Job summary
- Main area
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (Will also consider Short Term Contract)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday required)
- Job ref
- 327-26-379-A
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Berkeley Vale PCN
- Town
- Dursley
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Vocational Rehabilitation
Band 7
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
This role is offered on a secondment basis for 12 months. The hours are part-time, 15 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitable qualified and experienced Occupational therapist to undertake a project role within Berkeley Vale PCN in delivering a Vocational Rehabilitation service. Patients will been assessed and suitable advice and recommendations will be made including the appropriate issue of Med 3 Fit notes, recommendations on reasonable adjustments to employment and referral on to other MDT members including Employment Specialists within the team.
Main duties of the job
Run clinics within the primary care network where identified patients will be assessed and outcome measurement taken.
Create individual treatment plans including the issue of Med 3 Fit notes where appropriate and fitness to work reports
Advise and work with patients to implement reasonable adjustments to their employed role
Measure outcomes using the Work and Social Adjustment Scale
Record treatment interventions following Trust and PCN procedures and maintain HCPC standards of practice.
Communicate with other members of the MDT including employment specialists, GPs etc.
Maintain accurate and up to date data on all interventions to feed into the end of project report and local dashboards.
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
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Provide specialist breadth and depth of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence based vocational rehabilitation to adults of working age within Berkeley Vale Primary Care Network.
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Lead and line manage the Occupational therapy service at Berkeley Vale PCN.
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Work as a key member of a specialist multidisciplinary service based within multiple GP surgeries.
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Contribute expert knowledge and outcomes of occupational therapy assessments to support the creation of specialist intervention plans and reasonable adjustments to enable adults to return to, and sustain employment.
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Research, develop and share current best practice to optimise vocational rehabilitation opportunities and improve participation in occupation.
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As a member of the wider Occupational Therapy leadership group, support the continuous practice development of the occupational therapy workforce
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To hold a clinical countywide caseload
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of relevant post graduate specialist training or equivalent experience and short courses to MSc, post graduate diploma level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience of vocational rehabilitation
- Experience of working in Primary Care
professional and specialist knowledge
Essential criteria
- Robust knowledge of governance issues including consent, person centred planning, health facilitation, care programme approach and data protection
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leadership of staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenny Smith
- Job title
- Head of Profession for Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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