An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and highly skilled Occupational Therapist to join the Burns, Plastics and Orthopaedic out patient team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a clinical specialist in splinting and bracing. The post is based in MSK outpatients at the Northern General Hospital.

The post offers the chance to lead on the delivery of the splinting and bracing service and provide expert therapy intervention to upper limb outpatients alongside the clinical specialists in hand therapy.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work in one of the largest orthopaedic, burns, and hand units in the country which also holds major trauma status. They will work within a dynamic therapy team under the direction of the Clinical Specialists and Lead Therapists.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of the outpatient bracing clinics, and training and development of the BOPS team as well as in-patient staff.

The post holder requires experience and post graduate training in fracture bracing and splinting.

Main duties of the job

Assist and support Clinical Service Managers and Lead Therapists with operational duties for the day to day running of the department.

Accountable for the delivery of high quality therapy care within a defined clinical area or pathway.

Responsible for providing expert clinical practice with advanced clinical reasoning and support to staff.

Provide clinical leadership to develop staff within the remit.

Lead evaluation and development of clinical practice within the specialism ensuring compliance with National and local guidelines and frameworks.

Develop the evidence base for practice through audit, clinical effectiveness and research activity and support.

Assist and support Clinical Service Managers and Lead Therapists in the service in the improvement and modernisation of services.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large Major Trauma Centre with over 16,000 staff working across the city in both hospital based services and community settings.

The Musculoskeletal Directorate (MSK) provide services including Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain Management, Metabolic Bone, Hand Centre, Physioworks, Staff Physiotherapy Service, MSK Hospital based Therapy Services and Podiatric Surgery.

The hospital based therapy team consists of over 110 whole time equivalent staff members who work together to deliver excellent patient care and sharing learning and experience.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC Registration
• Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning.

Desirable

• Masters degree in relevant Speciality

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience as a qualified therapist.
• Significant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty.
• Clinical Educator
• Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
• Supervision and line management of Therapy staff including appraisal
• Professional Presentations
• Experience in emergency respiratory on call including weekend work (PT only)

Desirable

• Member of Special Interest Group
• Governance
• Teaching

Further Training

Essential

• Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
• Advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty
• Knowledge of evidence-base for specialty
• Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology

Desirable

• NVQ Assessor
• Clinical Governance
• Risk Assessment
• Research, Clinical Audit or Practice
• Leadership
• Teaching

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, team working and leadership skills
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
• Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change.
• Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals
• IT literate
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.

Other Factors

Essential

• Confident & assertive
• Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
• Mature and positive attitude to change management
• Proactive approach to service delivery

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU

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