Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist Rotational
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Seven day service
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7345NR-B
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ealing Hospital
- Town
- Ealing
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Experienced Occupational Therapist
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Are you a confident and motivated Band 5 or an emerging Band 6 Occupational Therapist who would like to develop new clinical and managerial skills within an acute setting?
Are you a motivated and forward thinking Occupational Therapist looking to develop specialist skills within an acute in-patient therapy team?
Then an exciting opportunity has arisen to provide a high quality efficient Occupational Therapy service to in-patients within the Medical, Surgical and Respiratory Medicine, Acute wards, at Ealing Hospital.
Main duties of the job
To assist Band 7 Occupational Therapist in the organisation and development of a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for adults.
• To manage own caseload including assessment, treatment and support of
clients, applying specialised skills and knowledge.
• To provide and gain appropriate information from clients and carers regarding their needs and concerns, in order to provide a service to meet those needs.
• To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team and to provide
coordinated and comprehensive treatment programs.
• To refer to various multidisciplinary team members as appropriate following assessment of patient needs.
Please note that 7 day working is undertaken across therapies at the Trust. Days off are allocated in the week following weekend working (1 in 5 weekends).
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- Healthcare Professionals Council registration.
Desirable criteria
- 2 Years experience as qualified OT
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in in-patient physical service setting both acute and rehab. e.g. experience gained through Band 5 rotations in Medicine, orthopaedic/surgery, COE
- Experience of supervising junior members of team and/or students in day-to-day working.
- Knowledge/ability to use a range of different assessments and interventions with patients with cardiac, respiratory, surgical, neuro and orthopaedic conditions
- Knowledge of inter-agency working
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
Skills, Abilities , Attributes
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical application in Discharge planning
- Ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively
- Evidence of CPD and self-directed learning.
- Participation in teaching, both in a group setting and on a one-to-one
- Participation in audits, research and clinical governance
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate work and ability to manage a busy caseload.
- Ability to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of the service i.e. extended hours and weekends
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
- Kerrie Bormley
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929797000
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