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About
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.
Bank Allied Health Professionals
Closed for applications on: 7-May-2024 00:04
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-May-2024 00:04
Key details
Location
- Site
- Countywide
- Town
- Cambridge
- Postcode
- CB21 5EF
- Major / Minor Region
- Cambridgeshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Allied Health Professionals
Job overview
Are you looking for Flexible working across Cambridgeshire?
We are currently seeking to recruit enthusiastic. motivated, caring and compassionate Allied Health Professionals to join our Temporary Staffing Service which covers a large geographical area, including Cambridge and Peterborough. This encapsulates Physical Health wards, District nursing, Acute Inpatient, Forensic, Outpatients, Community and Clinic work in a huge variety of disciplines.
In return for your commitment and enthusiasm, working within the trusts clinical environments will give you the opportunity to practice a full range of core skills and also to gain experience in particular areas of interest.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a number of teams striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with their physical and mental well-being then we want to hear from you.
Advert
As a Bank AHP you will support any areas of the Trust relevant to your registered background as offered by the clinical areas and will be able to choose relevant roles based on this and your experience, including any transferable skills. Each area will have specific Role requirements and clinical priorities, which will be established when the role is advertised and can be clarified by a discussion with the team manager prior to taking on a role.
Roles we fill through the Bank include Mental Health OT, Rehabilitation OT, Physio, Neuro OT/Physiotherapists and Dieticians.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient & primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples physical & mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for full list of responsibilities, but as noted above this advert is for ALL AHP`s, example role descriptions –
B5 OT
To work towards the acceptance of clinical responsibility and professional autonomy for a designated caseload of patients, from referral to discharge, and to organise this efficiently and effectively in relation to clinical priorities and use of time.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
To accept responsibility for ensuring the effective selection, use and fitting of equipment used both in the intermediate care beds and community (e.g. hoists).
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation and gaining informed consent will be used with a variety of patients. Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident, e.g. sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, pain, emotional state, behavioural and communication difficulties.
To be able to deal effectively and appropriately with patients/public who display inappropriate behaviours (physical or verbal aggression) with the support and guidance from the supervisor.
To ensure effective communication and collaboration takes place between yourself and members of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams across hospital and community. This may include verbal communication (e.g. case conferences, telephone) and written communication (e.g. report writing).
To support others and recognise the limitations of your own clinical practice and seek the advice of others as appropriate.
B5 Dietician
To work within a multi-professional team in nutritional support in a community setting, providing support, care, and treatment to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role.
To assist in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by following prescribed packages of care.
To support other qualified staff in the management and execution of clinical practice.
To carry out duties delegated and supervised by the accountable and responsible dietitians.
To provide a dietetic outpatient services to patients under the care of their GP within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG.
To provide a high standard of care.
To manage own caseload of patients who require ongoing management and support with complex needs.
Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patient receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
B5 Physiotherapist
To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams.
To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of Specialist and Advanced Practitioners.
To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate Therapy interventions. Provide adaptive equipment, rehabilitation programmes, and make recommendations for minor adaptations in line with current legislation.
To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.
To be accountable for a delegated caseload held by Integrated Care Workers and Assistant Practitioners.
To provide a high standard of care.
To work in various community settings, this includes lone working, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children and young people’s mental health services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Social care;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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
- Relevant AHP qualification for role
- Current HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Member of CSP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within the NHS
- Clinical experience in a variety of settings
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Temporary Staffing Services
- Job title
- Temporary Staffing
- Email address
- [email protected]
No longer accepting applications
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