Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner - United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Samuel Johnson Community Hospital Town Lichfield Salary £25,147 - £27,596 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 07/05/2024 23:59 Interview date 21/05/2024

Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner Band 4

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here's more about the role and what we're looking for;

Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to work within Occupational Therapy in the rehab setting?

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who likes to work within a team and help care for our patients?Are you wanting to stretch yourself into an Assistant Practitioner position?If so, this is the post for you.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Occupational Therapy team at the Samuel Johnson and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospitals. We are looking to appoint a flexible and driven individual into a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner role who will join our established rehabilitation Therapy team.

We are looking for a motivated Therapy Assistant with a passion for rehabilitation care who wishes to enhance their skills to a Band 4 level. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing high quality care.

You will be expected to contribute to a varied clinical caseload in a multidisciplinary setting. Therefore, previous experience of health care and Occupational Therapy will be essential to this post which will provide you the opportunity to work autonomously and further your development in this area. You will work within a strong multidisciplinary team and supported with development needs.

You may be required to contribute to a 7 day extended hour service.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with excellent communication skills and who is passionate about patient care and willing to go the extra mile.

• Assessment and treatment, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions.
• Close MDT working and discharge planning in a high pressured environment.
• Contribute to support student Therapists.
• Support clinical and team audit, including notes audits, stats audits and compliance with team clinical standards audits.
• Support with discharge planning.

We are a friendly and supportive team who can offer:

• Support from Therapy Inpatient Lead, Band 7 Team Leaders and Senior Rotational therapists within the team, including regular clinical supervision.
• Supported to provide high quality patient care including basic assessment and treatment to a caseload of patients.
• PT/OT joint working.
• Support to attend appropriate in-service training opportunities and courses to maintain competencies and to achieve personal development plans.
• Trust commitment to CPD, demonstrated by yearly appraisal.

Closing date of applications: 07 May 2024

Interview date: 21 May 2024

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4 th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification Education

• NVQ Level III or equivalent qualification in Health & Social Care

Experience

• Previous acute setting experience as a Health Care Assistant.
• Previous experience of working as an Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy assistant
• Evidence of working with Medical patients
• Previous experiences as an Assistant Practitioner role
• Previous experience in a CH setting

Communication

• Effective oral and written communication skills

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don't you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what's possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

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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.

Name Rebecca McEvoy Job title Therapy Inpatient Lead Email address Telephone number

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Address University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Training Centre
Rehab Block
Level 3
Derby
Derbyshire
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