Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5 to Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7037582-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mildenhall and Brandon INT
- Town
- Mildenhall
- Salary
- £31,049 - £46,580 Pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 12:00
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist - Mildenhall INT
NHS AfC: Band 5 to Band 6
Job overview
The opportunity has arisen to grow our Occupational Therapy service at the West Suffolk Foundation Trust with a Band 6 part time or full-time post within the Mildenhall and Brandon INT.
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, residential care homes, and in clinics, by performing holistic assessment and delivery of therapy interventions.
- Formulation of individual specialist management/treatment plan for each client using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of highly specialised physical, sensory and cognitive treatment skills following analysis of information received from client, carers and referrer and any other professionals involved in the clients’ care as necessary.
- Support junior staff to manage their caseloads using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan and implement, specialised programmes of care and evaluate their interventions.
- Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital or prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
- Work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
- Assist the Team manager and Clinical Specialist OT.
- Identify training needs of self and junior staff through the appraisal process.
- Participate and support the Practice Placement Education of professional, NVQ and work experience students.
Main duties of the job
This post would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their occupational therapy clinical and leadership skills at band 6 level, or as a developmental role for an existing Band 5.
We would also consider experienced staff who are returning to practice.
The post holder will enjoy working as part of a team player, and would suit someone who is forward thinking, conscientious, and motivated to work autonomously and holistically.
You will benefit from working in a very supportive CAB team, department and NHS Trust that advocates continuous improvement and training opportunities to help develop our staff.
You will be provided with regular supervision from an experienced clinical specialist occupational therapist.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full duties and responsibilities.
Key tasks:
Communication
- To establish, maintain and participate in robust multi-disciplinary communication networks, for self and team, with clients, carers and other health workers and agencies involved in client care.
- To promote awareness of the role of Occupational Therapy within the team, in relation to all aspects of patient care, negotiating priorities where appropriate, informing the Integrated Services Implementation Plan using high level of presentation and training skills.
- To promote the role of the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services within Suffolk Community Healthcare, in relation to all aspects of client care, informing the Integrated Services Implementation Plan.
- To participate in and maintain robust professional communication systems within own and other professional teams.
- To ensure junior Occupational Therapy team members maintain robust communication systems within their own profession and with other professionals.
- To contribute to relevant meetings with Suffolk Community Healthcare. To provide highly complex information to the clients, clinicians and other agencies to assist in decision-making, using persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic and re-assurance skills.
- To ensure any verbal complaints are dealt with in a sensitive, effective and timely way in accordance with local and Trust complaints procedure.
- To ensure that self and junior members of the team maintain up-to-date written and electronic data, where applicable, in accordance with professional and Suffolk Community Healthcare standards and in compliance with Confidentiality of Information policy.
- To ensure self and all members of the team provide therapy reports relevant to the clients’ situations
Personal and People Development
- To identify the training needs of self and junior staff through the service appraisal process to inform personal and team development plans.
- To contribute to a robust induction process for all new staff in the multi-disciplinary services and all students on placement.
- To participate and support the Practice Placement Education of professional, NVQ and work experience students.
- To act as specialist witness for NVQ candidates.
- To plan, contribute and participate in robust in-service training programmes for the staff.
- To apply highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in order to demonstrate professional competence and fitness to practice in multi-disciplinary services.
- To demonstrate ongoing personal development of self and junior staff through participation in internal and external training and development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
- Develop self and others through regular one to ones and supervision.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/MSc)
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Relevant clinical courses
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience as a qualified therapist within a range of settings
- Documented evidence of Clinical Professional Development (CPD) demonstrating transferable skills.
- Previous experience of working in an NHS UK health and social care system
Desirable criteria
- Practice Educators Course
- Experience of supervising students or staff
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge of application of Occupational Therapy
- Assessment and interventions relevant to the client group
- I.T. skills
- Proven team player
- Demonstrable interpersonal skills
- Evidence of excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to undertake Manual Handling tasks
- Organisational skills and flexibility
- Ability to prioritise when working under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of audits conducted and service
- Evidence of service development initiatives
- Evidence of formal education and teaching
- Evidence of the promotion of occupational therapy
- Leadership training
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to critically self-reflect
- To be open to new initiatives and ways of working
- Good level of self-awareness to proactively, and sensitively meet the needs of patients and members in the team.
- Knowledge and use of coping skills to deal with working under pressure
- Able to demonstrate advanced initiative and responsibility
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others
- Pragmatic
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means
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
- Helen Woollard
- Job title
- INT specialist Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07895332809
- Additional information
Ian Markham - INT specialist Occupational therapist
07811940926
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