About this role
Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop your career within acute medicine and frailty services?
We are seeking a dynamic Occupational Therapist to join our established Medicine/Frailty Therapy Team at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced, patient-centred service, providing specialist Occupational Therapy input across the Emergency Department (ED), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Short Stay wards, and general medical wards.
You will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, undertaking comprehensive assessments, delivering timely interventions, and playing a key role in facilitating safe and effective discharge planning to optimise patient flow.
This post is offered as a development opportunity and would suit either:
An experienced Band 6 therapist seeking a new challenge, or A Band 5 therapist ready to progress into a more senior role with appropriate support and supervision We are looking for a clinician who is:
Proactive, adaptable, and able to work autonomously Passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care Committed to multidisciplinary working and service improvement The role includes participation in a 7-day working rota, with flexible shifts between 08:00 and 20:00.
If you are looking to develop your skills within frailty and urgent care pathways and make a real impact on patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Perform advanced Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.
Supervise, educate and assess students, assistants and Band 5 staff and provide specialised advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.
Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further develop own clinical practice and development of the service area. Make recommendations on changes to practice to the clinical lead/manager. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy Relevant accredited courses or experience to equivalent level HCPC registration
Desirable
Evidence of Masters level study
Occupational Experience and abilities Essential
Variety of post-graduate experience in core clinical areas (min 1 year) Evidence of a range of CPD activities associated with clinical area of post
Desirable
Specific evidence of experience in the role related area.
Knowledge and skills Essential
Experience of student/ staff supervision Evidence of involvement in Quality Improvement activities e.g audit or service development activities car driver
Desirable
Evidence of working to support staff /students in relation to HR processes e.g absence management/performance management
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 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
Scartho Road
Grimsby
DN332BA
Employer's website https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)