About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist, to join our established Band 6 OT neurosciences and neurorehabilitation rotation.
This post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical skills in several specialist multi-disciplinary teams with the aim of providing high quality, efficient and effective OT to a wide range of neuro patients. You will be responsible for the supervision of OT staff and Therapy Technicians. As well as having a key role in promoting evidence-based practice and service development. We are an innovative Neuro OT workforce who are passionate about the specialist services we provide offering opportunities for skilled development.
The Band 6 Neuro OT rotation includes the following areas:
- Neurology
- Neuro cardiac including CTICU
- Neuro trauma
- Neurosurgery including NICU
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Hyper acute and Acute stroke services
- Level 1 and Level 2 neurorehabilitation including the inpatient FND service.
- Wandsworth Community Neuro Rehabilitation team
All applicants must have experience of working with an adult client group in neurological rehabilitation. You need to be a confident autonomous practitioner with competent communication skills, a flexible problem-solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management.
Main duties of the job
This role forms part of the band 6 neuro OT rotation. Rotations are usually 9 months long but this depends on service need.
Clinical
The post holder is required to provide specialist clinical assessment, treatment and advice to support the management of a complex neurological caseload. Interventions include specialist cognitive and perceptual assessment; tone and spasticity assessment and management (including casting and splinting), specialist seating and complex discharge & rehabilitation planning. Early OT interventions often focus on reducing secondary complications associated with acute admissions (e.g. early mobilisation - reducing risk of chest infections; early tone assessment and management - reducing risk of contractures and long-term need for spasticity management).
Leadership/workforce management
The post holder is responsible for the daily management of their clinical caseload including prioritisation and allocation to junior and/or support staff. The clinical effectiveness of the service is monitored through recognised performance service metrics (SNNAP/ NHS-E / UKROC data set and local Therapies Scorecard Activity data.)
The post holder also contributes to the delivery of the neurosciences 7-day therapy services and assists the Trust in meeting their objectives around patient flow and outstanding care every time.
About us
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching Trust with one of the largest hospitals in Europe. As a Major Trauma Centre we are known for our excellence in stroke, neurorehabilitation, and acute neurosciences services.
Our neuro services are located across three sites: St George's Hospital in Tooting, Queen Mary's Hospital at Roehampton and the Wandsworth Community Services based at St John's Therapy Centre.
Co-located with City St. George's University we have an active role in student education and placement learning.
We are a supportive and dynamic team -highly committed to the well-being, learning and development of our staff. We have an established supervision and CPD programme. Our dedication to evidence-based practice is reflected in our service standards, day-to-day care, service development initiatives, access to specialist equipment (including highly specialist upper limb technology) and our participation in research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- oRCOT membership
- oMember of SSNP
Desirable
- oCar driver
- oInnovative
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HPC Registration
- oEvidence of Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice.
Desirable
- Fieldwork Educators Course
- oAttendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field of neurology.
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious NHS experience either as a qualified Occupational Therapist (substantive or locum) or as an undergraduate Occupational Therapy Student.
- oPost qualification experience in Neurology (stroke/TBI)
- oWorking as part of a MDT
- oAbility to form a sound prognosis and advise other members of the MDT
Desirable
- oPost-qualification experience in a Neurorehab setting
- oPrevious experience at band 6 level
- oStaff/student supervision/IPR
- oTeaching experience in in-service programs
- oInvolvement in Clinical audit
- oExperience of the research process
Skills
Essential
- oIs up to date with professional practice and new research
- oGood assessment skills based on a sound clinical reasoning approach
- oUnderstanding of the principles of normal movement and the impact of cognition and perception on function.
- oHave an understanding of setting, monitoring and evaluation of short and long term goals
- oAbility to work under pressure / accept responsibility
- oGood team player
- oFlexible working approach
- oGood time management skills
Desirable
- oApplication of a variety of treatment techniques
- oUse of standardised assessments
- oCompetent IT skills
- oPresentation/teaching skills
- oClinical audit
- oSupervision of students and support staff
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of current OT and Government initiatives
- oUnderstand the legal responsibilities of the working as a healthcare professional
- oUnderstanding of Quality and Audit initiatives, including Clinical Governance
- oAble to work within Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the needs of the patients
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.
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
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George’s Hospital
Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)