Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a compassionate and skilled Occupational Therapist dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals in palliative care? An exciting job opportunity has come up for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the wonderful MDT on the Palliative Care Unit, Wansbeck General Hospital. The successful candidate will need to have post graduate experience of working within palliative care. They will need to feel confident and comfortable working autonomously without direct supervision, and have the skills to guide and support others e.g. OT students and technical instructors. We as a service value enthusiasm, passion, creativity and the ability to motivate self and others. We are committed to supporting personal development and provide a robust supervision, support and governance structure. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Main duties of the job
To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to patients with a palliative care need. To ensure service provision in the specialised area is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills. To manage a defined caseload of patients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To undertake complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions. This work will take place both in patients' homes and hospital. To provide leadership for junior and support staff, through supervision and mentoring. To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within the designated area, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering group. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy service. To regularly supervise undergraduate Occupational Therapy students on practice placement and participate in placement experience of other professionals. About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England. Job responsibilities
Responsible for: Own clinical practice, delegating work to support staff and supporting students on clinical placements. To comply with the College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and National and Trust procedures. To work autonomously respecting the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs. Your clinical expertise will be provided where it is required as directed by your line manager. Person Specification
Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in O.T. State registered with Health Professions Council. Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period). Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area. Experience
Documented evidence of continuing professional development. Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work. Experience and working understanding of audit procedures. Experience of providing O.T. in varied settings. Experience of working in a community setting. Experience of working in an acute and/or in-patient rehabilitation setting. Supervision of more junior staff and students. Experience of research procedures. Other
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. 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.
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Are you a compassionate and skilled Occupational Therapist dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals in palliative care? An exciting job opportunity has come up for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the wonderful MDT on the Palliative Care Unit, Wansbeck General Hospital. The successful candidate will need to have post graduate experience of working within palliative care. They will need to feel confident and comfortable working autonomously without direct supervision, and have the skills to guide and support others e.g. OT students and technical instructors. We as a service value enthusiasm, passion, creativity and the ability to motivate self and others. We are committed to supporting personal development and provide a robust supervision, support and governance structure. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Main duties of the job
To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to patients with a palliative care need. To ensure service provision in the specialised area is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills. To manage a defined caseload of patients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To undertake complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions. This work will take place both in patients' homes and hospital. To provide leadership for junior and support staff, through supervision and mentoring. To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within the designated area, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering group. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy service. To regularly supervise undergraduate Occupational Therapy students on practice placement and participate in placement experience of other professionals. About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England. Job responsibilities
Responsible for: Own clinical practice, delegating work to support staff and supporting students on clinical placements. To comply with the College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and National and Trust procedures. To work autonomously respecting the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs. Your clinical expertise will be provided where it is required as directed by your line manager. Person Specification
Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in O.T. State registered with Health Professions Council. Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period). Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area. Experience
Documented evidence of continuing professional development. Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work. Experience and working understanding of audit procedures. Experience of providing O.T. in varied settings. Experience of working in a community setting. Experience of working in an acute and/or in-patient rehabilitation setting. Supervision of more junior staff and students. Experience of research procedures. Other
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. 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.
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