About this role
Job summary
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a Speech & Language Therapist in the Hyper Acute Rehabilitation in reach team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
You will need to be a forward thinking, motivated and experienced Speech and Language Therapist with proven leadership and clinical skills to participate in our proof-of-concept HRS based at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
This is a new pilot project so the post holder will be participating and supporting the setting up and developing a 12-month proof of concept specialist hyperacute rehabilitation service within a small team of AHPs and Rehabilitation assistants..
It is a 12 month fixed term contract.
Main duties of the job
To work within the hyperacute rehabilitation in reach Team to optimise the rehabilitation of patients across OUH through MDT working and goal planning.
To work collaboratively with therapists across OUH to effectively assess patients to facilitate therapeutic interventions and establish ongoing treatment plans related to therapy management
To participate and lead on education and training sessions around hyperacute rehabilitation as part of an education programme as well as through additional teaching sessions as required
To engage with and lead onquality improvement, clinical audit and research projects
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.
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.
In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Job description Job responsibilities
To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice.
2.To work in conjunction with the OUH ward therapy teams to carry out comprehensive assessments of patientsand form specialist treatment and rehabilitation plans in partnership with the patient, their carers/family and the multi-disciplinary team.
3.To interpret and analyse multiple sources of highly complex clinical information to form accurate therapy diagnoses in the physical management of patients.
4.To formulate and deliver comprehensive therapeutic interventions alongside the ward therapy teams, based on expert clinical skills, evidence-based practice, and patient preferences.
5.To work with the hyperacute rehabilitation team and ward therapy teams to establish and support appropriate discharge planning and onward referrals.
6.To work with the ward therapy teams to evaluate patient progress against agreed treatment goals and be able to use advanced clinical reasoning skills to modify plans accordingly.To act as a patient advocate negotiating changes to clinical treatment plans as appropriate.
7.To determine a patients mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent and are deprived of their liberty.
8.To co-ordinate intervention where there is a need to collaborate across multiple disciplines and provide advice or education as appropriate.
9.To maintain accurate written records using an electronic patient record system and maintain fidelity to professional standards.
10.To determine and mitigate for risk of patient and staff harm using the agreed risk assessment frameworks and the Trusts manual handling policy and to ensure that team processes are designed to mitigate clinical risk.
11.To demonstrate physical ability to carry out therapy assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
12.To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
13.To represent thehyperacute rehabilitation teamand/or individual patients at multi-disciplinary team meetings as required, to ensure delivery of co-ordinated care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Speech & Language Therapy Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council -Significant experience at Band 6 or 7
Desirable
Experience in specialist field to master's level or equivalent'
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)