Main area In patient physical rehabilitation Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Likely Wednesday-Friday 08:00-16:00/08:30-16:30/09:00-17:00) Job ref 267-CH7255012
Site Didcot Community Hospital Town Didcot Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 30/06/2025
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Oxford Health Community Hospitals are delighted to offer the opportunity for a part-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) within our service. If you are passionate about working in an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation setting, and award winning team, where our goal is to enhance our patient's quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.
We would love to hear from any experienced Occupational Therapists who have the compassion, skills and knowledge to help us assess our patient's and deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve health and well being and return to independence.
We're a supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual, safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.
We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service. This role is based at our Didcot Community Hospital Site but there is also potential to be work in Wallingford Hospital Team to aid cross site cover.
This role includes visiting patient's houses across Oxfordshire and carrying out assessments and may also include delivery of small pieces of equipment to facilitate discharge.
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Main duties of the job
This role would suit someone who is experienced in conducting specific physical and cognitive/functional assessments and delivering interventions to support rehabilitation. The post holder should be able to communicate this effectively within the MDT and family but also externally to key organisations such as social care and specialist services. You will also have responsibility for prescribing equipment and assessing home environments as appropriate. You will also be expected to represent and lead the service at family meetings, and be aware of the protocols and procedures in place to ensure clinical governance and adherence to standards.
It would be expected that the post holder has knowledge and experience of working with patients in a variety of specialties such as neurology, orthopaedics, dementia care, amputees, spinal injuries, and frailty.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Care Responsibilities may include:
* Delivery of a safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system delegating duties as appropriate.
* Participate in the hands on delivery of patient care.
* Work flexibly across localities and occasional weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met.
* Be visible and accessible to patients, relatives and colleagues in order to work effectively within the team.
* Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient specific OT programmes of care/rehabilitation,analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
* Undertake assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based practice and professional expertise. Determine appropriate care plans utilising expert treatment skills and options.
* Undertake practice education and support student placements
Person specification
Knowledge
* Previous NHS or Adult Social Care experience.
* Previous experience as Band 5 or equivalent.
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
* Good working knowledge of rehabilitation.
* Good knowledge of community services.
Qualifications
* Professional Qualification (degree or equivalent).
* Professional Registration with HCPC.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Post graduate education/training specifically relating to patient group.
further training
* Practice educators course or equivalent.
* Experience of supervising junior staff and /or students.
Experience
* Good knowledge and skills of elderly care/rehabilitation and proven specific clinical expertise.
* Understanding and experience of risk management.
* Good understanding of clinical governance.
* Excellent english verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to function effectively across a variety of working environments.
* Aware of national and local issues concerning this patient group.
* Experience of supervising student placements.
* Understanding of audit process.
contractual
* Hold current driving licence.
* Able to work flexibly as post may require weekend working.
* Understanding of equality and diversity.
* Car owner.
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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