Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 153-SP02726-C
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Older Peoples Therapy Team
Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Are you passionate about working with older people?
An opportunity has arisen for a senior Occupational Therapist to join our Older Persons Services Therapy team.
This is a rotational post with opportunities in the following areas across Poole, Bournemouth & Christchurch hospitals:
- Emergency Department (ED) & Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC)
- Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU) (inpatients)
- Older Persons wards (inpatients)
- Older Persons outliers (inpatients)
- Christchurch Day Hospital – offering specialist clinics and community outreach (outpatients)
As well as currently undergoing huge transformations structurally as we merge Bournemouth and Poole hospitals together, University Hospitals Dorset bring exciting opportunities across acute and community sites. This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be encouraged and supported to develop extended skills and enhanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated older person’s team in the hospital. The post will allow you to experience and build skills, including working holistically across professional boundaries, service development, supporting and supervising junior staff and opportunities to work alongside a range of experienced professionals.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is comfortable completing generic core therapy assessments but whom can also provide specialist Occupational Therapy interventions. You will need to complete rapid and thorough assessments, be confident in clinically reasoned decision making, have excellent communication skills and work with various disciplines and departments to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support early discharge. We pride ourselves on our close links with the multi-disciplinary team and feel integrated working is an essential aspect for the post holder.
This post is available to clinicians with:
- A minimum of two years’ experience working at Band 5 level
- NHS experience
- Willing to participate in 7 day working on a rota basis
- Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence and have access to a car for work purposes
Previous applicants need not apply.
Part time, or full time hours will be considered.
This role requires HCPC Registration
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Degree
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2+ years experience within the NHS
- Band 5 Occupational Therapy experience covering the following core areas: Older adults Neurology Hand/Orthopaedics Acute
- NHS Experience in an acute physical setting
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in audit
Technical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach patients, relatives, carers & staff.
- How to critique research articles
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and nonverbal communication with an ability to establish a good rapport with a range of people.
- To be able to delegate appropriately.
- Ability to teach & supervise Junior staff & assistants .
- Good time management.
- IT Skills within word processing.
- Ability to prioritise clinical workload.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence
- Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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
- Jessica Singleton/ Lydia Hart
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Occupational Therapists
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 6191
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