About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead and develop our therapy team on the oncology ward at the Hampstead site as well as support the therapy team in medical specialties, including infectious diseases, respiratory and cardiology.
You would be required to provide clinical leadership to a team of Occupational Therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians and therapy assistants. You will also be part of the leadership team for Occupational Therapy, developing the service in the trust.
The successful candidate is required to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. In particular you should have proven experience of leading teams and be willing to work in new and innovative ways. This is an exciting time to be joining the therapy team at the Royal Free, as we are developing new ways of working, especially in Occupational Therapy.
If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification, we would welcome your application.
To find out more about working at the Royal Free please visit our website at: www.royalfree.nhs.uk/jobs
Please contact Deborah Ferreira on 02077940500 ext 34707 or [email protected]
Main duties of the job
As an autonomous practitioner, provides highly specialist OT interventions for own caseload of complex oncology and medical inpatients. This includes respiratory, cardiology, infectious diseases and oncology.
To be responsible for the ongoing development of the non-surgical pre-optimisation pathway for therapy services.
To provide clinical leadership to the complex medical and oncology inpatient team Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapist and Dietitians for both inpatient and outpatient services.
To be responsible for the safe, effective and timely provision of a therapy service to oncology and medical inpatients at The Royal Free Hospital.
To have responsibility for the clinical supervision of senior occupational therapists working in the medical specialties at the Royal Free Hospital.
To have responsibility for supporting clinical audit, research, and QI within therapy services and with our MDT colleagues.
To implement best practice guidelines within the acute OT service (in own service and in collaboration with other OT Clinical Leads across all acute inpatient areas).
To work collaboratively with all members of the MDT (internal and external partners), including medical, nursing, discharge and operational staff to support national and local NHS strategies impacting oncology and medical patients.
** For full details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification**
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 topTherapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications Essential
. Degree/Diploma in Occupational therapy . HCPC Registration . Evidence of Continuous Professional Development . Postgraduate training or development in clinical skills up to a Masters Degree level or equivalent . Postgraduate training or development in management/ leadership skills . Membership of special interest group
Experience Essential
. Recent experience in an acute setting in Oncology,medicine oncology/haematology, long term and life limiting conditions, respiratory or infectious diseases) or similar. . Experience of working autonomously managing own priorities and multiple demands on time . Evidence of having clinically supervised senior qualified staff . Experience of leading a service . Active involvement in clinical audit/research, quality improvement and policy/guideline implementation . Experience teaching in multi-disciplinary group setting. . Experience of facilitating service development by collaborating with stakeholders across other professions and organisations
Skills and aptitudes Essential
. Highly specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in oncology, palliative care and complex medicine . Demonstrates a clear ability to work efficiently and effectively in a multi-disciplinary team . Demonstrates an understanding of the research/audit/QI processes. . Demonstrates an understanding of governance requirements in leading a multi-professional therapy team. . Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills, both written and verbal. . Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills. . Able to prioritise multiple tasks across a spectrum of urgent and important clinical and non clinical work. . Ability to manage frequent interruptions of job tasks during the working day. . Excellent leadership skills. . Committed to best practice and aware of national standards and evidence. . Clear understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on the service
Personal Qualities and attributes Essential
. Professional attitude . A commitment to professional development of self and others . Flexible approach to working based on service needs. . Ability to frequently cope with working in a stressful environment and support others to do so. . Innovative and creative thinker
Others Essential
. Ability to carry out manual handling tasks in line with trust guidelines . Competent IT skills . Familiar with NHS and Social Care Policies . Able to comply with equal opportunities policies
Royal Free World Class Values Essential
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)