Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Current vacancies Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist NHS AfC: Band 7 Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 7.5 hours per week Job ref 309-UCLH-6232

Site Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, UCLH Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/05/:59

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Job overview This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join the RLHIM, Europe's largest public-sector provider of integrated medicine. We provide an innovative patient-centred service integrating the best of conventional and complimentary approaches. This role forms an integral part of our Chronic Fatigue, and Fibromyalgia pathways, delivering a range of self-care strategies for patients with complex needs living with these ongoing conditions. Your role will involve unsupervised lone working, so we expect you to be confident and highly experienced.

Main duties of the job You will work alongside several specialists including consultants, physiotherapists, cognitive behavioural psychotherapists, a dietitian, autogenic trainers and a mindfulness practitioner. Appointments are currently delivered face-to-face, via telephone or video consultation on an outpatient basis. This could include working from home.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent communication skills and an innovative and flexible approach. You will bring the skills you have acquired elsewhere in the NHS to deliver both group and 1:1 sessions, focused on self-care strategies, to your patients. We will provide in-house 1:1 and peer supervision. The successful candidate will also attend regular multidisciplinary team meetings.

Working for our organisation University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff

UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff - To find out more, visit: Flexible working .

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC Registration
• Membership of RCOT
• Post graduate qualification in specialist area at a Master's ore equivalent level in Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management

Experience

• Experience of using highly specialist occupational therapy skills to treat ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia in line with NICE and RCOT guidelines
• Experience of working within an MDT setting
• Experience using patient-reported outcome measures
• Experience of supervising students
• Experience of managing own caseload effectively
• Previous experience of audit and/or service evaluation
• Experience of developing group based programmes

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex, chronic multi pathologies in line with NICE and RCOT guidelines
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving strategies
• Competent in use of IT programmes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, email and EPIC (electronic patient record system)
• Able to work well in an MDT
• Ability to prioritise own workload, good time management skills and able to work under pressure

Values

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving

Communication

• Excellent interpersonal Skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, MDT members and other agencies in person, over the phone, in a video meeting and in writing
• Previous experience of formal presentations to MDT groups

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• All posts to include Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties (line managers to elaborate depending on the level of the post and to assess this essential criteria at interview)

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

• Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by: Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control. Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control. Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

• Able to work autonomously

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to:

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.
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