About this role
Job summary
To provide specialised Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment to patients with highly complex neurological conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
Main duties of the job
To carry out complex standardised and non-standardised assessments of functional ability, cognition, home situation and psychological issues liaising with senior staff as required for highly complex patients.
Prioritise and organise own patient caseload and develop individualised treatment interventions under the supervision of the Highly Specialist OTs
To carry out discharge home visits in liaison with health and social care agencies to identify equipment and care needs for discharge and identify and refer to appropriate onward services
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
To provide specialised Occupational Therapy assessmentand treatment to patients with highly complex neurological conditions as anautonomous practitioner. Staff are supported and guided by Highly SpecialistOccupational Therapists and a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist. To clinically supervise junior Occupational Therapy staff, assistants, technicalinstructors and students To assist the Lead OT and Highly Specialist OTs in the provision, monitoring and ongoing development of the service to ensure it continues to meet the needs of theservice users and responds to government and trust initiatives
Person Specification
HPC Registration in OT
Essential
- Post-qualifying experience within a neurological setting
- Experience of discharge planning and liaison with other health/social care professionals and outside agencies
Desirable
- Experience of working as a band 6
essential
- Degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Post-qualifying experience within a neurological setting
- Experience of discharge planning and liaison with other health/social care professionals and outside agencies
- Good knowledge of neurological conditions/illnesses
- Knowledge of the skills required in the assessment and treatment of neurological patients
- Knowledge of the range of therapeutic approaches/interventions available to OTs working in neurology
- Knowledge of some of the evidence base for OT treatments used in neurology
- Experience of contributing to service developments/clinical audit
- Evidence of active engagement in post-registration professional development/courses
Desirable
- Evidence of attendance a formal neuro specific courses/professional development within neurology
- Experience of working in a neurological rehabilitation setting
- Experience as a practice educator to OT students
- Experience of contributing to internal training/teaching
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
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxford Centre for Enablement
Oxford
OX37HE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)