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Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Adult Orthopaedics Team
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Job Description
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- To independently assess and treat highly complex patients from pre-operative assessments to the post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients and inpatient rehabilitation
- To promote the occupational therapy role and ensure the smooth day to day running of the team
- To effectively work alongside colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team to achieve the patients goals and facilitate safe transition from hospital to discharge destination
- To adopt and promote a culture of continuous learning and personal development
- To teach and supervise junior members of the team, therapy technicians and occupational therapy students
- To contribute to service improvement to maintain high quality clinical care
- To work alongside the Band 7 lead physiotherapist including attending meetings and performing managerial and clinical tasks
- This post will be part of a weekend Occupational Therapy service supporting discharges and rehabilitation across the inpatient wards
- To contribute wider department
- DipCOT/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists or recognised equivalent
- Registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD maintained portfolio
- Recent post graduate courses in relevant specialist area
- Attended courses related to staff supervision/development
- Leadership Course
- Minimum 5 years post graduate experience
- A broad range of rotations as a Band 5/6 including physical rehabilitation
- 1 years NHS or Private care experience at Band 6 level
- Attained a high level of clinical competence in your specialist area
- Well reasoned account of career intentions at RNOH
- Experience of student and staff supervision
- Experience of leading audit in specialist area and demonstrates a sound understanding of quality issues
- Experience of teaching junior staff and undergraduates
- Participated in IPR
- Involvement in national clinical interest group
- Experience in NHS
- Experience working with patients with complex needs
- Involvement/leadership of service improvement project
- Undertaken research / evaluation of practice / work based projects and initiated change
- Participated in IPRExperience as appraiser
- Up to date knowledge of professional practice and new research
- Detailed knowledge of biomechanical treatment approaches
- Basic skills in: Splinting, wheelchair assessment, therapeutic patient handling & discharge planning.
- Understands legal responsibilities of profession
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, concise and logical manner
- Competent IT skills Presentation skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise
- Ability to communicate with patients with impaired communication abilities. Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses.
- Demonstrates clinical reasoning, applying theory to practice
- Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for Occupational Therapy.Interview
- Ability to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day, often multi-tasking
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers,
- Up to date knowledge of relevant specialist equipment
- Advanced skills in splinting, wheelchair / seating assessment, therapeutic patient handling & discharge planning.
- DipCOT/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists or recognised equivalent
- Registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD maintained portfolio
- Recent post graduate courses in relevant specialist area
- Attended courses related to staff supervision/development
- Leadership Course
- Minimum 5 years post graduate experience
- A broad range of rotations as a Band 5/6 including physical rehabilitation
- 1 years NHS or Private care experience at Band 6 level
- Attained a high level of clinical competence in your specialist area
- Well reasoned account of career intentions at RNOH
- Experience of student and staff supervision
- Experience of leading audit in specialist area and demonstrates a sound understanding of quality issues
- Experience of teaching junior staff and undergraduates
- Participated in IPR
- Involvement in national clinical interest group
- Experience in NHS
- Experience working with patients with complex needs
- Involvement/leadership of service improvement project
- Undertaken research / evaluation of practice / work based projects and initiated change
- Participated in IPRExperience as appraiser
- Up to date knowledge of professional practice and new research
- Detailed knowledge of biomechanical treatment approaches
- Basic skills in: Splinting, wheelchair assessment, therapeutic patient handling & discharge planning.
- Understands legal responsibilities of profession
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, concise and logical manner
- Competent IT skills Presentation skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise
- Ability to communicate with patients with impaired communication abilities. Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses.
- Demonstrates clinical reasoning, applying theory to practice
- Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for Occupational Therapy.Interview
- Ability to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day, often multi-tasking
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers,
- Up to date knowledge of relevant specialist equipment
- Advanced skills in splinting, wheelchair / seating assessment, therapeutic patient handling & discharge planning.
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to work in a national specialist hospital? If you have a passion for orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation and want put your practical problem solving skills to the test to work with a rewarding group of patients, then this is the job for you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Private Care Therapy Team at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role is part of a well established therapy team to provide tailored, individualised care to patients with complex orthopaedic conditions including revision hip replacements, spinal surgery, upper limb surgery and sarcoma. Supporting and facilitating the patients pathway from pre-admission assessments to discharge home post-surgery. This role is ideally suited to an existing or emerging band 7 occupational therapist Who demonstrates excellent transferable skills.
We are dedicated to support staff members' upskill in both clinical and non-clinical areas of practice. You will have excellent development opportunities in these areas. You will be well supported by your clinical OT supervisor and director of clinical services on Private Care. You will have access to CPD opportunities, including further development of your leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
To lead a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for patients within the private orthopaedic care setting
About us
As a tertiary referral centre the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.
You will join a team of 4 Physiotherapists and 1 therapy technician who manages a pre admission and inpatient orthopaedic service. You will be assisting the band 7 Lead physiotherapist with the day to day running of the service and provide support and supervision for junior therapists, therapy technicians and students. For your professional development, you will be supported by a band 8a Occupational Therapist and the director of clinical services to develop your clinical, managerial and service improvement skills, as well as having access to senior occupational therapy and physiotherapy colleagues within the wider therapies department.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital therapy department has a well established research and education focus. This includes an education, student, research and service improvement lead to support all staff members learning and development. There is regular access to internal and external CPD opportunities with a strong focus on leadership and clinical skill development.
For more information, please contact Supriya Nerlekar , Therapy Services Manager - supriya.nerlekar@nhs.net or Lead Private Patient physiotherapist esha.shah1@nhs.net
Date posted
04 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
392-RNOH-1160
Job locations
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Ideally you will have had 5 years post qualification experience, with some orthopaedic experience. This post utilises many transferrable skills from physical rehabilitation.
We strongly encourage an Informal visit or discussion on the phone regarding the post.
If shortlisted candidates are expected to attend a Face to Face interview at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
Job responsibilities
Ideally you will have had 5 years post qualification experience, with some orthopaedic experience. This post utilises many transferrable skills from physical rehabilitation.
We strongly encourage an Informal visit or discussion on the phone regarding the post.
If shortlisted candidates are expected to attend a Face to Face interview at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
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Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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 National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
Employer's website
https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
Employer's website
https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.