagerEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07971 559 211
Seniority level
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Employment type
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