Senior Occupational Therapist, WRH

At Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust our Occupational Therapy service is recognised for its high quality patient care. We are excited to announce that we have the opportunity for a Band 6 to join our service, supporting the ACUTE TRAUMA TEAM AT WORCESTER ROYAL HOSPITAL.

This post supports our vision of a highly skilled workforce that has knowledge and skills in delivering modernised Occupational Therapy, focusing on providing acute assessments to Trauma patients including upper/lower limb fractures, traumatic head injury and poly trauma cases. We play an important role with the multidisciplinary team on the Trauma unit in facilitating patients recovery post fracture and to support the patients to return to their own home environment whilst they go through the recovery process. There is opportunity to develop clinical reasoning and practice in this area and the post allows opportunities to engage in teaching and learning with experienced staff to develop both clinical and leadership skill

We are looking for highly motivated practitioners that will be able to demonstrate safe, patient centred approach to care, under pinned by sound clinical knowledge in evidence based assessment and management of a variety of Trauma conditions.

You will be supported by a very skilled work force and expected to work within a multi professional environment. Staff will be nurtured and developed by a Band 7 Clinical Specialist and 8a Trauma Strategic Clinical Lead.

Main duties of the job

To hold an active caseload within inpatients trauma based at the Worcester Royal Hospital in Worcester.

To provide supervision for junior Occupational Therapists and assistants and students carrying an acute caseload.

prioritise and allocate the caseload to effect timely assessment and discharge.

To ensure that the Occupational Therapy service to patients trust wide maintains high professional standards.

To carry out assessment and treatment programmes for patients this may include the administration and interpretation of standardised assessments.

To ensure that all documentation regarding patient care is completed in accordance with local and Royal College of Occupational Therapy standards.

To be involved, as required, in the education of colleagues and students.

To ensure your professional/clinical knowledge is kept updated.

To comply with the Health and Care Professions Council registration requirements and maintain active

HCPC registration.

To be able to travel and work countywide in support of the Occupational Therapy Service including a seven day service and service provision on Bank Holidays and working flexibly around core service hours.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description
Job responsibilities

WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title: Trauma & Orthopaedics Senior Occupational Therapist

Pay Band: six

Hours: 37.5 hours working 5 days across 7 days

Contract: Permanent

Location / Department: Worcester Royal Hospital Occupational Therapy Service (Primary Base)

Accountable to: Band 8B Occupational Therapy Manager

Reports to: Band 8A Clinical Strategic Lead Occupational Therapist for Trauma & Orthopaedics

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Occupational Therapy Manager, Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialists, All members of the

Occupational Therapy Team, Physiotherapy.

External: Community colleagues both within Occupational Therapy and in other professions, Consultants

from the employing Trust, GPs, Nursing staff, Social Workers, Relatives/carers, Voluntary and statutory

agencies.

Risk Assessment:

This post involves the frequent manual handling activities within the workplace including patient handling such as hoisting, pushing/moving wheelchairs, positioning patients for treatment and to encourage function, static stooping and limb holding.

It includes assisting patients with standing, walking and transferring between bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, and bath/shower. The above manual handling activities may be carried out within the patients home environment, frequently in less than ideal circumstances.

On occasions the post holder will be required to lone work within the patients home environment which

will include manual handling including the delivery and fitting of equipment.

Physical effort is required to ensure patient and staff safety mobilising or transfers, this frequently includes the handling and transportation of patient related equipment in and out of a vehicle, commodes, toilet frames, wheelchairs etc. and the moving and raising of furniture and equipment within the patients home environment.

The ability to safely use a variety of tools may be required.

A high level of clinical analysis is required to ensure the safety of self, patients and other staff.

Frequent close contact with patients therefore exposes the post holder to infection, bodily fluid e.g.

sputum, urine, faeces, blood or vomit and a high awareness of infection control safety is required.

The post holder will be involved in and may need to instigate difficult discussions with patients and carers under difficult circumstances following a life changing event or illness. This will be around a patients functional ability and be around their prospects of returning to home, work or some life skills e.g. driving.

All qualified staff will be required to take therapeutic risks during the assessment and treatment of

patients, both in the hospital and the patients home environment as required, to ensure accurate

assessment of a patients functional ability and safety levels.

There is a need for prolonged concentration and involvement in emotionally stressful situations, e.g.

terminally ill patients or those with poor recovery or functional prognosis. This will include occasional

contact with patients and/or carers who are aggressive or abusive.

Job Purpose:

To provide Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients within

the acute service with a special emphasis on patients within the trauma and orthopaedics directorate, this will include working within tight timeframes for patient discharges.

To provide guidance and supervision to less experienced staff and students.

To take a proactive role within the Occupational Therapy team, with the ability to provide advice or cover on other Trust sites as required.

To liaise with senior Occupational Therapists to ensure the smooth and effective running of the

Occupational Therapy service at an operational level on a daily basis.

You will gain mentorship and support from the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead and Clinical

Specialist, especially those within trauma and orthopaedics.

Key Duties:

To hold an active caseload within inpatients trauma and orthopaedics based at the Worcester Royal Hospital in Worcester. Your caseload skills will include (but not be exclusive to) trauma, traumatic brain injury and

Elective orthopaedics including pre-operative assessment.

This will include assessment and treatment of inpatients and providing guidance on assessment and treatment for less experienced staff.

To provide advice/mentorship/supervision for band 5 Occupational Therapists and assistants and students carrying an acute caseload, with emphasis on but not exclusive to, trauma and orthopaedics.

To take an active role within the pooled referral system across OT within trauma and orthopaedics, assisting to prioritise and allocate the caseload to effect timely assessment and discharge.

To be actively involved in both direct and indirect supervision and teaching of junior staff.

To ensure that the Occupational Therapy service to patients trust wide maintains high professional standards, using evidence based assessment whenever possible.

To liaise regularly with other agencies/professions as shown under key working relationships.

To attend and contribute to relevant meetings both clinical and managerial, providing accurate verbal or written reporting as appropriate.

To ensure all equipment or written documentation is provided in a timely manner to facilitate patient safety.

To carry out assessment and treatment programmes for patients this may include the administration and interpretation of standardised assessments.

To ensure that all documentation and data regarding patient care is completed in accordance with local and Royal College of Occupational Therapy standards.

To be able to safely and effectively undertake the manual handling aspects of the role. This will include loading/unloading and transportation and fitting of equipment. This will include lifting items up/down, pushing, pulling, stooping and bending. The use, handling and safety of hand tools will also be required.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the level/expertise of the post to ensure the smooth running of the Occupational Therapy service, this will include the treatment of patients on the wards, within the department or within the patients home environment.

To be involved, as required, in the education of colleagues and students. To be a Practice Educator and train Occupational Therapy students regularly.

To ensure your professional/clinical knowledge is kept updated and attend appropriate training, demonstrating continued professional development and competency and encourage evidence based practice where appropriate.

To participate in projects or audit, via the Occupational Therapy Clinical Governance group as required

To apply national guidelines to the clinical setting.

To take an active role in the maintenance of professional standards and the provision of a quality service using resources responsibly.

To work in liaison with the Occupational Therapy manager and the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead and Specialist to implement any agreed changes to service provision.

To be actively involved in the recruitment of staffing within Occupational Therapy across the Trust as required.

To ensure safe working practice by adherence to Trust wide policies and procedures.

To comply with the Health and Care Professions Council registration requirements and maintain active

HCPC registration, and work to the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Standards of Professional Practice.

To be able to travel and work countywide in support of the Occupational Therapy Service including a 7 day service and service provision on Bank Holidays and working flexibly around core service hours.

Vision and Values:

The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.

To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people

Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:

Do what we say we will do

No Delays, every day

We listen, we learn, we lead

Work together, celebrate together

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of post graduate training in areas related to trauma and orthopaedics.
• Active HCPC registration

Desirable

• Practice educator
• Institute of leadership and Management Level 3

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of experience within NHS hospital based trauma and orthopaedics.
• Experience of the administration and interpretation of commonly used standardised cognitive assessments.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of working at a fast pace within an acute NHS setting

Desirable

• Experience of administering and interpreting the head injury assessment, LOTCA / GOAT
• Experience of working with patients in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury.

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential

• Ability to undertake the manual handling aspects of the role on a daily basis (see job description) .
• Ability to travel / work between sites
• Ability to be able to work across a 7 day working pattern.
• To be able to cope with health and safety issues relating to Oc
  
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