University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Solihull Community Respiratory Team. Working as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with respiratory conditions across a variety of settings, including community venues, hospital sites and patients' homes.
You will work flexibly across the service, supporting respiratory outpatients, community services and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes to help patients improve their independence, function and quality of life.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
- Take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 therapist for managing patients with a range of conditions, providing specialist therapy assessments and developing appropriate treatment plans.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments for patients with diverse or complex presentations and multipathologies, using advanced clinical reasoning and manual assessment techniques to formulate accurate diagnoses of conditions and associated problems.
- Formulate and recommend Occupational Therapy treatment programmes based on sound knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical assessment, and professional reasoning.
- Ensure the safe and competent use of all equipment, patient appliances, and aids, and ensure that junior staff and assistants achieve competency before using them with patients.
- Provide both spontaneous and planned specialist advice to medical, nursing, and other multidisciplinary colleagues regarding patients' conditions, treatment needs, and fitness for discharge.
- Apply specialist knowledge across a range of routine and non-routine Occupational Therapy practices, requiring expertise within the specialty field.
- Manage clinical risk within your own caseload at all times, ensuring safe and effective care.
- Assess and recommend appropriate levels of support for patients and their families, working closely with external agencies where required.
- Demonstrate resilience and emotional intelligence when working with unwell patients, as well as anxious relatives and carers.
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About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD), including recent postgraduate training relevant to the clinical specialty.
Desirable
- Member of specialist interest group.
- Attendance at Clinical Educators course.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstration of clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within the specialty.
- A specialist knowledge across a range of Occupational Therapy treatments, routine and non-routine requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy.
- Experience of working with student occupational therapists and therapy support workers.
- An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans.
- An ability to supervise and delegate work to therapy colleagues, support workers and students.
- Understanding of current legislation and application to Occupational therapy.
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Desirable
- Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff.
- An understanding of discharge routes in the community
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Gemma Atkins
01214245033
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018528
Job locations
Solihull Hospital
Lode Ln
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 2JL
Attachments
[Job Description](JD PS - Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist .pdf – 526KB) – 526KB Opens in a new window
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