Senior Occupational Therapist - Neuro/Medical Team

Senior Occupational Therapist - Neuro/Medical Team NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Senior Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

37.5 hours per week Job ref 418-AHP3207-SSJ

Site Bedford Hospital South Wing Town Bedford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/:59

Job overview

Are you an emerging Band 5 or an existing band 6 who would like to explore a more rewarding managerial and clinical challenge in a specialist setting?

We have an upcoming vacancy in our Stroke/ neuro in-patient acute team. Static band 6 positions very rarely come up in this area.

We have a fantastic opportunity to a recruit a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work with the team here at Bedford Hospital. Working as part of an acute Stroke/Neuro team, you will be assessing, treating and supporting the MDT to discharge patients from hospital in a timely manner.

The Occupational Therapy Team specialise in complex assessment and discharge planning throughout the hospital. As a Stroke/neuro Occupational Therapist you will work as part of the larger MDT in order to cover the wards within the Bedford site

The team of Occupational Therapists work closely with the MDT to provide specialist assessments, seating assessments, cognitive assessments, acute rehabilitation and identify needs for equipment and packages of care. You will need to be able to work in an autonomous way to facilitate good communication and effectively link with multiple on site and external teams.

You'll be part of a supportive, well established team that includes Band 7 Team Leads, rotational Band 5s, and highly skilled therapy technicians. Your caseload will be varied and engaging.

This role is ideal for someone seeking a rewarding blend of clinical challenge, teamwork, and professional growth.

Main duties of the job

You will be working on acute Stroke/neuro/Medical wards treating patients who have experienced an acute Stroke and/or Neuro event. You will also have the chance to work with a broad range of stroke/ neuro / medical patients, including Outlier Stroke patients. You will act as consultants in seating and positioning and interventions for outlying patients with neurological disorders/conditions. Utilising and further developing skills in assessment, treatment planning, goal setting; as well as cognitive assessments using standardised assessment tools.

We also offer robust training opportunities as part of the team and on a wider scale within Bedford Hospital. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to provide quality supervision to other team members. You will be part of a team who strive for excellence and quality in all parts of their profession.

You will be providing high quality education to students and trainee OT's and Assistants.

High quality clinical supervision is provided for all our staff. You will be supported with your professional development and training by the Team Managers and the Practice Development Lead.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work including management of patient caseloads.
• Formulate and develop individual treatment programmes underpinned by sound knowledge of evidence based practice and using a range of treatment options.
• Use clinical reasoning skills and evaluate outcomes of treatments to continually reassess and develop treatment programmes.
• Establish an accurate prognosis and recommend best course of treatments in addition to developing comprehensive treatment and discharge plans.
• Use a large range of verbal and non verbal communication tools to communicate with patients to progress and gain participation with rehabilitation treatment programmes. This will include patients who have difficulties in understanding and communicating.
  To be responsible for management of clinical risk of your own caseload.

Person specification Qualifications

• HCPC Registered
• BSC Hons Occupational Therapy or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Leadership course
• Neuro specific training e.g Bobath

Experience

• Demonstrable experience working in a healthcare setting
• Understanding and ability to apply process OT
• Experience of MDT working
• Variety of relevant Neuro/Stroke clinical experience
• Supervising practice placements for O.T. students

Knowledge

• IT literate including knowledge of Microsoft office tools
• Demonstrate a pragmatic approach to a range of unpredictable situations
• Professional and customer care skills
• Able to deal with variety of environmental factors
• Ability to prioritise work load and delegate tasks appropriately
• Awareness of Stroke/neuro specific guidelines
• Experience of service development

Other

• Communicating sensitive information to staff, patients or carers.
• Be able to undertake moderate physical effort throughout day

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state of the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Emily Cox Job title Therapies Service Manager - Occupational Therapy Email address Telephone number