Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 5 months (Fixed-tern Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 327-25-421
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Vale Community Hospital
- Town
- Dursley
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 5
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
We are welcoming applications from Occupational Therapists with a passion for delivering the highest quality of Rehabilitation. The post holder will be providing holistic, ward-based rehabilitation to people on both the stroke and community rehabilitation pathways.
The In-patient Stroke Specialist Rehabilitation Unit is based at the Vale Community Hospital in Dursley and offers residents of Gloucestershire a dedicated Therapy Led Specialist service in a Community Hospital environment. Adopting national best practice this unit ensures that people suffering from a stroke within Gloucestershire benefit from a specialist clinical pathway, maximising the health outcomes of those people who are likely to improve with In-Patient Specialist Rehabilitation. There is close collaborative working with colleagues in the Hyper Acute and Acute Stroke Units within Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and in the Countywide Early Supported Discharge Team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician to work in the Multi-Disciplinary team who shares a philosophy of empowering patients to be more independent and active in their recovery. Depending on experience the post may be offered at a Band 5 (0.8wte) or Band 6 (0.6wte)
Main duties of the job
To work within the Stroke Specialist Rehabilitation Unit providing an effective and evidence based service through assessing, planning and implementing treatment programmes.
To deliver therapeutic interventions, using the principles of Occupational Therapy in an integrated and client-centred way supported by the Therapy Competency Framework.
To provide a rehabilitation service to Stroke Community Beds.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess, diagnose, plan and offer a range of treatment options; deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan. This will include patients with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies in individual or group therapy sessions. Working as an autonomous practitioner with access to guidance from highly specialist Therapists when necessary.
To be responsible for the organisation of own caseload and appropriately delegate to support workers or other staff members in order to ensure effective time management. To assist the team in the day to day running of the clinical area.
To communicate with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to aid effective patient care, which will include taking an active role in team meetings, joint treatment sessions, case conferences and specialist interest group meetings - either working alone or as part of the multi-disciplinary team, to make recommendations for appropriate and timely discharge/transfer from hospital.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers potentially complex, sensitive or distressing information; in order to provide patient centred care, to encourage self-management, maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the condition. Patients may have communication, perceptual or cognitive/understanding difficulties.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing, other allied health professions and other colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service
To maintain clear, accurate and concise patient records in line with departmental and professional standards and include relevant outcome measures. This will include writing patient reports where required.
To comply with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures e.g. Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Manual Handling, clinical equipment competency, risk management, Data Protection Acts and patient confidentiality at all times. This will include demonstrating compliance with the terms of all safeguarding policies and processes
relevant to the safeguarding of adults and children in the care of GCS and to undergo regular mandatory training concerned with safeguarding matters.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Current HCPC registration - occupational therapy
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate experience in stroke or neurology
- Post graduate experience In-patient NHS physical health
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills - written & verbal
- Good time management and personal organisational skills
- Be able to self-motivate and work autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Up to date relevant clinical knowledge including evidenced based practice
- Ability to work under pressure
- Post graduate clinical experience in stroke or neurology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Sarah Bienemann
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004218491
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