Job summary
Owing to relocation of the existing post holder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced occupational therapist to co-lead our specialist team within acute inpatient role is based at Southmead Hospital which is the regional centre for Neurosciences serving Bristol and the South West of England.
The post is offered full time, but options for job share or fewer hours may be possible.
Main duties of the job
You will be sharing the role of team lead, alongside an established Band 7, within the acute inpatient neurosciences pathways. This encompasses neurosurgical and neurological elements with links to occupational therapists working in the hyper acute major trauma rehabilitation team, cancer services and the Rosa Burden Centre, which focuses on neuropsychiatry and functional neurological disorders.
The role will support the neurosciences pathway lead to deliver an occupational therapy service within the specialty. This includes day to day operational management of the team and responsibility for a specialist clinical caseload within inpatient neurology and neurosurgery.
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About us
North Bristol NHS Trust is a great place to work. Situated in the vibrant city of Bristol, our award-winning building opened in 2014, offering exceptional facilities for patients and staff alike. We are a large teaching Trust that provides multiple specialties including regional services for neurosciences, major trauma, orthopaedics, and surgery including burns & plastics and as a major arterial centre.
Senior support will be provided by the Occupational Therapy Pathway Lead for Neurosciences and the Head of Service. There is also plenty of peer support from each of the specialties.
Additional benefits include award schemes for excellence, staff restaurants, green spaces, and an extensive wellbeing programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Provide and develop a highly specialist Occupational Therapy service to patients, providing advanced clinical leadership and acting as a clinical advisor for the specialty to occupational therapists working in North Bristol Trust.
2. Work as an autonomous and highly skilled clinician, without supervision, and be accountable for own professional actions managing a caseload of adult patients with complex needs, using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, evidence-based principles, and best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
3. Provide leadership and line management for a specialist occupational therapy service to adult patients, ensuring service provision is prioritised across the specialty team and service delivery is effective within resources available. This is to be done within the parameters of all relevant legislation, national and local policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
4. Ensure staff in the team are supervised and developed, and deal with staffing issues as they arise.
5. Provide specialist input, strong professional leadership, and direction to the specialty team in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the occupational therapy service and assist the occupational therapy manager in the strategic development of the service.
6. Provide training and education to other health care professionals.
7. Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide Occupational Therapy service, leading initiatives related to service development such as audit, research, and training.
8. Provide highly specialist clinical and service development advice, and act as a specialist resource within the occupational therapy service. Contribute to undergraduate occupational therapy education and regularly supervise students on practice placement.
9. Provide specialist input and professional leadership in service development projects within specialty, representing the Occupational Therapy service.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qual
Essential
10. Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
11. HCPC Registration
12. Student Educator Qualification
Desirable
13. Post Graduate Training/CPD relevant to specialty
14. Basic management/leadership training
Work Experience
Essential
15. Post registration specialty experience
16. Experience in using range of assessments relevant to specialty
Desirable
17. Experience of research or audit
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
18. Knowledge of OT process within specialty evidenced by CPD record
19. Written communication skills
20. Ability to develop others through training and supervision
Desirable
21. Splinting skills
Personal Qualities
Desirable
22. Membership of RCOT
23. Membership of Specialist section/interest group