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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of acute clinical services for a catchment area of up over 1 million people. Our vision is “to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most”, reflecting the utmost importance that we attach to the quality of care and experience that each and every one of our patients receives.
We provide specialist services in radiotherapy, neonatalogy, paediatrics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, rheumatology, medicine and surgery. Every year our 7,000 staff treat people from Norfolk, neighbouring counties and further afield. Our patients are referred to us by around 100 local GP surgeries and other acute hospitals and primary care Trusts around the country. We are involved in the teaching and training of a wide range of health professionals, in partnership with the University of East Anglia and other local education providers.
ICS AHP Occupational Therapy Career Lead
Closed for applications on: 28-Mar-2023 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-Mar-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Postcode
- NR4 7UY
- Major / Minor Region
- Norfolk
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 6 months (fixed term contract / secondment opportunity)
- Hours
- Part time - 19.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £41,659 - £47,672 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Interview date
- 31/03/2023
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
Fixed term contract/secondment opportunity for 6 months
The Norfolk and Waveney AHP Faculty works across the Integrated Care System (ICS) to facilitate system wide collaboration between health and care and education providers, reporting to the ICS AHP council.
The Faculty is a dedicated programme management centre, coordinating activities to support supply, education and training. The AHP Faculty enables idea and resource sharing and the alignment of priorities across our system.
Part time: 19.5 hours per week
If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.
Advert
The post holder will lead a project to create a career development pathway for all Occupational Therapists in Norfolk and Waveney. They must demonstrate significant project / programme management experience, setting up programmes of work, using quality improvement tools and techniques to support development of projects / programmes of work from an idea through to actions with measures of success, outcomes and with future sustainability plans.
The post holder will work closely with the AHP Faculty lead and AHP Council chair to report on the project to the ICS People’s Board, HEE and the AHP Council. They should demonstrate good communication skills.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced programme lead to work collaboratively with Occupational Therapists from organisations across the ICS to really make a difference and support the OT workforce development.
Flexible working options are available for those who would like more or less hours.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Apply a structured change management approach and lead change management activities to deliver sustainable business improvement within the development of the OT career framework and facilitate OT Improvement Work Streams and across the organisations where appropriate.
- Work collaboratively with OT professionals and OT support workers from seven organisations across the ICS to develop a career framework and action plan that meets the expectations and aspirations of the ICS Norfolk and Waveney OT group
- Assess the impact of change within the business area and develop change management strategies
- Apply a structured project management approach for the delivery of specific projects within Improvement Work Streams and across the organisation where appropriate.
- Ensure that specific projects assigned meet key milestones and timescales
- Lead and guide relevant project boards and/ or User Groups ensuring regular meetings are held, minutes kept, appropriate reports are presented and agreed actions are implemented.
- Ensure that all key stakeholders are engaged as the projects move forward and to take into account their views
- Take responsibility for the implementation of specific projects as delegated by the Head of Improvement including the organisation and allocation of resources and materials, and the effective management of budget where allocated.
The Job Description, which includes a Person Specification, provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
Visa and Immigration
If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.
Travelling to work
Staff parking is available onsite; however, this is limited during core working hours. We have more capacity in the evening and at weekends and can usually provide spaces during those hours.
We look to allocate these spaces fairly. Our Travel Office have a set of criteria that staff must meet in order to qualify. If you qualify for a space, you may be placed on a waiting list if we are at full capacity.
The NNUH is served by a number of public buses, and we offer generously discounted monthly passes with First Bus & Konect.
The Costessey Park and Ride runs regularly each day from 06:30 (from P&R) to 20:45 (from NNUH) and this service is free for NHS staff. There is a regular Thickthorn P&R service as well which is free. Applications to the Travel Office are required for this service. We also have a discounted service from the airport P&R if you purchase a bundle. Please see Konect website for further details.
The NNUH host multiple bicycle racks and a salary sacrifice scheme. We also benefit from a Beryl station onsite.
If you work at another Trust site, please discuss travel and parking arrangements at interview.
DBS
If this post involves working with children or adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.
If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of Afc
NHS Service
Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.
UK Registration
You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.
Application
Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.
We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.
We look forward to receiving your application and if you do not hear within the next four weeks this will usually mean that you have not been short-listed. However, if you wish to confirm this please contact the person indicated on the advert.
Flexibility
Whilst every effort will be made to recruit to the post as it is advertised, there may be occasions where we consider alternative working patterns, such as part time working, or contract types, such as secondments, depending on circumstances. Should you wish to work in a different working pattern to that stated in our advertisement, please indicate this in the supporting statement to your application.
Useful Information
Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates about the exciting career opportunities available at NNUH - @NNUHjobs
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Website
Video - Working at NNUH as a Registered Nurse
Video - Working at NNUH as a Health Care Assistant
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy Degree
- HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to achieve common goals
- Experience of working in business Improvement projects
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to write and present accurate and concise reports to various groups at all levels and to use them to influence others at decision making levels
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Good communicator
- Self-motivated and innovative thinker
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Documents
- Job Description (DOCX, 78.9KB)
- Structure Chart (DOCX, 156.7KB)
- Staff Benefits (PDF, 674.5KB)
- Our NNUH Together Staff Network (PDF, 370.4KB)
- Our NNUH LGBT+ Staff Network (PDF, 675.0KB)
- Our NNUH Diverse Ability Staff Network (PDF, 607.0KB)
- Our NNUH Women's Staff Network (PDF, 103.1KB)
- Useful Links (PDF, 184.6KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Baker
- Job title
- AHP Faculty Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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