Cardiothoracic Occupational Therapist | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £28,407 - £42,618 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Cwmni: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6341084/321-MRC-5852314-B6-PUB-4 |
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Link Grade - band 5 to band 6 - Occupational Therapist -Adult Critical Care Group
We are seeking a dynamic, forward thinking and driven Occupational Therapist who is interested in acute care to join our Cardiothoracic team within the Adult Critical Care clinical group at the OUH. The post holder will work across the ICU and wards in the Heart Centre providing acute Therapy services. This is an exciting time to join the team, we have recently been successful in establishing a dedicated Occupational Therapy service to the clinical group with the establishment of five posts.
This post is one of two specialist, non-rotational OT positions in the Heart Centre and as such the post holder will work closely with the Team Lead OT, and Team Lead Physiotherapist to shape the direction of the OT service moving forwards. As such it will demand an open minded, self-motivated individual who is interested in service development and quality improvement work.
The Therapy team in the Heart Centre is responsible for the provision of Therapy services to patients undergoing elective and emergency surgical interventions, and patients admitted with acute medical conditions of a cardiac nature.
The service spans the Cardiothoracic Ward, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiology Ward and Rapid Assessment Unit with the post-holder working across all of these clinical areas. As such this represents an opportunity to develop therapy skills in Critical Care, Surgical and Acute Medical cohorts of patients.
To provide high quality, safe and effective Occupational Therapy services to acute Surgical, Medical and Critical Care patients in the Heart Centre.
To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to effectively assess, goal plan and treat patients following admission to hospital and strive to maximise their independence and quality of life.
To supervise and teach recently qualified Occupational Therapists, Support Workers and Occupational Therapy students
To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects
To take an active part in the team’s extended hours and seven-day working roster to maximise the access and delivery of the service.
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. We employ approximately 12,500 staff (including over 4,000 nurses and 2,000 doctors and 850 AHP staff). The Trust comprises four main hospital sites: the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women's Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, North Oxfordshire.
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.
Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
Duties and responsibilities
Communication
1. To consistently deploy effective communication and engagement skills enabling effective working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team.
2. To effectively communicate with patients and their carers/family members, including the sensitive management of complex or contentious issues.
3. To overcome barriers to effective communication, such as those caused by pathological impairment or language differences, by deploying effective mitigating strategies.
4. To engage and build relationships with external agencies and providers to enhance patient care continuity and outcomes.
5. To be able to motivate and positively influence others through effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
6. Be able to write complex reports accurately describing patients’ clinical status and ensuring that the information provided aids effective continuing care and clinical management.
Clinical
1. To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice.
2. To carry out comprehensive assessments following hospital admission, including those with complex presentations, and form treatment and rehabilitation plans in partnership with the patient and their carers/family.
3. To interpret and analyse multiple sources of clinical information to form accurate diagnoses in older adult care; drawing on guidance from senior Occupational Therapists when required.
4. To formulate and deliver comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation and discharge plans, based on clinical skills, evidence-based practice, and patient preferences.
5. To evaluate patient progress against agreed treatment goals and be able to modify plans accordingly.
6. To determine a patient’s mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent and are deprived of their liberty.
7. To co-ordinate intervention where there is a need to collaborate across multiple disciplines.
8. To maintain accurate written records using an electronic patient record system and maintain fidelity to professional standards.
9. To determine and mitigate for risk of patient and staff harm using the agreed risk assessment frameworks and the Trust’s manual handling policy.
10. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out assessment and interventions including manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
11. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
12. To represent Occupational Therapy and/or individual patients at multi disciplinary team meetings, to ensure delivery of co-ordinated care.
13. To be an integral part of the team’s extended hours and seven-day service provision
Leadership and management
1. To be responsible for the competent use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment and support others in the effective and safe use of this equipment.
2. To assist in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior staff and assistants.
3. To undertake delegated tasks and roles from the team lead and be able to deputise for them on occasions.
4. To effectively plan and organise own time, patient caseload, meetings, training and be able to adjust plans as required according to staffing levels and unpredictable factors.
5. To assist in the planning of junior staff, students and assistant timetables and deputise for senior staff in organisational duties.
Education and training
1. To organise and contribute to the team’s training and post-registration education programme.
2. To contribute to the education of multidisciplinary groups, patients, families and carers as appropriate.
3. To be responsible for individual undergraduate student Occupational Therapists’ supervision and practice-based learning.
4. To adopt a proactive approach in learning from others within, and outside of the Occupational Therapy profession.
5. To be responsible for continuing professional development and maintain a portfolio record to evidence this.
6. To maintain contemporary knowledge to apply and maintain best practice in older adult care and rehabilitation.
Research and development
1. To actively participate in the department’s quality improvement and clinical audit programme through the completion of authorised projects
2. To implement and maintain evidenced-based Occupational Therapy practice through continuing professional development
3. To ensure good working knowledge and application of national and local clinical standards
Effort
1. To be able to undertake episodes of moderate physical effort for several short periods during a shift.
2. To be able to effectively maintain concentration at work despite frequent interruptions and, at times, an unpredictable working pattern.
3. To tolerate and manage frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances and maintain a high level of professionalism.
4. To tolerate and professionally manage frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions, such as exposure to bodily fluids and offensive odours.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Jun 2024