Rotational Occupational Therapist
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as a HCPC Registered Rotational Occupational Therapist.
In joining our team as a Rotational Occupational Therapist, you will work in a variety of settings as part of a rotation and be influential in supporting both in-patient, outpatient and community services with a strong focus on rehabilitation, education and prevention, and self-management / lifestyle advice for acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions.
You will work with multi-disciplinary teams/agencies in addressing a range of care/support issues across the spectrum of conditions, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely discharges and improving the health and wellbeing of the local population.
A range of graded interventions will be used which may include moderate physical and frequent mental and emotional effort by using occupational performance to address skill deficits enabling the Service User in areas of function, self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. This will be applied to each specialism throughout the rotation period.
All newly qualified clinical/social work staff are required to complete their preceptorship/ASYE during the first 12 months of employment.
As part of this role, you will be required to travel across wide geographical area and have access to a car, with valid driving licence and business insurance.
Main duties of the job
As Allied HealthProfessionals (AHP's), we focus maximising function, preventing deterioration; supporting both safe discharge and / or follow up in the community with short- and longer-term rehabilitation programmes ensuring adaptation to life changes.
As part of this role you will:
- Promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering rehabilitation and assessment.
- Provide Specialist rehabilitation services which are a highly complex area of the care and will act as an autonomous professional.
- Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust.
- Be skilled in the assessment of preventative treatment/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of agreed goals.
- Dependent on level of experience you may be expected to support supervision / education of unregistered members of staff and OT students, and to support students from other professions who work in the team.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by
- Supporting your career development and progression.
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resource.
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that you are required to hold a valid HCPC registration to apply for this role and be able to evidence required skills.
As part of this role, you will be required to travel across wide geographical area and have access to a car, with valid driving licence and business insurance.
For full details of the role, please see attached the job description and person specification. If you do have any further questions regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent & Registration with HCPC
- All newly qualified clinical/social work staff are required to complete their preceptorship/ASYE during the first 12 months of employment.
Desirable
- Field work educators accreditation
- Completion of specialist qualification or training in areas of: oStroke oRehabilitation Medicine oOlder adults oD2A service oCommunity Rehabilitation oEquipment / environmental adaptations
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of OT process and role of OT with acute and longer term health conditions, neurological conditions including stroke
- Understanding of Information Governance, Data Protection, HCPC, RCOT standards and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Desirable
- Awareness of relevant NSF's and NICE guidance
- Ability to participate in and support evaluation of service delivery through research, audit and outcome measures
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Home First
Newcastle under Lyme / Moorlands
ST5 7NJ
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)