Band 7 Occupational Therapist (fixed term)
Salary grade: £46,660 - £59,198 per annum
Department/ward: Occupational Therapist
Band 7 Occupational Therapist – Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Job Title: Occupational Therapist (Band 7)
Contract Type: Fixed Term (9 months)
Department: Clinical Operations
Salary range: £46,660 – £59,198 per annum
Responsible to: Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Putney, Southwest London
Here at the RHN we support Flexible Working for our staff and are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
Summary of position and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
The RHN is a leading national centre of excellence, providing adult person-centred services that span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex neuro-disability and their families, underpinned by a strong research and education programme.
Occupational therapists work across all service areas at RHN, covering the following areas: Specialist Long Term Care Service, a 123 bed facility for people with severe and complex neuro-disability including Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness; Young Adults Unit, Brain Injury Service, a 49 bed unit for people requiring level 1 Neuro-rehabilitation; and Specialist Services, comprising our Ventilator Dependent Service, our Neuro-behavioural service and our Huntington’s Disease Service. The Band 7 Occupational Therapist (OT) is a key member of the interdisciplinary team) and has a responsibility for supervision of Band 6 OT’s within the team and overseeing the clinical practice of the OT’s and OTA’s. The Band 7 will be expected to take an active/lead role in the service development for each unit in collaboration with other senior therapists within the team. The Band 7 will participate in: –
• Management of a Clinical Caseload
• Research as appropriate
• Clinical Audit
• Service development within the unit and OT service
• Lead IPR’s for Band 6 OT’s
• Oversee IPR’s for OTA’s
• Clinical Supervision of Band 6 OT’s
• Clinical Practice developments and Innovations
RHN is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer that respects and values the differences of our people to achieve their full potential.
Person specification: Essential and Desirable
Essential
1. HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist; member of BAOT/ Royal College of Occupational Therapist.
2. Minimum of 4 years practising as a qualified OT, with a minimum of 18 months in neuro-disability.
3. Experience as a clinical supervisor.
4. Evidence of leading a team to include:
a. Supporting staff
b. Application of corporate and organisational objectives into practice
c. Change management
d. Service and self-development
e. Initiate new ideas
5. Evidence of an understanding and skill of team working at discipline and MDT level
6. MA problem solving, Innovative & Creative approach to assessment & interventions- including client centred goal planning
Desirable
1. Experience in conducting wheelchair and postural management assessments.
2. Knowledge and use of outcome measures, such as those used within UK ROC (GAS goals, FIM/FAM. NPTDA-PHYS, NPDS-H, NIS)
3. Special interest is seating and/or splinting
To Apply
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
Please see the attached Job Description for the full role key responsibilities and person specification.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the RHN Resourcing team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
RHN is a care provider for vulnerable patients at extreme risk. In consequence, safeguarding patients will always be our highest priority.
RHN is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer that respects and values the differences of our people to achieve their full potential. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our Resourcing Team at [email protected]
1. To carry a caseload and take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex physical and cognitive presentations.
2. To work as part of an inter-disciplinary team providing patient-centred care and management to patients at various stages of the rehabilitation pathway.
3. To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision, support and the IPR process.
4. To demonstrate awareness of RHN’s objectives and contribute to achieving them appropriately.
5. To strive to improve efficiency in all areas of your work.
6. To ensure professionalism and excellent communication with staff, patients and relatives.
1. To work effectively as part of a specialist multi-disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent joint working and communication, to achieve patient-centred goals and ensure optimal management and rehabilitation of patients with complex physical, cognitive and communicative needs.
2. To assess and treat a specific caseload of patients with complex needs, prioritising effectively to reduce risk and manage the patient’s disability or rehabilitation needs
3. To assess and treat the patient’s personal and domestic daily living functional activity level to maximise independence where possible
4. To participate in MDT assessment and provision or a 24 hour postural management programme, including assessment and provision of splints, participation in assessment of seating and bed positioning
5. To delegate tasks effectively, to other members of the OT department or to other members of the MDT, including nursing, including contribution to patient care plans
6. To advise on, recommend and make provision for the installation of appropriate aids and adaptations where appropriate
7. To carry out community visits and complete timely reports on these, as part of rehabilitation, leisure, or discharge planning
8. To attend all relevant meetings, and complete all necessary documentation and outcome measures involved in a patients’ admission, according to HCPC and RCOT standards, in order to facilitate optimal communication and patient management, and to meet Service requirements.
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Candidates applying for a role at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability will be expected to have received their vaccination against the coronavirus strain (COVID-19) as part of our pre-employment process before commencing employment at the RHN. Please let us know if you have not managed to arrange to receive the vaccine via other channels yet, as we can arrange the administration of the vaccine within the hospital. Please note that if you have a medical reason as to why you are not able to have the vaccine or you have any questions on the vaccination, please feel free to contact [email protected].