Band 7 Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist - Emergency Dept

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our unique and vibrant therapy team at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist with an extensive range of clinical and leadership skills to work across our emergency department, adult and medical assessment units.

Main duties of the job
You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and operational management to the team and manage a clinical caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to facilitate early discharge, to promote independence and improve patient health outcomes. The post holder will promote the Homefirst mindset with a passion for admission avoidance and will utilise rapid response and discharge to assess pathways to ensure that patients leave hospital in a safe and timely way and that there is safe and effective patient flow. The role will require you to work on a 7 day working roster with extended hours (inclusive of bank holidays).

About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top. For more information please follow link

Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust

Person Specification
Royal Free shared commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments

Education & professional Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Occupational Therapy or Diploma or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Evidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development in specialist clinical area

Desirable

• Evidence of study or intention to study at masters level

Experience

• Substantial postgraduate experience at a Band 6 level, predominately working with patients with frailty, physical and cognitive disabilities
• Experience of working with elderly patients
• Experience and ability of working in an acute setting

Desirable

• Membership of specialist interest group

Skills and aptitudes

• Experience and ability of working within the emergency department and acute medicine
• Experience of teaching and supervising less experienced staff
• Experience of teaching and supervising students
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
• Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour Change training
• Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
• Experience of leading a team
• Experience of clinical audit and/or research
• Experience of teaching to unidisciplinary/multidisciplinary groups
• Evidence of active involvement in service development & contribution to change within the workplace
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning and management of complex cases
• Evidence of a clear understanding of the role of OT within emergency and acute medicine
• Able to display transdisciplinary working competencies across OT and Physiotherapy
• Ability to participate in weekend, bank-holiday and extended hours rota
• Ability to manage acute traumatic/non traumatic spinal injuries
• Ability to identify deteriorating patient
• Understanding of service development and evaluation
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and time management
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Commitment to best practice and national standards
• Knowledge of quality assurance and audit programmes

Personal qualities and attributes

• Highly effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness in a range of situations
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
• Ability to negotiate at a variety of levels
• A flexible approach
• Self-direction in thought and practice
• Knowledge of research and development process
• Evidence of CPD
• Ability to lead a team
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others

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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