Specialist Occupational Therapist - Coventry, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

UHCW is looking for Occupational Therapists to join our Acute Stroke Therapy Team.

The role provides opportunities to utilise and develop your skills and knowledge in assessing and designing interventions to manage altered cognition, assessing and supporting patient's psychological well-being, assessing and addressing changes in physical abilities, and working with patients to enable timely discharges from the Acute setting.

The role is part of a wider MDT which includes Physios, Nurses, Neuro-Psychology, and Dietitians, to name a few, and is based on our stroke wards which include hyper-acute and acute beds. We are at the heart of the stroke centralisation and are looking forward to strengthening our growing partnership between UHCW and CWPT across the Stroke Pathway.

As a Band 6 into a new role, you will be supernumerary for 2 weeks. This will allow you to get to know the team, service and Trust and highlight any training needs.

A Band 5-6 development post may be considered for the right candidate. So if you have stroke/neuro experience, core clinical experience and an interest in Stroke, but don't know if you are quite ready for a Band 6, then please still apply.

If you are interested, please contact us for further information, a tour of our facilities or a chat with our team.

Main duties of the job

To provide the best care, we offer a 7 day service but don't worry, we know to be at your best you need downtime and time to recharge - but you should be prepared to work weekends on a rolling basis too.

1. Manage a caseload of patients with varying diagnosis and or /complex needs, using evidence based/ client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a defined clinical area.

2. Ensure development of junior staff through supervision, training and annual appraisal.

3. Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice & service development within area.

4. Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Occupational Therapy

5. Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.

See Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

1. Be professional, legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work and activities, to manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload.

2. Carry a clinical caseload of highly complex patients, provide advanced therapeutic assessment & evaluation and provide detailed written treatment plans with patient centred goals working within ward / department areas.

3. Work as an autonomous practitioner and member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programmes, taking on the role of care co-ordinator and/ or vocational lead where relevant.

4. Carry out treatment, using a broad variety of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique evaluating, modifying and recording all interventions and outcomes & adapting them to meet the needs of the patient.

5. Use highly developed manual treatment skills requiring coordination, sensation & dexterity.

6. Support the production of an annual report specific to own clinical area & participate in the delivery of the Therapy business plan.

7. Work in accordance with RCOT & HCPC rules of professional conduct and within local care pathways, policies and standards.

8. Establish and maintain effective communication networks with patients, carers, MDT, other workers and agencies across health, social care and the private sector locally and regionally.

9. Promote awareness of the role of Occupational Therapy.

10. Network nationally across other Occupational Therapy providers and educators for the development of best practice & improve service delivery for patients.

11. Be responsible for own personal development in order to establish and maintain competence and fitness to practice as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in own specialist area. To maintain a professional evidence based portfolio, meeting the requirements of the HCPC.

12. Be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of Occupational Therapy students on practice placement within the Trust.

13. Contribute to the Trusts Divisional and Teams clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards, clinical risks, CAE & Health & Safety.

14. Be involved / assist in the recruitment and selection of junior staff.

We would love to hear from candidates that can demonstrate the following skills:

1. Effective communication - in person, written and over the telephone

2. That have recent and substantive experience of working with stroke patients

3. Working both independently and as part of a team

4. Organising an allocated workload, planning and prioritising work to achieve objectives and meet deadline.

5. Providing instructions to patients and their carers to enable them to achieve maximum functional independence

6. Have specialist knowledge of OT within an acute setting

7. Able to carry out appraisals and supervision of staff

8. Maintain accurate records

For further details of the job role please see attached job description.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge

Essential

Desirable

Skills

Essential