Job overview
Come and Join Us!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to jointly lead the Acute Medical team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and bridge the Trauma and Orthopaedic team. The Medical team includes you with the other Band 7, two Band 6s, Band 5 and a Band 3 and T&O team, Band 7, Band 6 and Band 4s!
You will lead with a strategic, passionate and innovative approach!
The OT teams work closely with the Physios and the innovative Home First team that undertakes discharge home visits with the care agencies using a Discharge to Assess approach.
Main duties of the job
1. To work clinically assessing acute medical in- patients and providing recommendations regarding their ability to be discharged home or requiring some in-patient rehabilitation and liaising with all the community services available.
2. To support your team to do the same and identify and develop your own interests supported and empowered by the Occupational Therapy manager.
3. To work closely with the multidisciplinary team and lead and develop a most effective model and vision with your dynamic team, supervising and delegating.
4. To contribute to interdisciplinary team management of long term disability and it’s consequent problems by use of specific clinical skills to treat .
5. To be able to identify own professional limitations and seek professional advice when necessary.
6. To undertake responsibility and leadership for completion and implementation of clinical projects, audit or research.
7. To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to contribute to an accurate treatment approach.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
8. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
9. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
10. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
11. 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.
12. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
13. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
14. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
15. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
16. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
17. Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
18. 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)
19. Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
20. Ability to self direct towards the attainment of clear goals
21. Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well reasoned standards
22. Positive response to constructive criticism
23. Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
24. Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
25. Commitment to equal opportunities and antidiscriminatory practice
26. Ability to perform at times of high pressure/demand
Desirable criteria
27. Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
Experience
Essential criteria
28. Medical experience at Band 6 level
29. Experience in related fields at senior level
30. Experience in student clinical supervision
31. Experience in supervision of junior staff
32. Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team
33. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
34. Participation in audit and research activities
35. Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
36. Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process following identification of clinical or service need
Desirable criteria
37. Experience in neurology intervention
38. Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
39. Current registration with Health Professions Council
40. Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapy
41. Field work/clinical educators course
Desirable criteria
42. BAOT Membership
43. Membership of professional special interest group
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
44. To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
45. Self motivated
46. Fitness and endurance to work in the physical environment of the clinical area
47. Ability to work at weekends
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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