Community Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This will include some weekend working)
Job ref: 152-C470.24A
Employer: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Blandford Hospital
Town: Blandford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 p.a
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading: Band 6
Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Therapy Team based at Blandford in North Dorset. The role is to provide Occupational Therapy treatment to patients with acute illness to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital, facilitate complex discharges from hospitals and support patients with Long Term Conditions, predominately working within the community but may need to work on the ward within our Community Hospital. You will need to hold a valid UK Driving License and have access to a car.
As a Band 6 OT you will have the opportunity to:
* Develop your discipline specific skill.
* Develop skills in holistic assessing beyond the scope of your traditional Occupational Therapy practice.
* Develop your supervisory, leadership and service development skills.
* Support junior and assistant staff and help with their development.
Main duties of the job
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist treatment and care and/or rehabilitation programs to people on an allocated caseload; promoting independence and autonomy; working within a multi-disciplinary team.
* Advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence through advanced educational programmes.
* Provide highly specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/service users.
* Devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.
* Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.
* Plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings.
* Recognise, assess and manage risk across the immediate and wider working environment and make appropriate decisions autonomously ensuring statutory requirements are met.
* Responsible for patient safety through knowledge of systems, legal requirements and understanding of litigation.
* Communicate effectively in verbal and written form in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in difficult situations using de-escalation, mediation, resolution and professional Duty of Candour.
* Evaluate care, taking appropriate action leading to improvement in quality standards through clinical audit, root cause analysis and dealing with complaints.
Person specification
Knowledge, skills and training
* Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level supplemented by post registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty.
* Membership of the relevant Professional Body.
* Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio.
Desirable criteria
* Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training.
* Non-Medical Prescriber.
* Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role.
Job Specific Experience
* Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level.
* Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism.
* Experience of developing specialist programs of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice.
* Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
* Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively.
Additional Requirements
* Must hold a valid UK Driving Licence.
At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager.
What Working For Us Will Provide
* 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions).
* Excellent NHS pension scheme.
* Health and wellbeing services.
* Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours.
* Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals.
* Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs.
* Access to nine staff networks have a voice and transform our Trust.
* Relocation costs where applicable.
* Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying annual leave.
* NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more.
Before applying for this post, please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you.
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