OT Band 6 or development post for established band 5

We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the acute team at the West Cumberland Hospital. The post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, worked Monday - Friday.

For the right candidate, consideration would also be given to this being a development post for an established Band 5 Occupational Therapist. The successful candidate would remain as a Band 5 while they worked towards achieving a supported action plan to develop the clinical and leadership knowledge and experience required to undertake the role of Specialist Occupational Therapist. It would be expected that the action plan would be completed within a timescale of 18-24months.

The post holder will manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in hospital and community settings.

The post holder will work alongside the wider MDT members and community services, providing specialist assessment and treatment and facilitating safe and efficient discharge planning.

They will provide leadership and supervision to occupational therapists and support staff within the team.

They will be required to prioritise and co-ordinate the daily workload of their own and more junior staff members, to ensure rehabilitation is optimised.

They will regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement.

Main duties of the job

They will use evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Provide leadership and supervision for occupational therapists and support staff within the team, regularly supervising occupational therapy students on practice placements as appropriate.

The post holder will support the Clinical Team Leads of the service, deputising to certain aspects of the role as required.

The service is part of a strong Occupational Therapy network, with links to the teams at the Cumberland Infirmary, as well as the wider health and social care settings across North Cumbria. This provides many professional development opportunities and there is a strong focus on CPD within the team. You will have access to high quality, regular clinical supervision, and we offer an excellent induction, ongoing professional support and a highly rewarding job to the successful applicant.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies?

Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

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The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability



Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
• Registered as an occupational therapist with the Health Care Professions Council
• Relevant development to postgraduate certificate or equivalent
• Practice Placement Facilitator qualification

Desirable

• Relevant postgraduate diploma or equivalent
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.
• Accredited wheelchair prescriber

Experience Essential

• Rotation within the key acute areas as a band 5 occupational therapist, e.g. elderly, medical, orthopaedics, surgery, neuro rehabilitation and stroke rehabilitation
• Working with specialised occupational therapy equipment
• Assessing for, designing and following cross boundary procedures for provision of adaptations.
• Audit and resultant changes in practice

Desirable

• Evidence of publications
• Supervision of other staff member.
• Research
• Care pathway development

Knowledge Essential

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• Current health and social policies, NHS modernisation agenda and how these affect OT services
• Up to date knowledge and awareness of the area of specialist practice
• Relevant national and service guidelines and their application.
• Evidence based practice
• A wide range of models of occupational therapy and their application in a range of clinical settings
• Use of standardised assessment tools
• Quality improvement
• Professional ethics, their use & application
• Risk management
• Multidisciplinary team working

Desirable

• Leadership development or management training
• Relevant training within the specialist area
• Clinical supervision
• Appraisal

Skills and Aptitudes Essential

• Organisational ability & time management
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise performance
• Effective negotiator
• Ability to work independently and set priorities
• Problem solving skills
• Able to prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Ability to work across other OT specialities to maintain staffing levels
• Ability to gather and analyse information on occupational performance components of patients functioning as part of OT intervention

Desirable

• Presentation and training skills.

Personal Circumstances Essential

• Team player
• Willing to participate in planned movement at specialist OT (band 6) level.

Desirable

• Commitment to research

Other Requirements Essential

• Able to travel independently around the area served by the Trust

Desirable

• Driving licence
• Member of BAOT and specialist interest group
• Commitment to service development

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