Job overview
Come and Join Us!
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about Stroke treatment and keen to develop skills in providing treatment, advice and education to patients in their own homes, to allow them to complete tasks and activities that are important to them.
You will be supported by an experienced and friendly multi disciplinary team with regular training and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
1. To participate within complex rehabilitation and contribute to its function.
2. To undertake assessments of patients with complex and diverse presentations.
3. To undertake advanced, comprehensive, and where applicable, standardised assessments within the specialised clinical areas.
4. To use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to determine treatment plan using a wide range of treatment skills and options.
5. To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to form an accurate diagnosis in a wide range of conditions, with guidance from specialist Occupational Therapists when appropriate.
6. To demonstrate highly developed assessment and therapeutic skills necessary for the treatment of patients.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
7. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
8. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
9. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
10. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
11. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
12. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
13. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
14. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
15. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
16. Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
17. Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills
18. Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis
19. Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the day
20. Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
21. Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
22. Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
23. Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals
24. Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well-reasoned standards
25. Positive response to constructive criticism
26. Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
27. Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
28. Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
29. Commitment to equal opportunities and antidiscriminatory practice
30. Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
31. To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
32. Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
33. To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions
Experience
Essential criteria
34. Previous experience of a broad rotational scheme including neuro
35. Attendance at post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
36. Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
37. Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
38. Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making
39. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
40. Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
41. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
42. Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
Desirable criteria
43. Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
44. Experience in supervision of students and junior staff
45. Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
46. Experience of undertaking Senior (Band 6) role
47. Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
48. Experience in student clinical supervision
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
49. Current registration with Health Professions Council
50. Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
51. Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
52. Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality
53. Membership of professional special interest group
54. Field work/clinical educators’ course
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
55. Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
56. Use of a car for the role in the community
Desirable criteria
57. Ability to participate in seven day working
58. Flexible to meet the needs of the service
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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