Occupational Therapist PRAIS team | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £37,338 - £44,962 pa |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Derby, DE1 2QY |
| Cwmni: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7245324/320-CDCS-3704 |
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This is an exciting post within the Specialist Rehabilitation Services working within the Parkinson’s Disease Service and offer an integrated Rapid response team, working closely with the other profession within the team.
To improve care for people with Parkinson’s in Derbyshire and surrounding areas by reducing admissions, especially falls, reducing length of stays and offer in-reach to inpatient wards, urgent outpatient appointments or home visits.
To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet both Trust and national targets and standards.
To provide leadership, specialist advice and interventions as part of the neurological rehabilitation services, working as a key member of a wider multidisciplinary team for outpatients. This will involve working flexibly throughout the Trust and potential for working within a seven day therapy service in the future.
To provide supervision and teaching for junior and inexperienced Therapists, support staff and students working within the team and offer on-going education, advice and support to our MDT colleagues.
To use specialist skills to perform advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive, psychological and social needs.
To develop and deliver individualised treatment programme to patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
To hold responsibility for own caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular reflective and clinical reasoning sessions
To delegate work to Junior and support staff.
To work closely and communicate clearly with colleagues working in the Rapid response team.
To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising and working with other Trust staff in the management of the patients’ care appropriate to the service area.
To liaise with other MDT colleagues to provide a flexible service during pressure times, due to workload or staffing difficulties.
To work and liaise with external agencies as required.
To undertake routine administrative tasks as agreed with senior staff.
Closing date of applications: 24 July 2025
Interview date: 07 August 2025
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Jul 2025