Occupational Therapist - Band 7

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Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced occupational therapist to co-lead our specialist team within acute inpatient neurosciences. The role is based at Southmead Hospital which is the regional centre for Neurosciences serving Bristol and the South West of England.

The post is offered full time, but options for job share or fewer hours may be possible.

Main duties of the job

You will be sharing the role of team lead, alongside an established Band 7, within the acute inpatient neurosciences pathways. This encompasses neurosurgical and neurological elements with links to occupational therapists working in the hyper acute major trauma rehabilitation team, cancer services and the Rosa Burden Centre, which focuses on neuropsychiatry and functional neurological disorders.

The role will support the neurosciences pathway lead to deliver an occupational therapy service within the specialty. This includes day to day operational management of the team and responsibility for a specialist clinical caseload within inpatient neurology and neurosurgery.

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Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust is a great place to work. Situated in the vibrant city of Bristol, our award-winning building opened in 2014, offering exceptional facilities for patients and staff alike. We are a large teaching Trust that provides multiple specialties including regional services for neurosciences, major trauma, orthopaedics, and surgery including burns & plastics and as a major arterial centre.

Senior support will be provided by the Occupational Therapy Pathway Lead for Neurosciences and the Head of Service. There is also plenty of peer support from each of the specialties.

Additional benefits include award schemes for excellence, staff restaurants, green spaces, and an extensive wellbeing programme.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Provide and develop a highly specialist Occupational Therapy service to patients, providing advanced clinical leadership and acting as a clinical advisor for the specialty to occupational therapists working in North Bristol Trust.
• Work as an autonomous and highly skilled clinician, without supervision, and be accountable for own professional actions managing a caseload of adult patients with complex needs, using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, evidence-based principles, and best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Provide leadership and line management for a specialist occupational therapy service to adult patients, ensuring service provision is prioritised across the specialty team and service delivery is effective within resources available. This is to be done within the parameters of all relevant legislation, national and local policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
• Ensure staff in the team are supervised and developed, and deal with staffing issues as they arise.
• Provide specialist input, strong professional leadership, and direction to the specialty team in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the occupational therapy service and assist the occupational therapy manager in the strategic development of the service.
• Provide training and education to other health care professionals.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide Occupational Therapy service, leading initiatives related to service development such as audit, research, and training.
• Provide highly specialist clinical and service development advice, and act as a specialist resource within the occupational therapy service. Contribute to undergraduate occupational therapy education and regularly supervise students on practice placement.
• Provide specialist input and professional leadership in service development projects within specialty, representing the Occupational Therapy service.
  
  

Person specification

Education/Training/Qual

Essential criteria

• Degree in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
• HCPC Registration
• Student Educator Qualification
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate Training/CPD relevant to specialty
• Basic management/leadership training
  
  

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration specialty experience
• Experience in using range of assessments relevant to specialty
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of research or audit
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of OT process within specialty evidenced by CPD record
• Written communication skills
• Ability to develop others through training and supervision
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Splinting skills
  
  

Personal Qualities

Desirable criteria

• Membership of RCOT
• Membership of Specialist section/interest group
  
  

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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.