Occupational Therapist Advanced Practitioner - Clinical Lead

Occupational Therapist Advanced Practitioner - Clinical Lead Band 7 Main area: Occupational Therapist Grade Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Job ref: 310-MOPAC-

Site: City Care Centre

Town: Peterborough

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 26/02/:59

Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic band 7 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Stroke Early Supported Discharge & Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service. The Integrated service provides both stroke rehabilitation and community neuro rehabilitation supporting service users with a variety of complex needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established multi-disciplinary team comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Psychologists, Specialist Nurses & Neuro Rehab assistants.

This role requires the successful candidate to manage a clinical caseload across the North of Cambridgeshire. The base will be Peterborough, Wisbech, Doddington or Ely dependent on location nearest to home.

The role involves visiting patients in their homes, wards or community gyms. There may be times when there is a requirement to provide clinical cover elsewhere within Cambridgeshire. The role requires agile working often using virtual consultation to manage a caseload.

Main duties of the job You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to shape the service, support others in their development. You will work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team and assist the Locality Team Lead with service development. You will be involved as needed in the complaints process and serious incidents reviews.

You will provide comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based specialist neuro occupational therapy programmes. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in supporting patients with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs to achieve their potential.

We pride ourselves on the development of our workforce and provide a variety of internal and external training opportunities. The successful post holder will receive and provide clinical supervision and an annual appraisal.

The ideal candidate should be flexible and adaptable to support service delivery.

The successful post holder must be able to travel independently across their work locality, have a valid driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

Working for our organisation Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

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Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To have a clinical lead responsibility in the service, developing pathways in conjunction with locality and Service Leads.
• Represent and deputise for the locality team lead as required.
• To assess, plan and develop specialist OT programmes for patients with complex neurological problems and a wide variety of complex needs.
• Using expert knowledge, advanced clinical and autonomous decision-making skills, lead the team to manage patients with highly complex and sometimes unstable health needs.

Person specification Education / Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent, e.g., BSc, MSc, or Diploma entry level qualification
• Current HCPC registration
• Professional knowledge and training to master's level or equivalent experience
• Theoretical study and experience within a neuro rehab setting to master's level or equivalent experience.
• Documented evidence of own continuing professional development and its application
• Member of RCOT
• Management/Leadership qualification and experience
• Member of Specialist Section Neurological Practice (SSNP)

Experience

• Significant relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings including community.
• Specialist knowledge of a broad range of OT client groups
• Advanced understanding of neuro rehab clinical conditions and clinical experience in managing complex neurological conditions including cognitive problems.
• Experienced Clinical Supervisor
• Experience of implementing change
• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of being involved in research study

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to develop and review clinical pathways and implement change
• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Advanced communication skills and report writing using standard keyboard skills using packages such as word
• Able to assess plan and implement care
• Good time management and prioritisation skills
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role and seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Demonstrates professional curiosity, educates colleagues through various means.
• Specialist knowledge of neuro rehab including cognition
• Knowledge and experience of using SystmOne
• Awareness of equipment providers e.g.: NRS
• Evidence of presenting at a local or national level or willingness to develop skills

Physical Requirements

• The ability to kneel, bend & stoop and work in cramped environments
• The ability to use moving and handling equipment to manoeuvre patients
• Must have access to a personal car and the ability to drive independently around the locality, due to the radius covered and lack of public transport in some areas

Other

• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down and has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress.
• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.

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's community services in Peterborough;
• 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

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.

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.

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