Job type: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £31,365 - £37,890 a year

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Band 6

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (part time applicants at a minimum of 0.5wte are supported. The post supports rostered weekend working too as reauired)
Job ref
164-5315996
Site
QMC
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£33,706 - £40,588 £31,365-£37,890 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Job overview

Would you like a new challenge in an exciting, forward thinking Children’s therapy service? Keep on reading!

Due to promotion within the team we are looking for a dynamic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Children’s Band 6 rotation at the Nottingham Children’s Hospital, QMC campus. The rotation covers Orthopaedics (inpatients and outpatients), Neurosciences and Oncology.

We have a full time permanent opportunity available. Part-time applicants welcome

You will join an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapy team with the opportunity to develop your acute clinical skills working with children and young people.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Assess and treat children and young people (and their families) to promote their independence in their activities of daily living and support hospital discharge.

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams in both in and outpatient settings

You will have excellent communication and team working skills.

You will have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload in what is a fast paced working environment.

The post has a requirement that you manage and support qualified staff, Support Staff and Students on Clinical Placement allowing you to develop your leadership, managerial and teaching skills.

You will deputise for the Band 7 leads as appropriate

You will be required to work on the weekend paediatric rota and must have the relevant skills and competencies to do so

Working for our organisation

The Nottingham Children’s Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.

The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to supported by our Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further details about the role.

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 contributing to the clinical education of less experienced staff or undergraduate OT students
    • Experience of contributing to service development
    • Experience of using evidence based practice in own practice
    • 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.

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

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

    • 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.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

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.

Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visas and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

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.
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Deadline: 19-07-2024

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