Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to further develop and consolidate their clinical expertise across a range of specialist areas, including the Hyperacute Stroke Unit, Acute Stroke Unit, Neuro Outliers, and Neuro Outpatients.
We are seeking a passionate, proactive, and highly motivated individual to join our Neuro Therapy team at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. Our team fosters a culture of openness and integrity, actively supporting both personal and professional development while maintaining high standards of clinical care.
If you are looking to deepen your clinical practice within a supportive and forward-thinking environment, this role offers an ideal platform.
You will be well supported in your role by the Clinical Lead, Therapy Service Manager, and a collaborative multidisciplinary team. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months to cover maternity leave, and we are looking for someone who can bring their skills and experience to help lead and support the Occupational Therapy service, ensuring high-quality care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide a high standard of specialist assessments and treatments for patients across our service areas.
2. Use specialist knowledge to make comprehensive referrals for patients moving from the acute setting into the community.
3. Use strong interpersonal skills to communicate often complex information to a variety of people including the MDT, community services and service users.
4. Provide supervision and support to members of the therapy team
5. Plan and motivate the team to be involved in and deliver on quality improvement projects to contribute to service development.
6. Hold shared responsibility with other Band 7 therapy staff in the team to manage the team, including sickness, annual leave, rotas, performance to standards, supervision, engagement.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see detailed Job Specification, Personal Specification and Functional Aspects form which outline the main responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
8. HCPC Registration
9. Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses/in-service trainings relevant to the clinical field.
Desirable criteria
10. Evidence of managerial / leadership training.
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Substantial postgraduate experience, also within the relevant speciality
12. Relevant NHS experience
Desirable criteria
13. Clinical Educators Certificate/training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Knowledge of the workings of community services
15. Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
Communication
Essential criteria
16. Example of ability to disseminate complex information to others
17. Evidence of ability to pass on skills/ knowledge to others
18. Example of being able to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
Skills
Essential criteria
19. Examples of good Leadership skills
20. Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies
Desirable criteria
21. Evidence of use of Data collection & analysis skills
22. Examples of Service improvement skills
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.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
Telephone 01582 497325