Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR164-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Respiratory and Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge to develop your skills and knowledge? Interested in Respiratory and Critical Care?
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist to join our established Critical Care & Respiratory Rehabilitation team as a Band 7 Occupational Therapy Lead.
You will have the opportunity to develop the occupational therapy provision, using their clinical and management experience within Respiratory Care and Critical Care specialties. This will include anxiety management, cognitive and functional abilities, energy conservation techniques, vocational rehab, and stress management. You will also work to facilitate discharge and optimise patient outcomes.
As this is a new post Service development will form a large part of the role.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical leadership and specialist occupational therapy at Colchester Hospital.
You will manage a clinical caseload, completing assessments, treatment sessions and discharge planning. You will also take on joint operational responsibilities with the Band 7 Physiotherapists for the whole team on a daily basis and lead on occupational therapy service development initiatives.
You will be directly involved in audit and development of the service to continuously improve patient care.
If you feel you can demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills, have worked within a large multidisciplinary team to support functional assessments and interventions to facilitate safe and effective discharge planning for complex patients, and have worked in respiratory or critical care, then this may be the role for you.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience
- Proven Band 6 (rotational) experience in a variety of relevant specialities including at least one in a surgical/medical specialism
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary / interdisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education
- Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional groups
- Experience of research methodology
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapist
- HCPC Registration
- Working at Masters Level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD including ‘M’ level accreditation.
- Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Recognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc
- Membership of appropriate Special Interest Group
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex and chronic conditions, demonstrated by expert clinical reasoning.
- Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy and occupational therapy within the current evolving health environment
- Clear understanding of other disciplines’ roles and expectations
Desirable criteria
- Robust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
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
- Duncan Higgins
- Job title
- Professional Lead, Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07823537203
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