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Specialist Occupational Therapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekend and Bank Holiday working)
Job ref
423-6247705
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale NHS foundation trust
Town
Keighley
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/05/2024 23:59

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Specialist Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist - FEP team (Band 6)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

 

Job overview

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist occupational therapist or  Physiotherapist to work within the Frail elderly pathway team in urgent care at Airedale General Hospital (acute assessment unit and emergency department) within the acute therapy service. This post is a 12 month Fixed Term contract and the post holder will be required to contribute to the further development and implementation of rapid assessment, planning and discharge pathways at the front door of the hospital. The successful applicant will work closely with community teams, social care and other members of the statutory and volunteer services to enhance flow and discharge through the hospital.

Main duties of the job

  • To undertake a supporting role to the Team Leader; managing, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the therapy services provided to Frail elderly patients.
  • To provide expert training and education for all grades of staff and other health professionals in the therapeutic management of Frail patients.
  • To deputise for the Team Leader when requested.
  • To apply evidence based, knowledge and skills to the assessment and treatment of patients within the acute service
  • To work in partnership with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
  • To work with colleagues to ensure the effective functioning of the team.
  • To participate in quality improvements to enhance the acute therapy service and the Frail elderly pathway (FEP) therapy team.
  • Contribute to student training and development.

Working for our organisation

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.


We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details and a thorough job description, please see attached to this advert a Job description and personal specification. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy
  • State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
  • Completion of course in Professional Practice education
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership courses
  • Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations (CSP/RCOT)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant and recent experience working at band 5 level in the acute setting.
  • Relevant and recent experience working in multiple specialities - This must include at least 12 months on acute medical wards/AAU
  • Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies including statutory, private and voluntary sector services
  • Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
  • Recent experience of student training.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience at Band 6 level
  • Worked in emergency department
  • Supervisory & appraisal skills
  • Worked within an integrated team
  • Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ service improvements

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support advanced clinical practice in Frailty
  • Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working
  • Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
  • Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance,
  • Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
  • Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity
  • Knowledge of the NHS constitution
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of current national and local legislation relevant to discharge
  • Specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in relation to Frailty

Other

Desirable criteria
  • Current UK Driving Licence
  • Access to own transport

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Irving
Job title
FEP team leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 652511
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