Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6955431-ASR-A
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Moseley Hall Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Are you looking for something different that will offer you a unique opportunity to develop your clinical skills whilst supporting your career development?
An exciting opportunity for a qualified HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with relevant rehabilitation experience to work across the multidisciplinary teams in hospital and community settings. The clinical input will vary depending on service demands and you will support areas with vacancies, maternity leave or to achieve targets.
The services are based at:
- West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre - Specialist clinics, access to communication and technology, amputee rehab Birmingham wheelchair service and posture and mobility service.
- Moseley Hall Hospital - Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation and stroke units, Birmingham Neurological Rehabilitation Team and Moor Green outpatient brain injury unit, Early supported discharge team.
The delivery of rehabilitation programmes and OT intervention can take place within the service base, client’s home or in the community within a local Birmingham and/or regional West Midlands remit. In some services this will involve moving around the community daily without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving
We have 2 full time posts available and looking for suitable candidates to join us here at BCHC.
Main duties of the job
The peripatetic post will support the rehabilitation services within the Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division (ASR) which provides a wide range of services for people living in Birmingham and all parts of the West Midlands.
To work as part of the interdisciplinary teams within the rehabilitation services , effectively assessing clients with complex needs, considering their function, disability and health, taking into account all environments in which they live and work.
To provide assessment and analysis of rehabilitation, social and care needs of complex patients as part of the Inter-Disciplinary Teams, referring on to outside agencies / professionals in discussion with senior members of staff.
Identify Occupational Therapy goals and plan / formulate intervention that is evidence based in conjunction with the client, their careers, other professionals / agencies.
On the in-patient neuro-rehabilitation unit and Birmingham neuro- rehabilitation team to act as a key working a set number of patients to plan and co-ordinate their outpatient programme and act as point of contact for clients, carers and outside agencies.
Communicate effectively with clients, family / carer, and other professionals both internal and external to organisation. This may require explanation, instruction, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, reassurance and require expert verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
Working for our organisation
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Previous applicants who have applied for the above post are encouraged to consider whether they would like to reapply following any feedback post interview; if you would like to discuss this with the previous interview panel you are encouraged to do so. If you were not shortlisted for this vacancy previously, we would advise that you review your application and the Person Specification before resubmitting a further application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
All services are provided by teams of clinical professionals and support staff who aim to provide personalised, integrated services that best meet the needs of individual patients and their careers and assist them in managing their physical, cognitive, emotional and social disabilities.
For further information please contact Ruth Banner Clinical Specialist OT on 0121-4666-6590.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
- Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
- Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
- Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability, including neurological and deteriorating conditions
- Core / Basic IT skills; Word, Outlook, Excel.
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn) and the assessment & treatment of patients with amputations.
- Supervisory experience of students
- Participation in service developments; project, audits
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
- Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
- Evidence of good organisational skills, including prioritisation of workload and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills for patients with amputations , postural and wheelchair needs.
- Ability to demonstrate splinting skills with thermoplastics and casting skills (or prepared to develop these skills).
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment.
- Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel and access various work locations (eg. home visits). Must be car driver and have access to a vehicle for the community based services.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Banner
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist OT
- Telephone number
- 0121 4666 6590
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