Job overview
Are you an experienced Band 6 or existing Band 7 OT, with a passion for frailty who enjoys working in fast paced acute environment. If so, we have an opportunity for you to work with our new Clinical Specialist OT to deliver and develop our OT services in acute elderly care. We require an experienced and innovative person who can demonstrate strong leadership as well as excellent communication and team management skills. The focus is on early assessment and intervention to support high quality patient care, and we are therefore seeking somebody who can demonstrate rapid and robust decision making.
You will require specialist knowledge of geriatric and acute elderly conditions & pathologies, across a range of medical specialities. This will also include knowledge and skills in cognition and neurology. We strongly support Continuing Professional Development, and you will be supported in your role directly by the Clinical Specialist for the Care of the Elderly and peer support will be provided.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist standard of Occupational Therapy service to patients within the acute elderly units with a special focus on the assessment of the acute elderly patients, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries using a holistic approach.
To give highly specialist guidance, advice and education to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area.
Provide leadership for your team (in conjunction with the Clinical Leads) in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the Occupational Therapy service provided to patients within your area.
To provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, Band 6, Band 5, Student Occupational Therapists and Generic Therapy Assistants
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in ; we’ve opened at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In line with the Government agenda for the NHS and to achieve the highest quality of care for our patients we have moved to a 7-day service and are looking for a person who will enjoy the benefits of this working pattern. If you have the skills outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported, then apply today.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
1. Highly skilled in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with common pathologies including dementia, delirium and falls
2. Advanced knowledge of a wide range of issues (physical, cognitive, environmental, social and political) impacting on the process of treating and discharge planning
3. Presentation skills
4. Evidence of developing service provision
Desirable criteria
5. Highly competent IT skills
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
6. Proven clinical experience in field of acute frailty in Band 6 rotations/post
7. Experience of teaching/training junior staff & student
8. Experience of supervising staff
Desirable criteria
9. Clinical experience in treatment of spinal patients
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
10. HCPC & Degree or Diploma in OT
11. Appropriate post graduate study in specialist field
Desirable criteria
12. Leadership training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.