We are excited to announce that due to recent Band 6 promotions we have an opening for 2x Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join the service providing Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention and discharge planning to a wide range of patients.

You will have the opportunity to experience 9 month rotations within the areas of Stroke, Complex Care (Critical Care and Neuro-rehabilitation), Frailty, Medicine, Surgery, Trauma, Elective Orthopaedics and Rheumatology. The Band 5 rotation process includes the opportunity for you to state your preference of clinical setting.

Your caseload will have special emphasis on patients with acute illness or injuries, requiring assessment and treatment skills and the ability to discharge the patients home or onto the most appropriate service this includes working within tight timeframes for patient discharges. Our out-patient rotations aim to achieve the best possible occupational outcomes for each individual.

You will be supported to develop the necessary skills to take a proactive role within the Occupational Therapy teams within your base hospital, with the ability to provide advice or cover on other Trust sites as required. You will liaise with senior Occupational Therapists to ensure the smooth and effective running of the Occupational Therapy service at an operational level on a daily basis. You will receive profession- specific Band 6 and Band 7 supervision, alongside an OT specific development structure.

Main duties of the job

• To hold an active caseload within your current rotation at Worcestershire Royal Hospital or Alexandra Hospital.
• To take an active role within the referral system across OT services, providing accurate feedback to Senior staff to allow the allocation of the caseload to effect timely assessment and discharge.
• To provide advice/assistance to OT assistants and students carrying an acute caseload.
• To contribute to effective team working within the OT Team on rotation and wider MDT.

You will be working with and supported by a very skilled work force and expected to work within a multi professional environment. This includes a Band 8a Clinical Practice and Education Lead OT who is involved in the Recruitment and ongoing development of the Band 5 OTs upon our Rotation scheme.

The Band 5 rotation is being actively developed to create a programme of regular group CPD sessions, One-ones, opportunities for observed practice sessions, all of which are designed to enhance your personal and clinical development.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

There will be 9 month rotations based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and will offer clinical experience in the following areas:

• Speciality Medicine:

You will develop skills in acute illness management manual handling assessment and interventions development of knowledge and experience around equipment provision end of life and palliative care discharge planning.

• Acute Inpatient Stroke Ward:

You will develop skills, knowledge and experience of acute stroke. You will work closely with the MDT, following national guidelines in order to facilitate discharge planning.

• General and Vascular Surgery:

You will develop the skills and knowledge to facilitate discharge planning including fast paced discharges and be introduced to specialist equipment provision, including wheelchairs for amputees. You will participate in a range of community visits to support discharge planning and liaison with community services.

• Trauma and Orthopaedics

You will be enabled to develop confidence in administering assessments, including cognitive assessments following acute traumatic brain injury. You will participate in access/community visits to support discharge planning. There is a strong emphasis on occupational focused assessments post-surgery.

• Complex Care:

You will be working with patients with a range of complex neurological conditions based on the medical wards. You will be supported by skilled senior OTs to participate in cognitive and mood assessments. There is the opportunity to develop skills in upper limb splinting to support occupational performance.

• Frailty:

You will develop skills, knowledge and experience in the specialist area of Geriatric Elderly medicine, including person-centred Dementia care. You will have the opportunity to be involved with complex discharge planning, MDT working and multi-factorial assessment and discharge planning.

• Rheumatology:

You will develop the skills, knowledge and practice to be involved in the assessment and treatment of rheumatological conditions that have an impact on occupational performance. This is an Out-patient OT Service supported by experienced Senior OT staff. You will develop skills in upper limb splinting and gain experience of MDT working.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence of recent acute hospital OT experience.
• Some knowledge of current best practice in OT.
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
• Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice.
• Basic knowledge of principles of clinical governance.
• Health, safety and risk awareness.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Word/Excel

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Active/Pending HCPC Registration
• Up to date professional Portfolio

Desirable

• Membership with RCOT

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of recent experience within the NHS.
• Varied clinical placement experience.
• Evidence of being able to apply an analytical approach to a clinical situation.
• Experience of working within a Multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of discharge planning.

Desirable

• Evidence of recent acute hospital OT experience.
• Experience of acute discharge planning.

Other Qualities

Essential

• Flexible attitude to routine and non-routine tasks.
• Ability to support the practice of junior grades.
• Ability to work in a team and to be a positive influence within the team, when working in an acute system.
• Ability to utilise supervision proactively.
• Good interpersonal skills with staff across all grades.
• Evidence of willingness to learn and utilise new skills.
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to undertake the manual handling aspects of the role on a daily basis (see job description)
• Ability to travel / work between sites and carry out home visits.
• Ability to be flexible around core hours.
• To be able to cope with health and safety issues relating to Occupational Therapy, e.g. dealing with bodily fluids.
• Awareness of self, professional presentation to other staff and the public.
• Awareness of confidentiality

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

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