We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with aninterest in Palliative care. It is essential they have good clinical skills, goodcommunication and interpersonal skills. The post-holder must be able to work as part of amultidisciplinary team and have good organisational and time management skills, problemsolving skills and an enthusiasm for service development.The Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload, including assessing, treating and discharging, and take an active approach to their own personal development alongside a comprehensive training programme. The successful candidate will have to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and therapy colleagues and look tocontribute to our student pathways.Applicants must be prepared to participate in our 7-day working service.

Main duties of the job

To deliver specialised occupational therapy or physiotherapy as part of the Macmillan Therapy Inpatient team. To holistically review the therapy needs of palliative and oncology population within the trust hospitals.In addition to the clinical aspects of the role, the post-holder will have the opportunity to develop management, leadership and service improvement skills and experience.You will be given opportunities to develop your clinical knowledge and skills, staff management skills and leadership/service improvement skills.You will be supported with regular learning and development opportunities both internal and externally and provided with regular supervision and appraisal.You will manage a specialist caseload ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in rehabilitation and discharge planning alongside an excellent multidisciplinary team including qualified Occupational Therapists and Therapy support workers.This role is predominantly based at Heartlands or Good Hope Hospital. UHB is a multi-site organisation therefore you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites. You may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis, as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.To contribute to and undertake 7 day working programmes and respiratory on-call service (Physiotherapist) across the Trust as required.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * Diploma / degree in occupational therapy or physiotherapy.
• * Current registration with Health Professions Council.
• * A levels or equivalent qualification
• * Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and english grade C and above.
• * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Desirable

• * Evidence of leadership training.
• * Attendance at Clinical Educators Course.
• * Member of RCOT/CSP
• * Member of RCOT/CSP specialist interest group

Experience

Essential

• * Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
• * Specialist clinical knowledge of occupational therapy/physiotherapy in oncology and palliative care.
• * Significant experience of working in an acute hospital
• * Experience of team/service development.
• * Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, student physiotherapists and assistants.
• * A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
• * Good understanding of working in an acute trust.
• * Understanding of current legislation and application to Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy.

Desirable

• * Palliative Care Accredited Courses i.e. ECEPC

Additional Criteria

Essential

• * Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
• * Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information.
• * An ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
• * An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action. .
• * An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• * IT skills -- computer literate
• * Work in line with HCPC standards and CSP/RCOT code of conduct.
• * Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area.
• * Demonstrate a professional attitude.
• * An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
• * An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
• * An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
• * Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical areas.
• * Able to contribute to a 7 day and oncall extended hours service as appropriate.
• * Where travel is required, able to meet the travel requirements of the post. Where off site travel is required e.g. for home visits or frequent travel between sites it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence with no more than a maximum of 3 points.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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