Burns & Plastics Static Occupational Therapist
☞ Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Update day: 11-06-2024
Location: Nottingham East Midlands
Category: Health / Medical Care Doctors / Nurse Fashion / Lifestyle Social Work / Community Services
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Salary: £35,392 - £42,618 a year
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Band 6
- Full time
- Part time
Job overview
We have a unique opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Burns and Plastics service at NUH, a regional unit for burns care, on a 12 month fixed term or secondment basis. We are small friendly team who are privileged to work with both adults and children throughout their journey from an inpatient to an outpatient. A typical day involves a mixture of inpatient assessments and outpatient appointments, both face-face and virtually, so no one day is the same! In this role you will gain knowledge of scar management assessment and interventions such as pressure garments, use specialist equipment within functional upper limb rehabilitation and develop splinting and bracing skills. Prior experience in burns or musculoskeletal settings is not essential as we are primarily seeking someone who has an interest in burns and plastics, is proactive and has a desire to learn.
The Band 6 Job description and person specification are attached to this advert.
If you are unsure about applying, please contact us to discuss the post further and ask any questions that you may have.
Main duties of the job
General responsibilities of the post holder following relevant training and experience:
Demonstrate effective communication skills while working as part of multidisciplinary team
Demonstrate excellent time management of mixed caseload
Complete ward based assessments and interventions to facilitate discharges and rehabilitation
Provide scar management assessment and treatments within an outpatient setting
Complete hand and upper limb assessments and interventions
Fit and fabricate a variety of splints and braces
Work flexibly and autonomously across a variety of settings
Supporting patients holistically following trauma
Additional responsibilities for Band 6:
Provide support, training and supervision to more junior staff (support staff and students)
Demonstrate leadership qualities and deputise for the Band 7 team leader as appropriate
Manage more complex inpatient and outpatients
Engage in service development projects
Possible weekend working
Working for our organisation
Why work for us? As a Trust, we’ve made a clear commitment to our patients and staff that ’we are here for you’. We will do all we can to ensure our patients get the best possible care we can give them. We want you to be proud to be part of the NUH team.
Our core values are:
Caring and helpful
Safe and vigilant
Clinically excellent
Accountable and reliable
Best use of time and resources
Innovation for patients
Our behavioural standards have been developed with staff and patients, to help us support each other to deliver the consistently high quality service our communities deserve. The standards apply to all of us, and are a part of everyone’s job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review job description and person specifications attached to this advert as well as the below.
Main job duties and responsibilities:
- Communicate effectively while working as part of multidisciplinary team of nurses, consultants, other allied health professionals, clinical psychologists, social worker, GP etc.
- Demonstrate excellent time management skills of an inpatient and outpatient (adult and possible paediatric) caseload within a working day
- Demonstrate ICT skills- electronic noting, using appointment systems, recording outcomes and data, letter/report writing, accessing a number of platforms such as ISLA care, Nervecentre, Medway, Notis,
- Complete ward based assessments such as initial interviews, transfer and functional assessments
- Provide ward based interventions to facilitate discharges such as equipment and wheelchair provision, rehabilitation at ward level, referrals to other services, facilitate participation in ADLs at ward level, home/access visits.
- Complete scar management assessments which will involve exposure to wounds and being hands on.
- Provide scar management treatments including education, measuring for custom-made pressure garments, issuing silicone gel, using the LymphaTouch, supporting psychosocial readjustment etc.
- Complete hand and upper limb assessments –range of movement, strength, function, oedema etc.
- Provide goal orientated upper limb interventions such as home exercise programmes, person-centred functional rehabilitation/ work hardening using specialist equipment such as BTE Primus RS
- Fit and fabricate a variety of splints hand/upper limb custom made thermoplastic splinting and off the shelf upper and lower limb braces
- Demonstrate creativity in problem solving
- Work flexibly and autonomously across a variety of settings including outpatient consultant/dressings clinics, wards and possible outreach visits.
- Support patients holistically following trauma- signposting and referring onto appropriate services as required
- Demonstrate proactive nature to own learning
At a band 6 level further duties include:
- Participate and lead in-service and student training and provide informal and possible formal supervision of junior and support staff
- Demonstrate leadership qualities including delegation and prioritisation
- Deputise for the Band 7 team leader as appropriate
- Manage more complex inpatient and outpatients with autonomy
- Possible participation in weekend working rota as required within MSK Occupational therapy services.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Health Professional Council registration as an Occupational Therapist
- Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delegating to and supervising OT or Rehabilitation support staff
- Experience of contributing to the clinical education of less experienced staff or undergraduate OT students
- Knowledge of national and local standards and COT guidelines
- Experience of contributing to service development
- Experience of using evidence based practice in own practice
- Experience of involvement in change management
- Experience of being an appraisee and appraisor, using personal development review
- Experience of delegation and contributing to the operational management of the team
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
- Able to effectively use a range of written and verbal communication skills with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating eg. Patients may be dysphasic, deaf, who may be unable to accept diagnosis or have terminal illness
- Able to communicate patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors.
- Able to maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Trust standards, departmental standards and COT Standards of Practice
Analytical/Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of junior OT staff and support staff
- Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of complex patients
- Independently work through the OT process with complex patients
- Able to use evidenced based practice to inform own practice and that of others
Planning and organisation
Essential criteria
- Able to plan own clinical activity to meet clinical needs of patients when demand exceeds capacity
- Able to make judgements about the prioritizing of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to support junior and support staff in this process
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation
- Keyboard skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards
- Flexibility to work elsewhere in Therapies or as required across both campuses
- Flexible working schedules including participation in weekend rosters where required
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
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Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
Deadline: 26-07-2024
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