Job summary
- Main area
- Allied Health Professions
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (would also be considered as a secondment, end date March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 156-7130485
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead OT- Surgery
Band 7
Job overview
RCHT Internal / NHS Cornwall & IOS Only - This vacancy is only open to current employees of The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilley.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the Surgical Occupational Therapy department at RCHT! This is a full time (37.5 hours per week) Band 7 post, covering maternity leave for a period of 9 months. Part time working will also be considered. Please do feel free to contact us to discuss this opportunity further
Main duties of the job
Provide and lead a high standard Surgical Occupational Therapy service to patients at RCHT.
Provide advanced clinical specialist assessment, treatment, goal setting with vascular patients following surgical interventions with complex presentations , to include pathway management and developments
Develop the Surgical Occupational Therapy service provision for surgical patients, research and implement innovative ways of working, including prehabilitation – applying evidence-based practice and guidelines to support safe and effective practise.
Continue to develop highly specialist skills through training and CPD to support patient assessment, intervention and outcomes, and to upskill and support the Surgical therapy team.
Undertake line management duties for the team, general management of team across bandings, early stages of disciplinary and capability with support of HR and Therapy Manager, health and safety of team/therapy environments, ensuring team clinical supervision, coordination and first level authorisation of annual leave and study leave, recruitment responsibility.
Attend clinical level discussions/meetings related to your area of work.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post graduate education and development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive experience in an acute hospital setting, including a range of post qualification rotations at Band 5 and Band 6 level
- Experience of working within a range of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, including evidence of collaboration with other organizations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Up to date clinical skills and specialist level assessment skills
- Able to work in highly stressful situations including the ability to manage distressing and highly emotive situations successfully
- Experience in treating surgical patients
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chelsea Sharp
- Job title
- Clinical Lead OT- Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385400600
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