Band 6 Critical Care Occupational Therapist
Requirements
Requires a degree in Occupational Therapy and registration with the HPC, along with approximately 12 months of clinical experience in the specialty. Must possess strong communication skills and the ability to work varied shift patterns including weekends.
Job Description
The clinical role of the band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) is to perform specialist cognitive and functional assessment of patients within the Critical Care setting with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions in a Critical Care Setting.
The post holder will be required to work effectively in collaboration with the full multidisciplinary team, including other health professionals to promote the development, planning and delivery of intervention programmes and training in the specialist clinical area.
To manage, supervise and appraise staff and students within the specialist area.
To contribute to seven day working and extended service hours in specified areas.
To contribute to service development projects.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
- Be professionally & legally accountable for all aspects of work, including understanding of scope of OT Practice in Critical Care
- Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse/complex presentations and use advanced clinical reasoning to identify and deliver rehabilitation interventions
- Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent
- Use a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients/carers
- Work within Trust/Royal College of Occupational Therapists guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national & local standards and monitor own/others quality of practice
- Contribute to service over 7 day period in line with out of hours provision
- Be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with College of Occupational Therapists Standards of Practice/Trust Policy
- Be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development including Mandatory Training
- Maintain/develop current knowledge of evidenced based practice in Critical Care
- Ensure your own practice and that of staff under your supervision meet the required professional standards of Occupational Therapy practice
- Comply with organisational/departmental policies & procedures and be involved in reviewing and up-dating
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HPC
- Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate
- training relevant to clinical speciality
- Evidence of leadership training
- Good standard of general education including GCSE
- English and maths grade C or above
- A Levels or equivalent qualification
- Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
Essential
- Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in discharge planning.
- Team/service development
- A specialist knowledge across a range of OT treatments, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of occupational therapy
- An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- Understanding of current legislation and application to OT
- Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff
- An understanding of discharge routes in the community
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & Powerpoint
- An ability to prioritise and organise own workload Demonstrate enthusiasm for speciality Demonstrate a professional attitude An ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action
- An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Demonstrate a professional attitude
- An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments
- An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the relevant team
- Able to contribute to weekend service
- Ability to work varied shift patterns commensurate to service area
- Desirable Able to drive with maximum 3 points on driving licence
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Sherilyn Boyd
Sherilyn.Boyd@uhb.nhs.uk
01214242570
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018680
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 497KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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