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Job summary

Main area
Intermediate Care Lambeth
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-LIS9807
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Intermediate Care Lambeth
Town
SW16
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 per annum inc. H.C.A
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59

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Occupational therapist band 5

NHS AfC: Band 5

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

We know the power of rehab. Want to make real change? Join us to help patients excel with their rehab goals. Using your core occupational therapy skills, you will design creative and innovative therapy solutions for patients.

- Our energetic and passionate team consists of physiotherapists, rehab support workers, social workers and nurses. Working together you will support adults with client-centred rehab programmes, optimising their independence and quality of life.

- We want the focus on rehab for our patients and not paperwork. Using the power of technology we can take notes ‘on the go’ with our various systems EPIC, Rover and Dragon.

- Our core working sites in Brixton and Streatham are centred within vibrant and exciting communities.

What else?

- We have excellent access to a vast array of ADL equipment and have a large cohort of rehab support workers.

- You’ll benefit from our award winning “Showing We Care About You Programme”. It offers many types of support (financial wellbeing, career development, value and recognition, work-life balance) to help you in your professional, personal and family life.

- We are one of the UKs leading providers of hospital and community-based healthcare, research and education. As part of the Kings Health Trust, you will have opportunities for comprehensive training and development to continuously improve patient care and progress your career. 

 

 

Main duties of the job

 

      To be responsible for the assessment, treatment, implementation and documentation of Occupational Therapy interventions within nominated clinical specialities.

      To develop positive and collaborative working relationships across Health and Social Care.

      To be responsible for the maintenance and development of own CPD and continuous learning.

 

Working for our organisation

At GSTT we are committed to providing:

• Professional expert advice, including access to our Professional Leads in our Community and Hospital settings.

• An annual appraisal and PDR.

• Structured in-service development programs and supervisions.

• Support to undertake research, audit and service evaluation.

• Training links to London Southbank and King’s College Universities.

• Support to develop your skills in preparation and presentations

Additional contact information

Flexible working and part-time hours would be considered but would need to  be happy to work weekends as part of a rota. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Requirements

 

ESSENTIAL

A/I

DESIRABLE

A/I

Qualifications/

Education

Diploma/Degree in Occupational

Therapy

 

Evidence of Continued Professional

Development

A

 

 

A

Membership with

Special Interest

Group

A

Professional/

Statutory

Registration

HCPC Registration

A

Membership with

RCOT

A

Previous experience

Previous clinical placement experience in an acute or community setting

 

Post-graduate experience

commensurate to the role

 

Experience of working as member of a

multidisciplinary team

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

Experience with

urgent response,

emergency

department,

community

A/I

Skills/Knowledge/

Ability

Remains updated with professional

practice and new research.

 

Understand the legal responsibilities of

the profession

 

Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner

 

Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate

 

Ability to work with Multi/interdisciplinary

and analyse tasks and activities, synthesise

findings and develop goal orientated treatment plans.

 

Understand and apply principles of risk management to clinical practice

 

Understanding of Clinical Governance

and the implications for occupational

therapy services including experience of

quality issues and audit

 

Understanding principles and application of

supervision in promotion of clinical effectiveness as a

supervisee.

 

Ability to comprehend and work within

the Trust’s policies of data protection,

equal opportunities and Health and

Safety to meet the differing needs of the Patients

 

Ability to appreciate the sensitivity, complexity of context and culture and diversity within clinical practice.

 

Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English using electronic systems

 

Ability to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable Environment

 

Evidence of being self-motivated

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

A/I

 

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

 

 

A/I

Competent IT skills

 

Presentation skills

 

Experience working

with assistants

A/I

 

A/I

 

A/I

Physical

Requirements

Physically fit and able to comply with

Trust Manual Handling Guidelines

 

Ability to work at moderate to high levels

of physical activity involving the delivery

of therapeutic handling, use of transfer

equipment and the demonstration of

exercise

 

Ability to work effectively in a stressful

and busy environment

A

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

A/I

 

 

 

 

A = application

I = interview

It must be stated whether these requirements are ESSENTIAL or DESIRABLE for the post.

This can be clearly understood by the potential candidate if it is done in the form of a chart.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Education

Essential criteria
  • Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • Membership with Special Interest Group

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential criteria
  • HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • Membership with RCOT

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines
  • Ability to work at moderate to high levels of physical activity involving the delivery of therapeutic handling, use of transfer equipment and the demonstration of exercise
  • Ability to work effectively in a stressful and busy environment

Previous experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous clinical placement experience in an acute or community setting
  • Post-graduate experience commensurate to the role
  • Experience of working as member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with urgent response, emergency department, community

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential criteria
  • Remains updated with professional practice and new research.
  • Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
  • Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
  • Ability to work with Multi/interdisciplinary and analyse tasks and activities, synthesise findings and develop goal orientated treatment plans.
  • Understand and apply principles of risk management to clinical practice
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for occupational therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
  • Understanding principles and application of supervision in promotion of clinical effectiveness as a supervisee.
  • Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the Patients
  • Ability to appreciate the sensitivity, complexity of context and culture and diversity within clinical practice.
  • Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English using electronic systems
  • Ability to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable Environment
  • Evidence of being self-motivated
Desirable criteria
  • Competent IT skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Experience working with assistants

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jane Duncan
Job title
Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07801955536
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