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About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Occupational Therapist
Accepting applications until: 07-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 07-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Horton Hospital
- Address
- Oxford Road
- Town
- Banbury
- Postcode
- OX16 9AL
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
Dear Prospective Candidate,
Thank you for taking the time to consider your application for this role of Senior Occupational Therapist within Frailty and Emergency Medicine at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. The frailty population is one of the biggest cohort of patients seen in the acute trust and the Therapy Frailty team at the Horton provide a key role in the assessment, intervention and discharge planning for this cohort of patients.
As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will screen individuals attending the Emergency Department, commence holistic assessments using a frailty assessment tool and clinically reason a safe discharge or admittance plan with a focus on early intervention and a Home First pathway.
You will join an already well respected team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants with a focus on staff support and well-being, learning and development and positive team dynamics.
The trust is part of the Acute Frailty Network which provides the opportunity to network nationally and to undertake evidence-based research and learning in order to provide a gold standard to service within Emergency Medicine.
If you are interested in applying for this post and feel you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to contact myself to discuss this role further.
Best wishes,
Louise Digweed, Horton Therapy Clinical lead
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Job summary
Alongside support from other therapists and wider members of the Emergency and Short Stay team, the successful candidate will provide high quality, safe and effective Occupational Therapy to patients attending the Emergency Department, Emergency Assessment Unit and Short stay wards. Within this fast-paced area, there will be the expectation to assess the needs of individuals attending the department with a promotion of early intervention, Frailty specific assessments and discharge planning.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team including the undertaking of joint assessments, liaising with families and places of residence and providing follow-up treatment and handover plans to inpatient or community teams.
Support from senior members of the team will be provided and education, training and development will be promoted. Active participation in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects will be encouraged to enable relevant and best practice to be delivered.
Support of a seven-day service for Frailty and Emergency care will be expected and flexibility to support colleagues on other wards will be encouraged.
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Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and responsibilities
Communication
Clinical Responsibilities
Leadership and management
Education and training
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COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
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
- • Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- • HCPC registration.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience in frailty and/or Emergency Medicine.
- • Experience in complex risk management.
- • Experience of MDT working.
- • Experience of discharge planning including liaison with a wide variety of health and social care providers.
- • Evidence of participation in training, audits or quality improvement projects
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Digweed
- Job title
- Horton Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01295229129
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