Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 387-DT-5045-MF
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Critical Care Band 7 Occupational Therapist
Band 7
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Job overview
We are extremely delighted to be advertising a static Band 7 Occupational Therapist to work solely in our intensive care units here at UHBW.
Our exciting and ambitious plan “Embracing Change, Proud to Care – Our 2025 Vision” is seeing significant investment in Adult Therapy Services to grow our specialist hospital services positioning ourselves as a leading provider in the Southwest of England and beyond.
We are a beacon for outstanding education and research and provide superb training and support.
Clinically you will be supported by an enthusiastic, dynamic and knowledgeable MDT including a critical care clinical specialist Occupational Therapist and a Consultant ICU Therapist who will guide your specific ICU education.
We have a 56 bedded Critical Care unit. Alongside the general critical care patients, we are a tertiary referral centre for Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic, upper Gastrointestinal, and Hepatobillary surgery. 16 months ago we became a Severe Acute Respiratory Failure Centre offering ECMO treatment.
You will have the opportunity to develop our post ICU follow up clinic and long term our ‘low tier’ psychological rehabilitation outpatient clinic under the direction of our clinical specialist Occupational Therapist and ICU Psychologist.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is already a skilled clinician with previous related experience. They will be naturally empathetic, demonstrating good communication skills to facilitate close working relationships with both service users and staff. They will need to be dynamic, creative and flexible to meet the changing needs of the caseload and service.
They will possess excellent communication skills, demonstrate leadership qualities and take an active interest in teaching and development of others.
The post holder will have leadership responsibilities, manage their own caseload, whilst working as part of an interdisciplinary team alongside Nurses, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Technicians and Speech and Language Therapists.
In service training programs and staff appraisal systems are in operation to help you develop to meet the demands of the post and support the needs and development of static and rotational staff within ICU.
The post holder will be committed to 1:4 weekend working + 2 bank holidays throughout a year.
We also wish to make candidates aware that for these roles we do not have any funding available to support successful candidates with relocation costs. As an organisation we will cover the cost of any Certificates of Sponsorships required, though that is the only cost we can support
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- A variety of rotational experience relevant to clinical areas
- Clinical knowledge in aquired brain injuries - theory and practical
- Experience in managing people
- Significant experience of clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching
- Participation in service development
Desirable criteria
- Clinical knowledge of the effects of critical illness and clinical risk assessment
- Clinical knowledge of recovery post intensive care
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions used within Critical Care
Knowledge & Experince
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of audit and service evaluation
- Experience of Leading appraisals
- Experience of change management and implementing change
Desirable criteria
- Team Leader/Band 7 experience
Qualifica
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of RCOT
- Member of relevant clinical interest group / society
- Management & Leadership training
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to plan, prioritise and delegate
- Excellent organisational skills
- Demonstrate Assessment, Analytical & Reflective skills across a diverse patient group
- Ability to meet deadlines & work under pressure
Desirable criteria
- leadership skills
skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively perform patient assessments & interventions
- Knowledge of clinical Governance & its application to Occupational Therapy
- Ability to cope in a stressful environment undertaking moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Ability to effect & manage change
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills both verbal & written
- Ability to travel between sites
- Presentation skills
- Competent IT Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Bruce
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist OT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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