• Job Description

  Req#: C9249-25-0087?language=en&page=753&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Fixed term or secondment for 12 months.

  Seeking a change? Want to feel valued and that you are making a difference? Want more support or more responsibility? We can offer all of the above to suit your needs and working style through a 12 month fixed term or secondment position.

  The Therapy Team working within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Units are seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.

  You will be working with a large supportive team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Assistants to assess patients and facilitate rapid discharges. We work as an integrated team and feel valued by our MDT colleagues as making a difference.

  The Great Western Hospital is positioned within minutes of the picturesque Cotswolds, the North Wessex Downs (AONB), The historic Ridgeway and Avebury Stone Circle. If it's rolling green countryside, charming chocolate-box villages, or big towns and cities, they are all within the surrounding area.

  To discuss this post further please contact Megan Haines (megan.haines7@nhs.net) or Jessica Wootton (jessica.wootton2@nhs.net) Tel: 01793 605129

  Main duties of the job

  The role of the Senior Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy intervention to emergency and assessment units across a seven day service.

  Patients will include complex, multipathologies from medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions. The purpose of the team is to provide rapid assessment and timely discharges within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment units. Avoiding admission to wards, reducing readmission rates and collaborative working with community services are the fundamentals of our work.

  We are an integrated OT/PT service with shared skills to facilitate seamless working.

  About us

  "Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."

  Date posted

  13 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  249-7035566

  Job locations

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
  • To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
  • The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
  • To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
  • To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover

  Please see Job Description for full information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To assist with the modernisation of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
  • To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
  • The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
  • To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
  • To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover

  Please see Job Description for full information.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • State Registered HCPC
  • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
  • Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area.
  • Evidence of continuing Professional Development

  Desirable

  • Evidence of basic management training
  • Member of special interest group

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in complex discharge planning within the NHS
  • Working as part of a MDT and joint problem solving
  • Supervision and training of others
  • Broad clinical experience e.g. surgical, ED, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, hand injuries, rehabilitation.
  • Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload

  Desirable

  • Experience in orthopaedics, community, intermediate care, acute inpatients and rapid response and admission avoidance.
  • Experience of Splints and braces
  • Experience in Respiratory care and respiratory on call service (Physio only)
  • Involvement in audits
  • Participation in service development and implementation of change.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Good verbal communication to enable effective MDT working and communicating with relatives, patients etc.
  • Capacity assessments, consent and safeguarding's within the NHS or adult social care.
  • Sound clinical reasoning skills to allow for appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning.
  • Able to treat complex cases and assist juniors in their treatment
  • Be able to prioritise a large and varied caseload across wards and include nonclinical duties

  Desirable

  • To be able to prepare and deliver presentations to a group and teaching skills
  • IT skills including word and outlook
  • Working knowledge of internal/external NHS environment
  • Ability to provide a range of highly skilled clinical interventions

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • State Registered HCPC
  • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
  • Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area.
  • Evidence of continuing Professional Development

  Desirable

  • Evidence of basic management training
  • Member of special interest group

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in complex discharge planning within the NHS
  • Working as part of a MDT and joint problem solving
  • Supervision and training of others
  • Broad clinical experience e.g. surgical, ED, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, hand injuries, rehabilitation.
  • Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload

  Desirable

  • Experience in orthopaedics, community, intermediate care, acute inpatients and rapid response and admission avoidance.
  • Experience of Splints and braces
  • Experience in Respiratory care and respiratory on call service (Physio only)
  • Involvement in audits
  • Participation in service development and implementation of change.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Good verbal communication to enable effective MDT working and communicating with relatives, patients etc.
  • Capacity assessments, consent and safeguarding's within the NHS or adult social care.
  • Sound clinical reasoning skills to allow for appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning.
  • Able to treat complex cases and assist juniors in their treatment
  • Be able to prioritise a large and varied caseload across wards and include nonclinical duties

  Desirable

  • To be able to prepare and deliver presentations to a group and teaching skills
  • IT skills including word and outlook
  • Working knowledge of internal/external NHS environment
  • Ability to provide a range of highly skilled clinical interventions

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Great Western Hospital

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.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.

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