Job summary
We are excited to be able to advertise a Band 6 Occupational Therapy Role within the Acute OT team at Great Western Hospital.

The successful post holder will be joining a team of Occupational therapists, Apprentices and Assistants covering Medical, Surgical and Respiratory wards, supporting patients, families and carers when planning for home after hospital.

We are a supportive, welcoming and passionate team who work together for the benefit of each other, our patients and the wider team working. We value making new team members feel capable and confident and therefore offer a good induction, in-service training and opportunities for further learning.

You can also expect to have regular support in the way of supervision, daily caseload meetings and monthly team meetings.

Main duties of the job
Support the clinical delivery of Occupational Therapy on the Acute Wards by:

• Prioritising patients who require OT to support weekends discharges.
• Provide interventions inc. Assessing and providing equipment to enable and support on discharge.
• Providing Risk Assessments for care agencies for new equipment.
• Signposting and referring patients on to services to support follow up on discharge.
• Liaising with the MDT to support problem solving blocks to weekend discharges for example working with transport teams and our discharge support teams.
• Providing guidance and training to patients and their families and carers to promote independence to manage at home, following acute illness.
• Supporting team leadership roles e.g. sickness, staffing

About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities

• To assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
• The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover

Please see Job Description for full information.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of continuing Professional Development
• Registered field work educator

Desirable

• Evidence of basic management training
• Member of special interest group
• NVQ Assessor
• Member of professional body
• Computer skills qualification

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working within the specific clinical area
• Broad clinical experience e.g. surgical, ED, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, hand injuries, rehabilitation.
• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload
• Use of goal setting and outcome measures
• Experience of providing supervision for junior staff or assistants
• Lead for student supervision
• Carrying out and receiving appraisal
• Experience in and an understanding of clinical governance e.g. audit, risk management, education
• Application of the Occupational Therapy process and models of practice

Desirable

• Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a highly complex caseload
• Experience of working with children and/ or adults in acute hospital services
• Experience of using a wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessments
• Involvement in the recruitment and retention process
• Service development and change management
• Taking a lead role in project work
• Inter-disciplinary team working

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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).