Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Gen Med Rehabilitation team at Clayponds Hospital to work in our skilled and friendly MDT. As one of the Band 6 Occupational Therapists you will be expected to carry a clinical caseload and be an active member of the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team.

You will work closely with the Band 7 and 6 Occupational Therapists on Jasmin and Magnolia wards to ensure we deliver a high quality Occupational Therapy input to our patients.The successful candidate would be part of a supportive and friendly AHP team including Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Dieticians, Psychology, Therapy Technicians, as well as part of a bigger MDT of our Nurses, Doctors and Pharmacists. Jasmin and Magnolia wards are an integral part of the wider Intermediate Care team based at Clayponds Hospital. Patients have access to a variety of equipment in a large unique gym space and additional specific designated ADL rooms. Patients receive specialist therapy input until they are able to return their to preferred discharge destination

Main duties of the job

·To work within the clinical team, managing your own caseload including assessment, implementing and evaluating treatment and applying specialist skills to support patients presenting with varied and complex conditions.

·With senior support, to provide clinical expertise in the prioritisation and treatment of patients within the scope of the conditions referred to the integrated care service. To ensure that service provision supports the objectives of Ealing Community Partners and meets expectations regarding national guidelines

·Primarily to work on Jasmin and/or Magnolia Ward with the General Medical and Admission avoidance bed, but may be asked to cover the other neurological/general rehab wards as required.

·The post holder will ensure the service provision supports the objectives of the Trust.

·To train and supervise junior staff in the team and support students on placement

·To work with the senior clinical team in the development of a robust service delivery model, to facilitate the effective use of resources and execute the appropriate changes in order to meet the current demand.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• • Diploma/BSc in Occupational Therapy
• • Health and Care Professions Council registration (HCPC).

Desirable criteria

• • Member of BAOT
• • Evidence of significant post qualifying development including MSc in a related subject or equivalent CPD

Experience

Essential criteria

• • Substantial post graduate experience to include relevant specialist courses.
• • Substantial experience within Physical health care at Band 5 level.
• • Experience in neurology, acute medicine, respiratory, elderly care
• • Experience of assessing complex disability using clinical reasoning skills
• • Membership of appropriate specialist interest group
• • Experience of manually handling patients and/or equipment safely to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessments and treatments.
• • Highly developed manual handling, therapeutic and positioning skills
• • Goal directed programme development skills for patients with a range of complex presentations.
• • Experience of using cognitive, behavioural and communication strategies to ensure optimal treatment outcomes and rehabilitation goals are met.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• • Knowledge and experience of assessment, treatment and care management in this specialist field
• • Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• • Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them
• • Basic IT skills.
• • Basic working knowledge of Orthotics or desire to develop them.
• • Evidence of good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills, and ability to work independently.
• • Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends, practices and models used in the treatment of people with neurological conditions.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• • Ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively at all levels.
• • Presentation skills and the ability to teach in both a group setting and on a one to one basis.
• • Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• • Ability to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of the service i.e. extended hours and weekends.
• • Warm, friendly, approachable
• • Ability to cope with change
• • Able to work seamlessly with other professional groups

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel across the Trust to fulfil the requirements of the post